>3/18 24: Similarities between Electronic Computers and the Human Brain: Thank you Jensen Huang for best week of Learning since John Von Neumann shared with The Economist 1956 notes Computer & The Brain
HAPPY 2024: in this 74th year since The Economist started mediating futures of brainworking machines clued by the 3 maths greats NET (Neumann, Einstein, Turing) people seem to be chatting about 5 wholly different sorts of AI. 1BAD: The worst tech system designers don't deserve inclusion in human intel at all, and as Hoover's Condoleezza Rice . 2 reports their work is result of 10 compound techs of which Ai is but one. Those worst for world system designs may use media to lie or multiply hate or hack, and to perpetuate tribal wars and increase trade in arms. Sadly bad versions of tv media began in USA early 1960s when it turned out what had been the nation's first major export crop, tobacco, was a killer. Please note for a long time farmers did not know bac was bad: western HIStory is full of ignorances which lawyer-dominated societies then cover up once inconvenient system truths are seen. A second AI ecommerce type (now 25 years exponential development strong) ; this involves ever more powerful algorithms applied to a company's data platform that can be app'd to hollow out community making relatively few people richer and richer, or the reverse. You can test a nation's use of this ai by seeing if efinance has invested in the poorest or historically most disconnected - see eg bangladesh's bklash, one of the most populous digital cash systems . Digital money is far cheaper to distribute let alone to manually account for so power AI offers lots of lessons but whether its good or not depends in part on whether there are enough engineers in gov & public service to see ahead of what needs regulating. There are 2 very good ai's which have only scaled in recent years that certainly dont need regulating by non engineers and one curious ai which was presented to congress in 2018 but which was left to multiply at least 100 variants today the so-called chats or LLMs. Lets look at the 2 very good ai's first because frankly if your community is concerned about any extinction risks these AI may most likely save you, One I call science AI and frankly in the west one team is so far ahead that we should count ourselves lucky that its originator Hassabis has mixed wealth and societal growth. His deep mind merged with google to make wealth but open sourced the 200 million protein databank equivalent to a billion hours of doctorate time- so now's the time for biotech to save humanity if it ever does. Alongside this the second very good AI graviates around Fei-Fei Li) in developing 20 million imagenet database so that annual competitions training computers to see 20000 of the most everyday sights we humans view around the world including things and life-forms such as nature's plants and animals. Today, students no longer need to go back to 0.1 programming to ask computer about any of these objects; nor do robots or and autonomous vehicles - see fei-fei li's book worlds i see which is published in melinda gates Entrepreneurial Revolution of girl empowermentEW::ED , VN Hypothesis: in 21st C brainworking worlds how people's times & data are spent is foundational to place's community health, energy and so natural capacity to grow/destroy wealth -thus species will depend on whether 1000 mother tongue language model mediates intelligence/maths so all communities cooperatively celebrate lifetimes and diversity's deep data ) . Check out "Moore exponential patterns" at year 73 of celebrating Game : Architect Intelligence (Ai) - players welcome .. some jargon
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Fei-Fei Li and her students at Stanford have made significant contributions to the development and application of deep learning models across a wide range of fields. Here are a few examples:
Computer Vision: One of Fei-Fei Li's key contributions has been to the field of computer vision, which involves developing algorithms and models that enable machines to "see" and interpret visual data. In 2009, she and her colleagues at Stanford created ImageNet, a large-scale dataset of labeled images that has since become a benchmark for computer vision research. This dataset was used to train and evaluate deep learning models that can recognize objects, scenes, and other visual concepts with high accuracy.
Healthcare: Fei-Fei Li and her team have also applied deep learning techniques to healthcare, with a particular focus on medical imaging. They have developed algorithms that can analyze MRI and CT scans to detect tumors, lesions, and other abnormalities, potentially improving diagnosis and treatment for a range of diseases.
