Artificial intelligence is a general-purpose technology that touches all areas of our economies and societies. It's changing businesses by streamlining internal operations, contributing to product development, improving marketing and sales strategies, and reshaping risk management. It's also changing our societies by curating the news stories that we read online, scanning our faces to verify our identities, matching us with jobs and partners, translating foreign-language content into our native languages – to name only a few of its uses. AI is a game-changer and will have a profound effect on our lives, communities, and economies.
Against this backdrop of AI innovation, the popular imagination has been captured by stories of robots and super-intelligent agents taking over the world. These stories in which humans are helpless victims of technological innovation ignore the fact that we are in the driving seat of these advancements. Regulation is a key component of the arsenal of tools that we have to shape technological innovation so that it is to the benefit of humanity. Regulation sets the guardrails for this journey that we are on, ensuring that we accrue the enormous benefits that AI brings while minimising current and future harms.
This session highlights the role of regulation in guiding AI innovation. It explores the opportunities and barriers to developing well-crafted laws and sensible regulation and shed light on the need for international cooperation in this space. It starts with an introductory address by Professor Julia Black, President of the British Academy as well as Strategic Director of Innovation and Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Then it opens the floor to a panel discussion led by Dr Florian Ostmann, who is Head of Governance and Regulatory Innovation at The Alan Turing Institute.
Speakers:
Dr Florian Ostmann, Head of AI Governance and Regulatory Innovation, Public Policy Programme, The Alan Turing Institute ([ Ссылка ])
Professor Julia Black, Professor of Law, London School of Economics ([ Ссылка ])
Nick Swanson, Deputy Head of Unit, Office for AI ([ Ссылка ])
Dr Cosmina Dorobantu, Co-Director, Public Policy Programme, and Policy Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute ([ Ссылка ])
This recording is from AIUK 22 - The Alan Turing Institute's national annual showcase of data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
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