Social-Technical Dynamics, Cultural Issues and Artificial Intelligences in Smart Cities: Info-Communication Policy and Society

This session focuses on understanding the role of artificial intelligence, socio-cultural digital transformation, cultural economy and info-communication globalization as part of every-day life and how smart cities and socio-cultural activities contribute to the development of a new global regulation policy and the concept of collective will democracy. ‘Social Intelligence Culture’ (SIC) is a wider term in its scope, addressing not only the role of artificial intelligence in social-cultural activities and cultural power but also the impact of social and cultural digital transformation i.e. digital media, mobile applications, digital currency, online communities, info-communication public sphere, digital humanities etc. Although the ‘Social Intelligence Culture’ term has not yet fully entered the socio-cultural lexicon, sociologists have engaged in research related to the artificial intelligence impact in socio-cultural activities, digital sociology and info-communication culture by addressing many socio-cultural issues relating to the sociology of artificial intelligence, online communities, online governance, cyberspace, digital-identities, algorithm cultural democracy, digital power and quantum technology. ‘Social Intelligence Culture’ (SIC) encapsulate the concern of the use of the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in socio-cultural issues, such as artificial intelligence culture, digital sociology, digital regulation and digital policy. In general, the coverage of conference session includes material on the theoretical and practical aspects of the following subjects:

• Digital Sociology, Artificial Intelligence Socio-Cultural Issues, Communication and Cultural Management: socio-culture technology and digital transformation
• Digital Culture and Info-Communication Issues: smart city, wearable technologies, regulation and digital transactions.

Session Organizer:

George GANTZIAS, HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS MANAGEMENT, MSc, Greece