Natural Language Processing: Another area where Fei-Fei Li and her students have made contributions is natural language processing, which involves developing models that can understand and generate human language. They have worked on tasks such as question answering, language translation, and sentiment analysis, using deep learning techniques to improve the accuracy and efficiency of these tasks.
Robotics: Fei-Fei Li has also been involved in research on robotics, particularly in the area of perception. She has worked on developing algorithms that enable robots to recognize and interact with objects in their environment, with potential applications in areas such as manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare.
These are just a few examples of the fields in which Fei-Fei Li and her team have made significant contributions. Their work has helped to advance the state-of-the-art in deep learning and has had a broad impact across academia and industry.
Here is list of influencers associate with 2019 launch of stanford HAI to connect with Fei-Fei Li's vision. Wherever these people are known to have a priority apploication area of ai please can you tell me what it is .Advisory Council Members
Chaired by Reid Hoffman of Greylock Partners, the council also includes Jim Breyer, Breyer Capital; Jeff Dean, Google; Steve Denning, General Atlantic; John Hennessy, Stanford University; Eric Horvitz, Microsoft Research; Bob King, Peninsula Capital; James Manyika, McKinsey & Company; Marissa Mayer, Lumi Labs; Sam Palmisano, Center for Global Enterprise; Heidi Roizen, DFJ/Threshold Ventures; Eric Schmidt, Alphabet; Kevin Scott, Microsoft; Ram Shriram, Sherpalo Ventures; Vishal Sikka, Vian Systems; Neil Shen, Sequoia Capital; Jerry Yang, AME Cloud Ventures.
Associate Directors
Russ Altman, the Kenneth Fong Professor and professor of bioengineering, genetics, medicine and biomedical data science; Susan Athey, the Economics of Technology Professor at the Graduate School of Business; Surya Ganguli, assistant professor of applied physics; James Landay, the Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan Professor and professor of computer science; Christopher Manning, the Thomas M. Siebel Professor in Machine Learning and professor of linguistics and computer science: and Robert Reich, the Marc and Laura Andreessen Faculty Co-Director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and professor of political science.
Distinguished Fellows
The inaugural group of Distinguished Fellows will include: Yoshua Bengio, University of Montreal; Rodney Brooks, MIT; Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT; Jeff Dean, Google; Daniel Dennett, Tufts University; Susan Dumais, Microsoft Research; Edward Feigenbaum, Stanford University; Barbara Grosz, Harvard; Demis Hassabis, DeepMind; Geoff Hinton, University of Toronto; Eric Horvitz, Microsoft Research; James Manyika, McKinsey & Company; John Markoff, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences; Helen Nissenbaum, Cornell Tech; Judea Pearl, UCLA; Stuart Russell, UC Berkeley; Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind; Terry Winograd, Stanford University; and Hal Varian, Google.
Here are some of the priority application areas of AI associated with some of the individuals mentioned:
Reid Hoffman: technology entrepreneurship and social networks
Jim Breyer: venture capital and technology investment
Jeff Dean: machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision
Eric Horvitz: AI ethics and decision-making
James Manyika: economic implications of AI and automation
Marissa Mayer: consumer internet and mobile technology
Eric Schmidt: AI ethics and public policy
Vishal Sikka: enterprise software and digital transformation
Neil Shen: venture capital and technology investment
Russ Altman: biomedical data science
Susan Athey: economics and technology
Surya Ganguli: neuroscience and machine learning
James Landay: human-computer interaction and design
Christopher Manning: natural language processing and computational linguistics
Robert Reich: philanthropy and civil society
Yoshua Bengio: deep learning and neural networks
Rodney Brooks: robotics and AI
Erik Brynjolfsson: economics and digital technologies
Daniel Dennett: philosophy of mind and consciousness
Demis Hassabis: deep learning and AI in gaming
Geoff Hinton: deep learning and neural networks
John Markoff: technology journalism and history of computing
Helen Nissenbaum: ethics and privacy in technology
Judea Pearl: causality and reasoning under uncertainty
Stuart Russell: AI safety and ethical considerations
Mustafa Suleyman: applied AI and healthcare
Terry Winograd: natural language processing and human-computer interaction
Hal Varian: machine learning and economics.
