Professor Sundar’s presentation, co-sponsored by the Digital Communication Methods Lab, overviewed different ways of conceptualizing the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in human communication. It discussed key concepts and concerns in the study of AI. It introduced the speaker’s theoretical framework for human-AI interaction (HAII) based on the theory of interactive media effects (TIME), and describe recent studies that apply his HAII-TIME model to content moderation and recommendation systems.
Shyam Sundar is a professor of Media Effects at Penn State and has an expertise in Internet Uses & Effects, Social Media Trends, Web Interfaces, Mobile Media, Psychology of Human-Computer/Human-Robot Interaction.