Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Eggers 060

Hosted by Cuse AI · Syracuse University

Event Description:
Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to the lab—it’s entering our most intimate spaces. Join Dr. Jaime Banks, Katchmar-Wilhelm Professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, for an interactive workshop exploring how AI companions—digital personas designed for connection—are transforming the ways we experience trust, empathy, and emotion.

This session invites students and faculty from every discipline to consider how emerging technologies are reshaping human relationships and what ethical frameworks will guide us through this new era of digital intimacy.

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Meet Dr. Jaime Banks

Jaime Banks is a Professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, and a lead faculty advisor at Cuse AI. Her research examines how people communicate and form relationships with social technologies—especially AI companions, robots, and videogame characters. Her current work explores how humans perceive machine minds, make moral judgments about AI behavior, and how media shapes public understanding of these systems. She teaches courses on research methods, human-centered design, and theories of human-AI interaction.