1st Yale Workshop on AI, Ethics, and Society
Powerful AI systems, which are driven by machine learning tools, are increasingly controlling various aspects of modern society: from social interactions (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube), economics (e.g., Uber, Airbnb, Banking), learning (e.g., Wikipedia, MOOCs), to governance (Judgements, Policing, Voting). These systems have a tremendous potential to change our lives for the better, but, via the ability to mimic and nudge human behavior, they also have the potential to be discriminatory, reinforce societal prejudices, and polarize opinions. Moreover, recent studies have demonstrated that these systems can be quite brittle and generally lack the required robustness to be deployed in various civil/military situations.
These developments have given rise to a plethora of questions at the interface of computer/data science and classical disciplines such as philosophy, linguistics, economics, psychology, public health, and law. The goal of this intensive (one-day) workshop is to identify and discuss some of these emerging challenges from different viewpoints, brainstorm potential ways forward, and initiate a Yale-wide effort towards the goal of rethinking AI systems from a societal and humanitarian viewpoint.
Confirmed Participants
- Jack Balkin (Law)
- Dirk Bergemann (Economics)
- Tristan L. Botelho (School of Management)
- Jeff Brock (Mathematics)
- Elisa Celis (Statistics and Data Science)
- Molly Crockett (Psychology)
- Thierry Emonet (Biology and Physics)
- Emily Erikson (Sociology)
- Tamar Gendler (Philosophy, Psychology and Cognitive Science)
- Alan S. Gerber (Political Science and Economics)
- Mark Gerstein (Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, MB&B, CS, S&DS)
- Nikolas Guggenberger (Law, ISP)
- Julian Jara-Ettinger (Psychology)
- Gerald Jaynes (Economics and African American Studies)
- Shelly Kagan (Philosophy)
- Amy Kapczynski (Law)
- Noreen Khawaja (Religious Studies)
- Issa Kohler-Hausmann (Law)
- Balázs Kovács (School of Management)
- John Lafferty (Statistics and Data Science)
- Tracey L. Meares (Law)
- Lisa R. Messeri (Anthropology)
- Laurie Paul (Philosophy and Cognitive Science)
- Dragomir R. Radev (Computer Science)
- Brian Scassellati (Computer Science)
- Dan Spielman (Computer Science and Statistics and Data Science)
- Zhong Shao (Computer Science)
- Zoltán Szabó (Philosophy and Linguistics)
- Marynel Vázquez (Computer Science)
- Nisheeth Vishnoi (Computer Science)
- Wendell Wallach (Technology and Ethics)
- Harry Zhou (Statistics and Data Science)
Schedule
| 8:00-8:30 | Registration |
| 8:30-8:40 | Opening remarks: Tamar Gendler |
| 8:40-9:00 | Introduction to AI: John Lafferty |
| 9:00-10:15 | Panel 1: AI’s Impact on Society |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45-12:00 | Panel 2: AI and Morality |
| 12:00-13:15 | Lunch break |
| 13:15-14:30 | Panel 3: AI and the Legal Sphere |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00-16:15 | Panel 4: AI, Ethics & Society @ Yale |
| 16:15-16:30 | Concluding remarks |
Admission to the workshop is free of charge.
More information at: https://aiethicsyale.wordpress.com/