The Idea Exchange and UWaterloo present three Arts professors with expertise in economics, philosophy, and human-computer interaction discuss what we need to know and do to ensure artificial intelligence serves humanity for the good of everyone.
Held
in
Cambridge
at
Waterloo's
School
of
Architecture,
and
hosted
by
Dean
of
Arts,
Doug
Peers,
this
event
is
a
remount
of
our
popular
panel
held
last
November
at
Kitchener
Public
Library.
Sophia the robot (Hanson Robotics Ltd.) speaking at the AI for GOOD Global Summit, ITU, Geneva, Switzerland, June 2017. Photo credit ITU Pictures/Wikimedia Commons.
Speakers
Joel Blit, Department of Economics
Automation
and
the
future
of
work:
Who
will
have
jobs,
who
will
benefit,
and
who
will
lose?
The
coming
AI
revolution
will
have
serious
impacts
on
our
labour
markets. Will
there
still
be
enough
jobs?
What
effect
will
it
have
on
inequality? How
can
we
prepare
for
this
future?
Carla Fehr, Department of Philosophy
Can
AI
be
more
ethical
than
its
creators?
Despite
the
cool
logic
of
machine
learning,
algorithms
can
produce unintentionally
racist
and
sexist
outcomes.
Why?
Because
they
mirror
the biases
embedded
in
our
culture.
We
need
to
address
these
human
biases
in order
to
make
better
machines.
Lennart Nacke, Department of Communication Arts | Stratford School of Interaction Design & Business
How
can
we
improve
the
user
experience
with
AI?
People
are
concerned
with
making
machines
more
human and
user-friendly.
But
how
do
we
build
machines
that
display
feelings
just like
humans
and
what
are
the
potential
pitfalls?
Iterative
testing
and emotional
design
are
vital
to
making
better
AIs.