Expert speakers who can help explain what is going on in the world of Artificial Intelligence
It’s been a strange week in the world of Artificial Intelligence! There was a huge shake-up at OpenAI — involving the firing and, ultimately, the reinstatement of CEO Sam Altman. Less reported but also highly important was Ed Newton Rex’s resignation from Stability AI.
The conversation around AI development and ethics is evolving all the time as we continue to learn about the direction these huge technological changes may take humanity in. Some of our expert keynote speakers have been thinking about these important challenges for several years and are well-placed to comment.
Verity Harding
One of TIME’s most influential people in AI and Director of the AI & Geopolitics Project at Cambridge University’s Bennett for Public Policy
Carissa Veliz
Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford and author of ‘Privacy is Power’
Maria Axente
Head of AI Public Policy and Ethics at PwC UK and Chair of TechUK’s Analytics and AI Leadership Committee
Carl Benedikt Frey
Associate Professor of AI & Work at Oxford University Internet Institute and author of ‘The Technology Trap: Capital Labor and Power in the Age of Automation’
Ziad Obeymeyer
Expert in the intersection of machine learning and health, and named an “Emerging Leader” by the National Academy of Medicine
Paul Armstrong
Leading technology strategist and author of ‘Disruptive Technologies: A Framework to Understand, Evaluate and Respond to Digital Disruption’
Geoff Hinton
Computer scientist, cognitive psychologist and widely considered the “Godfather of AI”
Jonnie Penn
Historian of technology and Professor of AI Ethics and Society at the University of Cambridge
Margaret Mitchell
Computer scientist and former AI Researcher at Microsoft and Google
Michael Bhaskar
Former consultant Writer in Residence at DeepMind, the world’s leading AI lab
Ed Newton Rex
Former Product Director for TikTok in Europe and former Product Director at Snapchat
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