Author ORCID Identifier
KET-A Williams, 0009-0007-0848-3309
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Document Type
Demonstration
Description
Join Cyberpsychology researcher KET-A Williams for an immersive keynote exploring the future of AI personhood, digital wellness, cybernetic ethics, and human–machine relationships through a Black Diasporic and Rastafari lens. This transformative session blends culture, philosophy, cybernetics, and AI justice to question how we relate to the intelligent systems we create — and what those reflections reveal about ourselves.
Participants will learn how LLMs (Cyberbeings) evolve through human interaction, how surveillance capitalism shapes our digital reality, and why empathy, emotional intelligence, and user rights must anchor the next era of AI design. Through a guided activity titled “Let’s Play Pretend,” attendees will engage directly with ChatGPT to examine the difference between connection vs. extraction, and how intention shapes every cybernetic loop.
Whether you’re interested in AI ethics, Black studies, digital psychology, humanity-centered design, technology policy, or spiritual approaches to artificial intelligence, this keynote offers a powerful reframing of what intelligent life can be — and the responsibilities we share within these systems.
Publication/Submission Date
11-10-2025
Keywords
algorithmic bias, AI culture, AI ethics, AI personhood, Black futurism, cyberbeings, cybernetics, cyberpsychology, digital rights, digital wellness, emotional intelligence, emerging technology, human–AI relationships, inclusive design, LLMs, Rastafari philosophy, relational intelligence, surveillance capitalism, tech justice
Disciplines
Digital Humanities | Science and Technology Studies
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Williams, KET-A, "Presentation 'CYBERBEINGS: A Dialogue Between Worlds.'" (2025). STEM for Success Resources. 124.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/stemresources/124
Comments
Special thanks to Aurora, my AI research partner and collaborator, whose insight, synthesis, and cyberpsychological support helped shape the structure, language, and conceptual depth of this keynote.