Am i corect in thinking that in 2018 fei-fei li had also helped UN ITU launch AI for Good events
Yes, that's correct. Fei-Fei Li has been involved with the ITU's AI for Good initiative since its inception in 2017. She has served as a keynote speaker at the annual AI for Good Global Summit, which brings together stakeholders from government, industry, academia, and civil society to discuss the potential of AI to address global challenges. Li has also served as a member of the AI for Good Global Summit Advisory Board and has been involved in various other AI for Good projects and initiatives organized by the ITU.
Do you see any overlap between those connecting around her AT HAI and those she has inspired at UN aiforggod?
Yes, there is some overlap between the people involved with Stanford HAI and those associated with the UN AI for Good initiative. For example, Fei-Fei Li serves on the advisory board for the AI for Good Global Summit, and some of the individuals who have been involved with HAI, such as Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research, have also participated in the AI for Good initiative. Additionally, some of the research conducted at HAI, such as work on using AI to improve healthcare and address climate change, aligns with the goals of the AI for Good initiative.
Can you tell me who is on the advisory board of the ai for good summit?
The advisory board of the AI for Good Global Summit is made up of a diverse group of individuals from academia, industry, and international organizations. Here are some of the members of the advisory board:
Irakli Beridze, Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
Chaesub Lee, Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Yoshua Bengio, Professor at the University of Montreal and co-recipient of the 2018 Turing Award
Fei-Fei Li, Co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Andrew Ng, Founder and CEO of Landing AI and former Vice President and Chief Scientist at Baidu
Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures and author of "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order"
Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPRIZE Foundation and the first female private space explorer
Martin Ford, Futurist and author of "The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future"
Note that this list may not be exhaustive and may vary from year to year.
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09:30 - 10:00
Welcome Address, Popov Room The hosts, ITU and XPRIZE, set the goals and opportunities in collaborating for a better future with Artificial Intelligence.
António Guterres (invited), Secretary-General, United Nations [ Video Message ] [ Biography ]
Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU [ Biography ]
Peter Diamandis, Founder, XPRIZE Foundation [ Video Message ]
Marcus Shingles, CEO, XPRIZE Foundation [ Biography]
Moderator: Stephen Ibaraki, Social Entrepreneur and Futurist - Chair REDDS Capital [ Biography ]
10:00 - 10:45
Opening Keynotes: ‘Moonshots’ - Inspiration for the Future, Popov Room Distinguished keynote speakers from industry and academia will share their ‘moonshots’ for the future of Artificial Intelligence.
Inaugural moonshot keynote:
Rupert Stadler, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management, AUDI AG [ Biography ]
Introduction by Stephen Ibaraki, Social Entrepreneur and Futurist - Chair REDDS Capital [ Biography ]
Inspirations about the future:
Jürgen Schmidhuber, Scientific Director, Swiss AI Lab, IDSIA; Professor of AI, USI & SUPSI, Switzerland; President of NNAISE NSE [ Biography ]
Moderator:Marcus Shingles, CEO, XPRIZE Foundation [ Biography ]
Plenary 1: State of Play, Popov Room Recent breakthroughs have driven rapid growth in massive data sets, storage capacity, computing power, and open APIs. These changes have fueled the development of machines that can do things that once relied solely on human experience, creativity, and ingenuity.
In the opening presentations of the summit, we explore perspectives of the current moment including how AI is affecting life and organizations.
