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The ethical cost of AI

Nesta talks to... Karen Hao
16 Sep 2024
Online
Free

This event took place on Monday 16 September. You can watch the recording below.

Artificial intelligence is the most consequential technological advancement of a generation. As AI companies amass more power, how can we ensure this technology is used ethically, solving challenges rather than creating them?

As the recent ideological conflict at OpenAI shows, stakeholder interest and internal politics can take priority over ethical commitments. With OpenAI and ChatGPT gaining increasing influence in the AI market, what are the ramifications of concentrating such pivotal decisions in the hands of a select few?

Why you should watch the recording

Karen Hao, award-winning AI journalist, joined Nesta’s Group Chief Practices Officer James Plunkett for an online talk to explore how we can leverage AI to solve societal challenges while mitigating ethical risks.

This recording will be of interest to policymakers, technologists, academics – or anyone interested in the role of artificial intelligence in society. The recording will discuss insights on how to manage the ethical challenges around AI and how it can be developed responsibly.

Event recording

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Speakers

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Karen Hao

Karen Hao is an award-winning journalist covering the impacts of artificial intelligence on society and a contributing writer for The Atlantic. She leads the Pulitzer Center's AI Spotlight Series, a program training journalists around the world on how to cover AI, and sits on the AI advisory board of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. She was formerly a foreign correspondent covering China’s technology industry for the Wall Street Journal and a senior editor for AI at MIT Technology Review. Her work is regularly taught in universities and cited by governments. She has received numerous accolades for her coverage, including an American National Magazine Award for Journalists Under 30. She received her B.S. in mechanical engineering from MIT.

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James Plunkett

James is Chief Practices Officer for Nesta and the Behavioural Insights Team. James has worked for a decade in digital transformation and public policy. Before joining Nesta he led digital technology and policy at Citizens Advice and before that he held roles at 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, and leading policy at the Resolution Foundation think tank. James's book, End State, explores how we reform the state for a digital age. He formerly sat on the advisory board of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation and writes regularly on technological change and its implications for the way we govern society.

Event information

16 Sep 2024
Online
Free
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