Lecture and Panel Discussion: 'Redesigning AI'

The Institute for Ethics in AI and the Oxford Martin School are pleased to announce an exclusive event featuring a keynote address by distinguished economist Professor Daron Acemoğlu, followed by commentary from expert panellists.

Professor Acemoğlu's talk will argue that the current path of AI is inimical to human flourishing. Nevertheless, different institutional arrangements, ethical underpinnings, and technological vision can lead to better AI. This better AI path will need to overcome the industry's excessive focus on automation, the centralised control of information, challenges in the context of human-AI misalignment, and the disappearing diversity of information among human actors.

Agenda

11.00 – 12.00 - Keynote: Professor Daron Acemoğlu, Institute Professor, MIT

Title: Redesigning AI

Abstract: This talk will argue that the current path of AI is inimical to human flourishing. Nevertheless, different institutional arrangements, ethical underpinnings, and technological vision can lead to better AI. This better AI path will need to overcome the industry's excessive focus on automation, the centralized control of information, challenges in the context of human-AI misalignment, and the disappearing diversity of information among human actors.

12.00 – 13.00 - Panel Discussion and Q&A

Isabelle Ferreras, FNRS Professor in Sociology, University of Louvain & Visiting Fellow, Institute for Ethics in AI

Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Professor of Law, Magdalen College, University of Oxford & Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Law

Daniel Susskind, Research Professor in Economics, King's College London & Senior Research Associate, Institute for Ethics in AI