Future Shock: the generative AI policy dilemma

In this event, we broach this GenAI policy dilemma by launching the Policy Forum of the Harvard Data Science Review’s special issue: Future Shock: Grappling the Generative AI Revolution.

You can register to attend the event in person or online.

The Policy Forum, co-edited by Professor David Leslie (Professor at Queen Mary and Director of Ethics and Responsible Innovation Research at The Alan Turing Institute), collects short, Op-Ed style position papers and policy analyses by leading thinkers from around the world, including Yoshua Bengio, Rachel Coldicutt, Jacob Metcalf, and Shmyla Khan.

Our panel discussion with Professor Leslie and other contributors to the Policy Forum, will discuss how the explosive rise of GenAI has brought both unforeseen challenges and immense potential. This event will delve into the complex policy and governance questions surrounding this transformative technology.

Professor David Leslie and researchers from The Alan Turing Institute’s Ethics & Responsible Innovation team will then launch a new interactive platform and set of workbooks within the Turing’s AI Ethics & Governance in Practice programme, which aims to help the public sector apply AI ethics and safety to the design, development and deployment of algorithmic systems.

Confirmed speakers:

• Prof. Yoshua Bengio (Professor, Université de Montréal, Founder and Scientific Director, Mila, Canada) (video)
• Dr. Ranjit Singh (Senior Researcher, Data & Society, US)
• Dr. Jean Louis Fendji (Research Director, AfroLeadership, Cameroon)
• Shmyla Kahn (former Research and Policy Director, Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan)
• Rachel Coldicutt OBE (Founder & Executive Director, Careful Industries, UK)
• Nicola Solomon (Chair, Creators Rights Alliance, UK)
• Antonella Maia Perini (Research Associate, The Alan Turing Institute, UK)
• Smera Jayadeva (Researcher, The Alan Turing Institute, UK)

Key questions we'll explore:

• How can policymakers, regulators, civil society organisations, and members of the public swiftly and effectively respond to the far-reaching risks posed by advanced AI models and GenAI?

• How can these risks be weighed against the potential positive impacts of these technologies on people, society, and the planet?

• Are binding international regulatory and governance regimes needed given the global scale of the threats posed by the possible weaponisation, misuse, or unintended consequences of advanced AI models and GenAI?

• Are such binding regimes even possible given existing geopolitical dynamics and priorities?

• How can we ensure that international AI policy development processes are inclusive and sufficiently represent the will and interests of historically marginalised and vulnerable communities?

• How is GenAI impacting academic integrity, information ecosystems, and the workforce?

• Are AI chatbots blurring the lines of human interaction and posing ethical concerns?

• To what extent are we prepared for the social and legal implications of GenAI?

Schedule:

• Registration: 4.30pm - 5pm
• Speeches & panel discussion: 5pm - 6.30pm
• Networking reception: 6.30pm - 7.30pm
• Location: Arts Two

Space is limited, so register now!

This event is co-hosted by Queen Mary, DERI and the Harvard Data Science Review.

Host or Publisher Queen Mary University of London