AI for All | AI and Ethics
Ongoing research in AI indicates that protecting against bias and securing systems for safety and against emerging threats must be incorporated at the stage of designing applications. The backlash from Googleʼs controversial military AI program, Maven, and Amazonʼs real-time facial recognition tool, Recognition, has also brought into question the ethical responsibility of companies in using their tools for weapons and surveillance. As defence and law enforcement modernise their operations, can AI be leveraged to serve national security interests? How can companies be held responsible by employees and users when their technologies are found to be use biased or used to perpetuate harm?
Eleonore Pauwels, Research Fellow on Emerging Cybertechnologies, UNU-CPR, New York
Matthias Scheutz, Professor in Computer Science, Tufts University
Thomas Philbeck, Head, Technology, Society and Policy, World Economic Forum
Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director, Camera Culture Group, MIT Media Lab
Wendell Wallach, Consultant, Ethicist, and Scholar, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University