During the reception hour, we presented our group's poster.
CREAATIF, a collaboration between QMUL and Turing Institute also presented their poster.
This event marked the launch of the Policy Forum of the Harvard Data Science Review’s special issue: Future Shock: Grappling the Generative AI Revolution.
The Policy Forum, co-edited by Professor David Leslie (Professor at Queen Mary and Director of Ethics and Responsible Innovation Research at The Alan Turing Institute and Steering Committee Member of AIESG), collects short, Op-Ed style position papers and policy analyses by leading thinkers from around the world, including Yoshua Bengio, Rachel Coldicutt, Jacob Metcalf, and Shmyla Khan.
Our panel discussion with Professor Leslie and other contributors to the Policy Forum, discussed how the explosive rise of GenAI has brought both unforeseen challenges and immense potential. This event will delve into the complex policy and governance questions surrounding this transformative technology.
Professor David Leslie and researchers from The Alan Turing Institute’s Ethics & Responsible Innovation team also launched a new interactive platform and set of workbooks within the Turing’s AI Ethics & Governance in Practice programme, which aims to help the public sector apply AI ethics and safety to the design, development and deployment of algorithmic systems.
Below, find a list of the speakers and some insights from their speeches:
Yoshua Bengio discussed the need for self-preservation goals for future AI and what actions we should take in this regard. This involves implementing pieces of code or conditioning that ensure the following:
Nicola asks questions such as why are we creating machines that are more intelligent than us? What are the concerns of creatives? People who create machines think of all data as human, but in reality, they are just pieces of work. Companies have taken creative work without proper compensation. Policies need to focus on transparency, providing licenses, ensuring proper payment for use, and being transparent about how and when creative work is being used. Do people really want machines to create creative work? There's something special about the human touch and human-created work. Creators are already struggling; incomes are down. The Society of Authors recently conducted a survey on how many translators and illustrators have been left without jobs or are being paid less due to AI. We need an ecosystem that allows creatives to make a living.
Author: Elona Shatri