Public Lecture with Dr Blay Whitby

Join us for another instalment of our Public Lecture series. This time with special guest Dr Blay Whitby.

Dr Blay Whitby is a philosopher and ethicist concerned with the social impact of new and emerging technologies. He is a leading researcher in the field and the author of many books, chapters and papers on the subject including “Do You Want a Robot Lover?”, “On Computable Morality”, “Reflections on Artificial Intelligence: The Legal, Moral and Ethical Dimensions and “Artificial Intelligence, A Beginner’s Guide”.

Dr Whitby is a member of the Advisory Board of the All Party Parliamentary Group on AI. He is an ethics expert for the European Commission, a member of the Strategic Ethics Committee of BCS The Chartered Institute of IT and an ethical advisor to the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Widening public engagement in science through debate is important to him and he is a regular speaker in community settings as well as having participated in several very high impact science/art collaborations.

Agenda

17:30 - Guest Registration Opens

18:00 - Annual Lecture Begins

19:00 - Drinks and Networking Reception

20:00 - End

Host or Publisher London South Bank University