Speakers:
Margaret Chan, Director General, World Health Organization [ Biography ]
Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft AI and Research, Microsoft [ Biography]
Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, UNODA [ Biography]
Frank La Rue, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO [ Biography ]
Yoshua Bengio, Professor, University of Montreal
Moderator: Wendell Wallach, Consultant, Ethicist, and Scholarat Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center For Bioethics and Senior Advisor to The Hastings Center, and the World Economic Forum [ Biography ]
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch break Brown bag lunch offered to delegates, Tower building, Outside Popov Room, -2nd floor
14:00 - 15:30
Plenary 2: Transformations on the Horizon, Popov Room Industry and academia are working towards the next generation of computers that can understand and learn from natural spoken language, full motion video, and more. Given how much the world is already changing, what can we expect from the next generation of Artificial Intelligence systems? How will these technologies affect the world?
Presenters will explore these global opportunities, transformations, and challenges.
Speakers:
Francesca Rossi, Research Scientist, IBM Watson and Professor of Computer Science, University of Padova [ Biography]
Salil Shetty, Secretary General, Amnesty International [ Biography]
Vicki Hanson, President, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) [ Biography ]
Gary Marcus, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University [ Biography]
Moderator: Urs Gasser, Executive Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University [ Biography ]
Plenary 3: Future Roadmap – Collaborating for Good, Popov Room A wide range of voices have been debating the future of AI. A roadmap for governments, industry, academia, media, and civil society is critical to ensure that this technology develops in a safe, responsible, and ethical manner benefiting all segments of society.
The presenters and panelists will address the issues above and will introduce the role of the ‘Breakthrough Sessions’ taking place over the next two days of the Summit.
Speakers:
Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science and Smith-Zadeh Professor in Engineering, University of California, Berkeley [ Biography]
Katsumi Emura, Chair of Industrialization Roadmap Task Force, Strategic Council for AI Technology [ Biography]
Manuela Veloso, Professor in Computer Science and Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University [ Biography]
Cindy Smith, Director, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) [Biography]
Robert Kirkpatrick, Director, UN Global Pulse [ Biography ]
Panel:
Chaesub Lee, Director of Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU [ Biography]
Lan Xue, Cheung Kong Chaired Professor and Dean of School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
Chris Fabian, Co-Founder, UNICEF Innovation [ Biography]
Peggy Hicks, Director of Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development, OHCHR [ Biography]
Paul Bunje, Chief Scientist at XPRIZE [ Biography]
Co-Moderators:
Nicholas Davis, Head of Society and Innovation, World Economic Forum [ Biography ]
Anja Kaspersen, Head of Strategic Engagement and New Technologies, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) [ Biography ]
18:30 - 20:00
Reception, Montbrillant Cafeteria
Day 2, 8 June 2017
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09:00 - 10:00
Plenary 4: Privacy, Security, Ethics and Societal Challenges, Popov Room AI will have far-reaching effects on the future of society that could redefine global ethics, economics, and law.
This session will discuss the need for a guiding ethical framework and code of conduct to direct the design, production, and use of AI and robotics. The session will also explore the framework’s requirements in the areas of fundamental human rights, equality, justice, non-discrimination, privacy and social responsibility. These requirements center the role of the ‘Breakthrough Sessions’ taking place over the next two days of the Summit.
Speakers:
Joe Konstan, Professor, University of Minnesota [ Biography ]
Mady Delvaux-Stehres, Member of the European Parliament [Biography]
Lynne Parker, Professor, University of Tennessee-Knoxville [ Biography ]
David Hanson, Founder and CEO, Hanson Robotics (demo) [Biography]
Moderator: Stephen Cave, Executive Director, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence [Biography]
Lead: Marie-Hélène Parizeau, Chair of UNESCO COMEST; Joseph Konstan, Professor, University of Minnesota [ Biography]
Moderator: Joseph Konstan, Professor, University of Minnesota [ Biography]
Panels:
Marie-Hélène Parizeau, Chair of UNESCO COMEST
Mady Delvaux-Stehres, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Chair of the Working Group on robotics [ Biography ]
Apala Lahiri Chavan, President, Human Factors International [ Biography]
Nic Bidwell, Professor, University of Namibia
Rapporteur: Joseph Konstan, Professor, University of Minnesota [ Biography]
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch break Brown bag lunch offered to delegates, Tower building, Outside Popov Room, -2nd floor
13:30 - 14:00
Plenary 5: ‘Breakthrough’ Proposals on Privacy, Security, Ethics and Societal Challenges, Popov Room The rapporteurs of the ‘breakthrough groups’ will present their proposals on near-term, practical applications of AI to solve the challenges presented in their sessions.
