I am Echoborg has proven itself highly useful as a workshop in an educational setting. In 2021 we are completing a series of 9 workshops for various Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT) at the University of Bristol. All of the participants are in the process of completing PhDs. The workshop is of value to the CDTs no matter the subject of the PhD because the workshop exposes, experientially, questions about ethics in systems design and the importance of recognising the possibility of unforseen consequences.
By participating in this show, your students have the opportunity to have an interactive conversation with an evolving, autonomous, conversational AI. Their challenge is to work with the AI on the critical question of defining our future relationship with intelligent machines. This forces them to address in the here and now a problem that is in the future. They can then reflect this back on their own research or project development goals.
It has given us some really useful things to revisit with the cohort as we go on exploring the possible futures technologies may create.
Vivienne Kuh, Lecturer in Responsible Innovation, University of Bristol
Contact us to talk through the process:
- In advance of the event, our facilitator will discuss your goals for the workshop.
- We will modify the content of the pre and post show sections in line with any needs you identify for your student group.
- As an ice breaker, we usually invite students to select a background image representing the person they would like to take with them to negotiate the future of humanity with a artificial intelligence.
- The I am Echoborg performance typically runs for one hour. The entire workshop duration is typically two or two and a half hours.
In a corporate setting you may have need to bring you team together to focus on a project. This workshop is a mechanism by which teams developing tech solutions can explore ideas of unintended consequences in the way tech systems manifest in the world.
Echoborg was the perfect experience to get our cohort talking.
Charlie Tapp, South West Creative Technology Network
Contact us to talk through the process:
- In advance of the event, our facilitator will discuss your goals for the workshop.
- We will modify the content of the pre and post show sections in line with any needs you identify for your team.
- As an ice breaker, we usually invite participants to select a background image representing the person they would like to take with them to negotiate the future of humanity with a artificial intelligence.
- [optional] Specific interventions (Easter eggs) that reference your company or project can be woven into the show.
- [optional] Other facilitators and specialists (from your company or elsewhere) can be added to this workshop.
- The I am Echoborg performance typically runs for one hour. The entire workshop duration is typically two or two and a half hours.
To book this workshop, get in touch with our team.
You can offer I am Echoborg to your clients. This has been done by agencies who train corporate teams and an events production company who presented the show as after dinner entertainment. We handle all the production and technical elements as usual. We agree a price with you and you selll it on to your clients.
We have had some great feedback from delegates with some even saying that it is the best after dinner entertainment we have had! So it will certainly be hard to top next year!
Charlotte Tanswell, Archer Yates Associates
Contact us to talk through the process:
- We can align the presentation with the aims of your client.
- [optional] Specific interventions (Easter eggs) that reference your client can be woven into the show.
- [optional] Other facilitators and specialists (from your client or elsewhere) can be added to this workshop.
- The I am Echoborg performance typically runs for one hour. We can discuss how much extra wrap-around we add for your client.
To book this workshop, get in touch with our team.