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Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence
A conversation about the interim report of the UN High Level Advisory Body on AI
Virginia Dignum in conversation with Shira Gur-Arieh
Monday, March 18th at 11:15 AM
Currently many international organisations are discussing approaches and proposing strategies for the global governance of Artificial Intelligence, including policy guidelines, legislation, and technical standards. This conversation will feature discussion of the content of the interim report of the UN High Level Advisory Body on AI, as well as the challenges and opportunities of global governance on AI and emerging technologies.
Virginia Dignum is Professor of Responsible Artificial Intelligence at Umeå University, Sweden where she leads the AI Policy Lab. She is also senior advisor on AI policy to the Wallenberg Foundations. She has a PHD in Artificial Intelligence from Utrecht University in 2004, is member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), and Fellow of the European Artificial Intelligence Association (EURAI). She is a member of the United Nations Advisory Body on AI, the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), UNESCO’s expert group on the implementation of AI recommendations, OECD’s Expert group on AI, founder of ALLAI, the Dutch AI Alliance, and co-chair of the WEF’s Global Future Council on AI. She was a member of EU’s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence and leader of UNICEF's guidance for AI and children. Her new book “The AI Paradox” is planned for publication in late 2024.
Shira Gur-Arieh is a doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School, focusing on legal and ethical questions surrounding the design, development, and use of AI systems. She is also a Graduate Student Fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society, and a researcher at the Kennedy School's Computational Policy Lab. Before coming to Harvard, Shira clerked for the Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court.
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