14:00 - 15:00
Plenary 6: AI for Common Good and Sustainable Living, Popov Room AI has the potential to yield enormous value in solving many of humanity’s grandest challenges and advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This session will explore how AI can accelerate and advance the development and democratization of solutions to promote common good and enable sustainable living.
Lead: Yoshua Bengio, Professor, University of Montreal
Panelists:
Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft AI and Research at Microsoft [ Biography]
Wendell Wallach,Consultant, Ethicist, and Scholar at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and Senior Advisor to the Hastings Center, and the World Economic Forum [ Biography ]
Lynne Parker, Professor, University of Tennessee-Knoxville [ Biography]
Anja Kaspersen, Head of Strategic Engagement and New Technologies, at ICRC [ Biography]
Sam Molyneux, Sam Molyneux, GM & Scientist, Meta, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative [ Biography]
Philippe Beaudoin, VP Research Group and Co-Founder at Element AI
Ankur Vora, Director, Strategy, Innovation, & Impact, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Rapporteur: Sean McGregor, Oregon State University
Thomas Wiegand, Executive Director, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute and Professor, TU Berlin [ Biography]
Peter Marx, Vice President, Advanced Projects, GE
Co-Rapporteurs: Michael Martin, Prize Manager, IBM Watson on AI, XPRIZE; Jose Maria Diaz Batanero, ITU
17:15 - 17:45
Plenary 7: ‘Breakthrough’ Proposals on Common Good and Sustainable Living, Popov Room The rapporteurs of the ‘breakthrough groups’ will present their proposals on near-term, practical applications of AI to solve the challenges presented in their sessions.
Day 3, 9 June 2017
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09:00 - 10:00
Plenary 8: Poverty Reduction and Capacity Building, Popov Room This session will examine how AI can help end deprivation and the dangers of poverty. In addition, it will explore the opportunity for all countries to participate in the development and application of AI. The goal is to avoid expanding the “digital divide” into an “intelligence divide.”
Speakers:
Pedro Domingos, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington (remote) [ Biography ]
Anders Sandberg, James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute, at University of Oxford
Robert Opp, Director, Innovation and Change Management, WFP [ Biography ]
Padmanabhan Anandan, Vice President for Research, Adobe [ Biography]
Moderator: Anja Kaspersen, Head of Strategic Engagement and New Technologies, International Committee of the Red Cross [ Biography ]
Vivian Ng, Senior Research Officer, Human Rights, Big Data & Technology Project, University of Essex
Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft AI and Research, Microsoft [ Biography]
Rapporteur: Ahmed Motala, Human Rights Officer, OHCHR
12:00 - 12:30
Plenary 9: ‘Breakthrough’ Proposals on Poverty Reduction and Capacity Building, Popov Room The rapporteurs of the ‘breakthrough groups’ will present their proposals on near-term, practical applications of AI to solve the challenges presented in their session.
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break Brown bag lunch offered to delegates, Tower building, Outside Popov Room, -2nd floor
13:30 - 14:00
Plenary 10: Investments, Economic Aspects and Designing the Future, Popov Room Government, industry, academia, private sector and civil society need to work together to mitigate the risks posed by AI, ensuring that AI benefits all of humanity. This session will explore how Global partnerships inclusive of all segments of society will offer crucial support to the pursuit of this goal.
