Events

G.S. Beckwith Gilbert ’63 Public Lecture: Microsoft’s Brad Smith: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence: Who Will Have Jobs in the Future?

McCosh Hall 50

On January 17 Microsoft released a new book, The Future Computed: Artificial Intelligence and its role in society, available for free at news.microsoft.com/futurecomputed. Technology has fundamentally changed the way we consume news, plan our day, communicate, shop and interact with our family, friends and colleagues. Our world today was the stuff of science fiction only 20 years ago. What will our world look like in 2038? AI will enable breakthroughs in healthcare, agriculture, education, transportation and more. It’s already doing so in impressive ways. New technology also inevitably raises complex questions and broad societal concerns. As we look to a future powered by a partnership between computers and humans, it’s important that we address these challenges head on. How do we ensure that AI is designed and used responsibly? How do we establish ethical principles to protect people? How should we govern its use? And how will AI impact employment and jobs? What jobs will AI eliminate? What jobs will it create? How will work evolve? What strategies should be employed to ensure best outcomes?

CITP Luncheon Speaker Series: Chloé Bakalar and Ben Zevenbergen – Princeton’s AI Ethics Project: First Case Studies

Sherrerd Hall, 3rd floor open space Princeton, NJ, United States

In fall 2017, the University Center for Human Values (UCHV) and the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) launched a joint initiative on Ethics and AI. This interdisciplinary series brings Princeton University faculty from the humanities, social sciences and computer science together with proprietors of AI technologies and others working in the field in order to discuss the intersection of philosophical, political and technical issues raised by new developments in artificial intelligence technologies. In this talk we present a sample of the case studies that have been produced by this initiative in order to illustrate ethical considerations surrounding AI, and discuss some parameters within which these technologies can be further developed so as to be in keeping with human values considerations and engineering feasibilities.

CITP Conference: AI and Ethics

Friend Center Convocation Room 35 Olden Street, Princeton, United States

The University Center for Human Values (UCHV) and the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) at Princeton University are hosting a joint conference on ethics and artificial intelligence technology, which address a range of topics at the intersection of computer science, public policy, political theory and philosophy. This interactive conference will feature speakers and panel discussions, as well as several focused breakout groups in which participants and speakers will engage with one another directly. The major themes of this event will be moral imperialism and the democratic frontiers of artificial intelligence (see the schedule for more information). The aim of this event is to continue and deepen the ongoing conversation about ethics and artificial intelligence, with an eye toward the development of a set of intellectual and reasoning tools that can guide practitioners and policy makers in developing the ethical framework that will ultimately underpin their technical and legislative decisions.

CITP Special Event: Advancing Government’s Analytic and Learning Capabilities

Sherrerd Hall, 3rd floor open space Princeton, NJ, United States

This presentation will focus on two recent recommendations of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), a government agency dedicated to finding ways to improve administrative processes in the federal government. The recommendations aim to help agencies plan for meaningful analysis and retrospective review of their regulations.

CITP Luncheon Speaker Series: Danit Gal – The Co-Evolution of Humans and Robots in East Asia: A Regional Outlook

Sherrerd Hall, 3rd floor open space Princeton, NJ, United States

Humans and technological artifacts have always been entangled in a co-evolutional relationship, where the progress of the one fuels the progress of the other in a (positive or otherwise) continuous cycle. How far can and will this cycle go when our technological artifacts become increasingly autonomous? East Asia’s rapidly developing technology ecosystem offers some intriguing answers to this question. Distinct as they are, China, Japan, and South Korea are all racing towards the creation of a digitally-enabled society by welcoming robots into their lives and homes. Why is this happening? How does it affect an increasingly fragile co-evolutionary cycle?