Artificial intelligence and ethics: Who does the thinking?

On the 15th November 2016, the IEEE’s AI and Ethics Summit posed the question: “Who does the thinking?” In a series of key-note speeches and lively panel discussions, leading technologists, legal thinkers, philosophers, social scientists, manufacturers and policy makers considered such issues as:

The social, technological and philosophical questions orbiting AI.

Proposals to program ethical algorithms with human values to machines.

The social implications of the applications of AI.

Click here to read the final report, and enjoy a selection of videos from the conference below.

Welcome: Marko Delimar

Keynote Speaker: Wojciech Wiewiórowski

Panel 1: Autonomous Systems – Managing Risk and Reward

Panel Members: Raja Chatila, Kay Firth-Butterfield, Juha Heikkilä, Jérôme Perrin

Panel 2: Programming Human Ethics: Cui Bono?

Panel Members: Joanna Bryson, Mady Delvaux, Sarah Spiekermann, Corrine Cath

Panel 3: Social Implications – Perils & Promises of AI

Panel Members: Greg Adamson, Nikolaos Mavridis, Paul Nemitz, Aurélie Pols

Closing Remarks: John C. Havens

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