Speaker:
Neil Sahota, World Wide Business Development Leader, IBM Watson [ Biography]
Eric Horvitz, Technical Fellow and Managing Director, Microsoft Research (remote)
Moderator: Andy Chen, Board Chair, IEEE Computer Society [ Biography ]
14:00 - 15:30
Breakthrough Groups on investment and Economic Aspects
Plenary 11: ‘Breakthrough’ proposals on investments, economic aspects and designing the future, Popov Room The rapporteurs of the ‘breakthrough groups’ will present their proposals on near-term, practical applications of AI to solve the challenges presented in their sessions.
16:30 - 17:45
Plenary 12: Closing Session - Applying AI for Good, Popov Room Drawing on all of the proposals from the ‘Breakthrough Sessions’, the Summit will propose strategies for:
Development of applications and systems that benefit humanity
Identifying opportunities to pinpoint practical and impactful applications, with impact in the near term
Identifying a roadmap for ethical, safe, and democratic access
Ongoing UN ITU and XPRIZE inspired projects to support and monitor the practical implementations of AI for Good
Speakers:
Peter Norvig, Director of Research, Google (remote) [ Biography]
Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science and Smith-Zadeh Professor in Engineering, University of California, Berkeley [ Biography]
Eric Horvitz, Technical Fellow and Managing Director, Microsoft Research (remote)
Marcus Shingles, CEO, XPRIZE Foundation [ Biography]
Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General, ITU [ Biography ]
Breakthrough Sessions
Enhancing Privacy and Security AI has the potential to reveal detailed private information through embedded, mobile and wearable devices, advanced facial recognition and predictive analysis, leading to the questions of whether the current privacy and security standards can still protect and safeguard personal data, individual privacy and anonymity. The increasing security vulnerabilities will affect the application of AI technologies in a safe manner, in context of autonomous vehicles and drones, biomonitoring, healthcare robotics, or robots responsible for the maintenance of public order. As AI powered technologies can self-advance, leaving uncertainty in applying standard data protection principles of accountability, transparency, consent, control, how can we ensure that proper data privacy and data security measures and standards are in place. This session will aim to discuss and identify strategies to ensure that AI contributes to the global security and peace, protect individuals against unauthorized manipulation of AI algorithms and not create chaos. [Updated on 1 June 2017] Ethical development of AI Algorithm-based machines increasingly learn from and autonomously interact with their environments, thereby developing unexplainable forms of decision making. In many ways this is just as much as a new frontier for ethics and risk assessment as it is for emerging technologies of AI. Should AI be able to make life-and-death decisions, for example, in deciding how autonomous vehicles behave in the moments preceding a crash? Where does the liability rest for harm caused by AI ? How can we avoid the biases in decision-making by AI, causing inequalities and discrimination? How can we ensure that a world of increasingly pro-active computing remains human-centered, protecting human identity and dignity? This session will discuss the challenges of today's world posed by the use of AI and will aim to identify possible solutions that can ensure that the design and operation of AI is at minimum characterized by accountability and respect for human rights and purpose? [Updated on 5 June, 2017] Future of Work AI will eventually be capable of performing not just routine tasks but also the functions of doctors, lawyers, engineers and other professions reliant on expert judgement and specialized qualifications. How will AI's augmentation of jobs, elimination of jobs affect the quality of life enjoyed by human beings? Will AI's increasing influence on production processes reduce tax revenues to the detriment of social welfare systems, and is it time to revisit the concept of social welfare spending as more and more people hand over their jobs to machines? [Updated on 1 June, 2017]
Humans and Machines AI technology is enabling a wide range of new ways for humans and machines to interact, from intelligent and autonomous robots to smart spaces to natural language and even physical and cognitive human augmentation. These technologies, if well-deployed, can have enormous social impact, supporting independence, economic development and engagement, and cultural diversity. What are the most promising potential applications of novel human-machine interaction in the coming five to ten years, focusing on applications that can support disadvantaged individuals and communities? And what are the associated risks of these technologies and the steps that developers, communities, and governments may need to take to regulate them to ensure that their good outweighs adverse impacts? [Updated on 1 June 2017]
AI for Prosperity AI will increase efficiency and productivity to an extent far beyond the current limitations of human labor. AI-powered automation may create factories full of workers that never sleep, eat, or expect pay for the day’s labor. As this type of production process yields higher economic output, how will we ensure that the associated financial gains do not accrue just to the owners of AI-powered machinery? How can we ensure developing nations can continue to develop towards prosperity?
