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AI Models Are NOT Like Us! -- Learn About AI Risks & Ethical and Policy Challenges
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Are AI systems conscious? Do they have independent agency? And if so, shouldn’t we protect their rights, interests, and welfare? As today’s AI systems become increasingly capable, AI ethicists and even some AI companies are taking these questions seriously. And so will we in this talk on AI ethics and policy.
We’ll also address the existential risks that might be posed by highly capable AI systems. Science fiction movies have accustomed us to expect that AI systems will seek to destroy or enslave their human creators. But serious scientists are warning that today’s highly capable AI systems are on the verge of matching or surpassing human intelligence, even while AI developers have failed to align their conduct and output with human values and interests. They want a moratorium on attempts to develop superintelligent AI systems - until we learn how to control them.
Come and learn about some of the important ethical and policy challenges posed by today’s hottest new technology! There will be time for questions.
FHNN's speaker is Mark MacCarthy, adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School at Georgetown University. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Technology Law and Policy at Georgetown Law and a Senior Policy Fellow at the Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. He is a senior fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum, where works on AI and data privacy projects. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Indiana University and an MA in economics from the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Regulating Digital Industries: How Public Oversight Can Encourage Competition, Protect Privacy, and Ensure Free Speech (Brookings 2023).
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