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SUMMARY:AI\, Race\, and Chinese Gaming Technologies
LOCATION:Dealey Center for New Media (DMC) 5.208\, 300 W Dean Keeton St\, 
 Austin\, TX 78705
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nWhen Japanese game producer Hideo Kojima lamented 
 that it is very difficult to "turn Asian people into CG\," his frustratio
 n pointed not to some ineffable anatomical complexity of Asian physiognom
 y but to the racial bias already embedded in prevailing face rendering te
 chnologies that increasingly incorporate AI. This talk investigates how A
 I recodes "Asian" faces into operative images in games\, with particular 
 attention to the scientific paradigms and epistemological convictions tha
 t underpin such recoding. It focuses on three Chinese deep learning model
 s that reorganize facial information and redistribute semantic significan
 ce on digital faces. Tracing these models' scientific foundations through
  histories of physiology\, psychology\, and emotion science\, I examine h
 ow the game medium algorithmically inscribes race and ethnicity onto digi
 tal objects as what I call a "human bug."\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nYedong 
 Sh-Chen received his Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from
  Harvard University in May 2026 and currently teaches at Wellesley Colleg
 e. His research explores video games\, artificial intelligence\, emotion 
 science\, and modern Chinese and East Asian media cultures and technologi
 es. His current book project\, Chinese Video Games: World\, Object\, and 
 Artificial Intelligence\, examines the history and global circulation of 
 Chinese video games and gaming technologies\, from the pixel era to gener
 ative AI. His broader interests include world-building\, AI ethics\, and\
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