藝術家 Cam Smith 曾親身參與矽谷科技公司的內部世界，從監控影像到 Deepfake 創作，他逐漸發現：席捲全球的 AI 浪潮，背後藏著一整套關於權力、監控與「加速主義」的意識形態，正悄悄形塑我們對未來的想像。
LTUX Taipei 這場特別活動，講者將以第一人稱視角，帶你重返他從科學史、反烏托邦文學到藝術創作的思考軌跡，揭開 AI 狂熱背後的權力邏輯。當每個人都在賣「跟上 AI」的速成解方，也許更該先問：這股焦慮，是誰在定義、誰在獲利？
Artist Cam Smith spent years inside Silicon Valley's tech industry. Through surveillance footage and deepfake art, he came to see that the AI wave sweeping the globe carries a whole ideology of power, surveillance, and "accelerationism" — quietly shaping how we imagine the future.
At LTUX Taipei's monthly meet-up special edition, this talk traces his path of thinking, from the history of science to dystopian fiction to his own art, pulling back the curtain on the power logic behind the AI hype. While everyone's selling a quick fix to "keep up," maybe the better question is: who's defining this anxiety, and who's profiting from it?
About
從街拍到監控畫面、從 Deepfake 藝術到「安全機器人投池自盡」的真實事件，藝術家 Cam Smith 曾親身參與矽谷科技公司的內部世界。他發現，這波席捲全球的 AI 浪潮，背後其實藏著一整套關於權力、監控與「加速主義」的意識形態：而這套意識形態，正悄悄形塑著我們對未來的想像。
這場分享將以第一人稱視角，帶你重返他從科學史、反烏托邦文學到深偽藝術創作的思考軌跡，揭開 AI 狂熱背後不為人知的權力邏輯與暴力性。當每個人都在賣一套「跟上 AI」的速成解方，也許我們更需要先問一句：這股焦慮，究竟是誰在定義、誰在獲利？
適合對象： 對 AI 浪潮感到焦慮或好奇的設計師與創作者、對科技與權力議題有興趣的人、想從藝術與人文視角重新理解 AI 的你。
（活動將以英文進行）
From street photography to surveillance footage, from deepfake art to the true story of a security robot that drowned itself in a fountain — artist Cam Smith spent years inside the tech industry in Silicon Valley. What he found was that the AI wave sweeping the globe carries with it a whole ideology built around power, surveillance, and "accelerationism" — one that's quietly shaping how we imagine the future.
This talk takes you through his own path of thinking in the first person, from the history of science and dystopian fiction to his own deepfake art practice, pulling back the curtain on the power logic — and violence — behind the AI hype. While everyone's selling a quick fix to "keep up with AI," maybe the better question is: who's defining this anxiety, and who's profiting from it?
Who this is for: Designers and creatives feeling anxious, or just curious about the AI wave; anyone interested in the politics of technology; and anyone who wants to understand AI through an art and humanities lens instead of a hype cycle.
Speaker
Cam Smith | New Media Artist, Ex Data Scientist & NLP Engineer @ Apple
Cam Smith 曾任職於 Apple 及數家矽谷新創公司，擔任資料科學家與自然語言處理工程師，並在實驗科學與語言學方面受過正規訓練。
離開科技業後，他轉型成為新媒體藝術家，作品聚焦於探討科技對社會的影響。他是藝術家團體 Common Area Maintenance 的成員，同時也是 Passable Hackerspace 的駐村藝術家，現居西雅圖。他的作品曾在西雅圖美術館（Seattle Art Museum）、塔科馬美術館（Tacoma Art Museum）、貝爾維尤美術館（Bellevue Arts Museum）、Base Camp Studios 2，以及太平洋西北地區與全美各地的畫廊展出。他也是《AI MUST DIE》小誌的共同作者，提出對於人工智慧論述方式的批判性觀點。
Cam Smith is a Seattle-based new media artist whose work explores the social impact of technology. He is a member of the artist collective Common Area Maintenance and is the resident artist at Passable Hackerspace. He has exhibited work at the Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Bellevue Arts Museum, Base Camp Studios 2, and galleries across the Pacific Northwest and nationally. He is the co-author of "AI MUST DIE," which offers critical perspectives on how artificial intelligence is discussed. Before becoming an artist, Cam Smith was a data scientist and natural language processing engineer at Apple and several Silicon Valley start-ups. He has formal training in laboratory science and linguistics.
Agenda
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- 10:20 | 線上會議室開啟
- 10:30 | LTUX Taipei 開場
- 10:35 | 講者時間
- 12:30 | 活動結束
*主辦單位保留議程調整之權利
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- 10:20 | Meeting Room Opens
- 10:30 | Welcome & Introduction (LTUX Taipei)
- 10:35 | Keynote Presentation
- 12:30 | Event Wrap-up
*The host reserves the right to make changes to the schedule.
LTUX Taipei
Ladies That UX (LTUX) 是一個來自英國曼徹斯特的國際非營利組織，提供 UX/UI 相關領域的女性們有一個交流的機會，認識同領域跨產業的新朋友、暢所欲言交換彼此在職場上的心得，或是分享UX領域專業經驗。Ladies that UX Taipei 於2015年成立，這幾年我們舉行過 "Breaking Barriers"與"Talk UX" 等大型活動與工作坊，邀請許多產業專家分享他們的經驗。
Ladies That UX (LTUX) is an international non-profit organization founded in Manchester, UK. It provides a platform for women in the UX/UI field to connect, expand their cross-industry network, freely exchange career insights, and share professional experience in UX. Founded in 2015, Ladies That UX Taipei has hosted workshops and large-scale events, such as "Breaking Barriers" and "Talk UX", featuring guest speakers and industry experts who share their expertise.
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