Public defence from the Department of Art and Media, MFA Jaana Okulov

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Doctoral student Jaana Okulov has written a thesis titled "Quantifying Qualia - Aesthetic Machine Attention in Resisting the Objectifying Tendency of Thought", which introduces the concept of aesthetic machine attention as an ethical alternative in machine learning. The thesis will be opposed by Associate Professor Elizabeth Jochum from Aalborg University. The thesis explores the idea of aesthetic attention and its implications when ordinary meanings are lost. (Summary provided by Infomedia). Sources:Aalto, 19-04-2024