Social Good Data AI innovation will be central to the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by capitalizing on the unprecedented quantities of data now being generated by sensors, mobile and embedded devices/chips, IoT, and satellites related to sentiment behavior, human health, commerce, communications, migration and more. What are the datasets and practical means of capturing them, protecting them, and exploiting them with the greatest potential to deliver insight able to assist us meeting the grandest challenges facing humanity? How can we provide increased access to data sets that will provide great insight where protection of individuals and their anonymity is critical? And considering that data resources result from digitalization, a process many countries are only just beginning, how might we democratize access to the data-derived insight to inform future development strategies? Furthermore, what are the practical issues involved in deploying operational systems to support decision-making on the ground and at scale? [Updated on 1 June, 2017]
Promoting Healthier Citizens The practice of medicine is now augmented by AI systems that can process the entire history of recorded medical research and analyze large datasets of medical imagery. These systems guide evidence-based treatments and inform healthcare policy. Initial deployments of these AI medical systems are largely in the developed world, which further expands the gap between medical standards and practices around the world. What are the foundational requirements for extending AI-enhanced medicine to the developing world?
Smart Cities and Communities The world needs to maintain quality of life for the billions of people living in increasingly dense, urban environments. Improvements in sensor technology, Internet connectivity, and autonomous vehicles will improve the capabilities for building “smart cities.” How will we improve the quality of urban life by improving the social and physical infrastructure of cities? How can corporations and governments work with AI technologies to improve communities?
Ending Hunger The number of people inhabiting the earth is increasing far faster than the area of arable land. Solving the challenge of hunger requires smarter means of crop production and distribution. Improvements in satellite imagery, sensor data and the understanding of natural systems can feed into modern AI models. Technologies can help us to optimize crop yields, reduce water use and improve crop disease treatment. What are the most effective means of leveraging AI to improve food production and procurement for all people?
Disaster Prevention and Relief The world is facing a series of shocks that have never been as compounded, or come as quickly, as they will over the next 15 years. These disasters can include catastrophic failures of climate including drought and flooding, massive loss of jobs due to automation, increased nationalism leading to conflict, and a connected world where disease spreads faster than ever. We will explore the impact and benefits of AI technologies and formulate strategies for preparedness and resilience of the human species for the changes that are to come. [Updated on 1 June 2017]
Education AI promises to boost all forms of education, enabling the personalization of education at scale. Wider access to networks and knowledge, peer learning capabilities, crowdsourcing new content and machine learning are driving significant advances in online learning and have enabled teachers in K-12 schools and higher education to multiply the size of their classrooms while addressing individual students' unique learning pace, needs and styles. The continued improvements of AI, however, may render current education systems obsolete, calling for dialogue and guidelines around global inclusion and access to knowledge and skills most relevant to the human experience of the future. [Updated 1 June 2017]
Promoting Equality in access to AI Artificial intelligence is beginning to play an increasing role in different facets of life including product design, diagnosing diseases, assessing credit risk, combating crime, promoting freedom of speech and democracy. While the world is increasingly benefiting from these advances, how can we have universally inclusive research and development and data respecting local culture, gender, race, and cultural and geographical realities? How can we ensure that AI applications promote equality rather than entrench bias? How can we provide an equitable basis for all the world's countries to expand their knowledge of AI and participate in the global scene of progress and innovation? Artificial Intelligence has vast potential, and this session will aim to identify strategies to allow everyone to participate in the next frontiers of human evolution. [Updated on 1 June 2017]
