Panel 1: Empirical and Technological Questions (Generative AI, Free Speech, & Public Discourse)

Опубликовано: 16 Июль 2026
на канале: Knight First Amendment Institute
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Expert panel discussion exploring empirical and technological questions, the current landscape, challenges, and opportunities in generative AI.

Panelists:
Alex Jaimes, Dataminr
Kathy McKeown, Columbia Engineering
Smaranda Muresan, Barnard College
Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University
Carl Vondrick, Columbia Engineering

Moderator:
Shih-Fu Chang, Columbia Engineering

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While the technology underlying generative AI has been decades in the making, to the public, the introduction of ChatGPT, Dall-E, and similar tools feels like a seismic shift in the relationship between humans and technology, especially technology used for expressive purposes. The emergence of generative AI models has been accompanied by predictions of dire harms, including a fresh deluge of disinformation, threats to free elections, and other attacks aimed at destabilizing democracies.

This symposium brought together leading scholars and practitioners in computer science, law, communications, and policy to debate some of the biggest questions machine-learning tools raise for the future of public discourse, free expression, and democracy.

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