2021 EDITION

New Challenges Ahead: AI and society

December 3, 2021 - 12:30 - 14:00
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New challenges ahead: Data, AI and the new society
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The goal of this specific session is to identify and explore the societal challenges for the deployment of AI systems. AI systems are becoming ubiquitous in all layers of society, and are poised to have an even greater impact in the near future. AI is projected to be a disruptive force in a wide variety of domains, such as healthcare, the job market, security and defence, transport and logistics, education and commerce. In many areas this is already happening today, but its impact may even be bigger in the future. This sparks a lot of questions.

  • What does this mean for the societies of tomorrow?
  • What kind of challenges will this bring us?
  • Is AI an unstoppable force that will inevitably change the way we live?
  • How does legislation come into play?
  • Do we still have a measure of control?

As Roy Amara famously observed “we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”.

We approach this topic by posing the “What if…?” question. A selection of inspiring speakers representing the quadruple helix (society, government, academia, and industry) will explore the “What if…?” scenario from their respective fields. The audience will be government representatives, researchers, and industry representatives. We expect that the directions put forward in the session will further help shape the development of responsible AI in Europe.

SPEAKERS OF THIS SESSION
Brendan Rowan
Managing Consultant at Bluspecs
Freek Bomhof
Senior Consultant at TNO
Gianluca Misuraca
Team Leader and Senior Expert on AI Diplomacy at InTouchAI.eu - International Outreach for Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence initiative
Joachim de Greeff
Senior Consultant AI & Robotics at TNO
Susan Leavy
Assistant Professor at University College Dublin
Tijmen Wisman
at Platform for Civil Rights; VU Amsterdam
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