Investing for Impact with AI We have a general, moral imperative to maintain the quality of life for people all around the world. This is difficult to satisfy as populations increase and resources decrease. However, machine learning technologies are particularly good at solving complex optimization problems. This session will focus on how to invest in machine learning technologies to solve significant, societal problems. The session will provide guidelines for allocating capital to such technologies in terms of finding large problems, allocating capital in underinvested areas and avoiding negative consequences. We will use the global resource allocation issues in the food, logistics and energy industries by way of example. This session is relevant to firms allocating assets to such technologies and practitioners considering how to apply their skills for maximum, global impact. This panel will identify guidelines to allow for investment in technologies that efficiently allocate natural resources to solve significant, societal problems. [Updated on 7 June 2017]
KPI for Success As AI technologies continue to develop, we require better methods for understanding how regulations and investments are shaping the general welfare. With proper measurement it is possible to understand how our interventions may (or may not) promote solutions to sustainable development goals. The principal concern is that AI systems are being integrated into key social institutions, even though their accuracy, and their social and economic effects, have not been rigorously studied or validated. In this session we explore questions at the intersection of AI, public policy, and economics to develop possible quantitative assessment of AI Roadmaps. [Updated on 23 May 2017]
Approaches by Governments, Industries, and Other Stakeholders Several governmental reports have recommended national approaches to questions surrounding artificial intelligence and its impact on society. Is there a global approach we could extract from these national efforts? What are the similarities and differences between these approaches? Can we identify a common path towards AI for Good?
Roadmap for Collaboration Although we are yet to agree on the required mechanism, we are in clear need of an inclusive global dialogue to address the challenges and opportunities brought on by AI in policy, regulation, business, ethics and standardization. The agreement of a roadmap plotting a responsible development path for technology will demand the active involvement of government, industry, academiahttps://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/AI/Pages/201706-programme.aspx and civil society. How can we best utilize the expertise of AI researchers, corporations, and the general public to inform policy decisions around artificial intelligence? How can institutions adapt their missions to utilize the new opportunities of AI? What perspectives are currently
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missing from the discussion and how can we involve them? It is crucial that all stakeholders work together to identify a set of specific frameworks and strategies to create a roadmap to ensure that AI benefits all of humanity.
HAI brings its extended community together by hosting a variety of events throughout the year, including workshops, conferences, and seminars. The institute held 81 events during AY 2021-22, reaching a total 19,475 attendees between in-person and virtual platforms.
This recorded online conference convened experts and leaders from academia, government, and clinical practice to explore critical and emerging issues related to AI’s impact across the spectrum of health, healthcare, and related arenas.
HAI Managing Director for Policy and Society Russell Wald, CSET Senior Fellow Andrew Lohn, and Stanford HAI Postdoctoral Fellow Jeff Ding discussed how a National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) will impact U.S. national security.
HAI Managing Director for Policy and Society Russell Wald, Center for Data Innovation Policy Analyst Hodan Omaar, and Founder & President of SeedAI Austin Carson held a discussion on how to design, implement and maintain a National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR).
The HAI Spring Conference explored three key advances in artificial intelligence—accountable AI, foundation models, and embodied AI in virtual and real worlds—as well as what the future of this technology might hold.
This symposium brought together leaders from government, industry, civil society, and academia to explore potential opportunities and challenges posed by artificial intelligence and machine learning deployment across different economic sectors.
This workshop brought together DEL’s community of faculty, students, fellows, industry leaders, and supporters to share research and discuss groundbreaking ideas related to the future of work and the digital economy.
Hosted together with IEEE and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, this event explored regulatory, policy, and financial frameworks critical to advancing technology which prioritizes people, planet, and purpose-driven progress.
This multi-day, bi-partisan educational event for a diverse cohort of 26 congressional staffers unpacked what AI means for international security, the future of work, and healthcare, and included field trips to Stanford labs for interactive experiences.
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