radcliffe-aiVirtual Event (Radcliffe): Decoding AI—The Science, Policies, Applications, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence


The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium will examine artificial intelligence (AI), its impact, and its ethics by exploring current and potential applications of AI in a range of fields of inquiry, practice, and public policy as well as what AI is (and is not).


Friday, October 22, 2021 @ 7:00AM-1:15PM Pacific Time (10:00AM-4:25PM Eastern Time)
Virtual Event - Online via Zoom (details sent after registration)


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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly permeating many facets of our lives, raising both hope and concern about possibilities for our future. AI is transforming domains as disparate as science, medicine, commerce, government, law, the military, and the arts, and in doing so, it is forcing us to grapple with practical, political, and philosophical questions about humans and the nature of human interaction. The Harvard Radcliffe Institute Science Symposium will examine AI, its impact, and its ethics by exploring current and potential applications of AI in a range of fields of inquiry, practice, and public policy as well as what AI is (and is not).
 

Speakers:

  • Ajay Agrawal, Geoffrey Taber Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and professor of strategic management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
  • Alán Aspuru-Guzik, professor of chemistry and computer science, University of Toronto; Canada 150 Research Chair in Theoretical and Quantum Chemistry, Government of Canada; Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute; cofounder, Zapata Computing; cofounder, Kebotix
  • Edo Berger, codirector of the science program, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; professor of astronomy, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Francine Berman RI ’20, research professor and Stuart Rice Honorary Chair, College of Information and Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, associate justice, Supreme Court of California; Herman Phleger Visiting Professor, Stanford Law School
  • Rana el Kaliouby, cofounder and CEO, Affectiva
  • Kay Firth-Butterfield, head of artificial intelligence and machine learning and member of the executive committee, World Economic Forum
  • Daniela Rus, Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Tom Simonite, senior writer, WIRED
  • Pindar Van Arman, AI artist
  • Fernanda Viégas, principal scientist, Google; Sally Starling Seaver Professor, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Jonathan L. Zittrain, George Bemis Professor of International Law and vice dean for library and information resources, Harvard Law School; director and faculty chair, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; professor of computer science, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; and professor, Harvard Kennedy School

     

When:

7:00AM - 1:15PM Fri 22 Oct 2021, Pacific timezone

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