Impact breakfast: "Dear AI-friend" – how chatbots and VR can strengthen social relations and mental health

How can new technologies help us build social relations and improve mental health? Do young people prefer to talk to chatbots instead of healthcare personnel? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the new technologies? Meet researchers from SINTEF and UiO who are experts in chatbots and language models; and a startup from Oslo Science Park.

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In the movie Her from 2013 "a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need". Ten years later, with the development of language models and artificial intelligence, this is no longer science fiction.

There will be short talks followed by Q&A and the chance to meet with the scientists after the event.?

For researchers and students at the University of Oslo and researchers at Oslo University Hospital (OUS), Akershus University Hospital (Ahus), SINTEF and industry, especially the innovation ecosystem in Oslo Science Park.

About the impact breakfast – academia meets industry

You will meet scientists and start-ups presenting their latest work. There will be Q&A and the chance to meet with the scientists after the event. 

The meeting series is organised by the University of Oslo, SINTEF and Oslo Science Park, and is held in Oslo Science Park. 

Published Dec. 7, 2023 3:55 PM - Last modified Jan. 24, 2024 9:45 AM