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Launch of the Netherlands AI Alliance (ALLAI)
Today at the World AI Summit in Amsterdam I launched (together with Catelijne Muller and Virginia Dignum) the Netherlands AI Alliance. From the website:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to have significant advantages for society.
As with every disruptive technology, AI also entails risks and complex policy challenges in areas such as safety and monitoring, socio- economic aspects, ethics and privacy, reliability, to name a few.
To fully reap the benefits and opportunities of Al and at the same adequately address the risks and challenges collaboration between all stakeholders is necessary.
ALLAI provides the platform for active involvement of all stakeholders in achieving Responsible Al – from as early as the development stage up to the ultimate use in our daily lives.
We believe that this collaborative and inclusive approach will lead to increased social involvement, trust and support with respect to the further development and use of AI.
Women in STEAM Event (Leiden, NL)
Today I gave a keynote lecture on ethics inspired robotics and artificial intelligence for the Women in STEAM event in Leiden.
Brainstorm Magazine (print and web) Interview & Article
The article “Brave new world: Dr Aimee van Wynsberghe straddles the worlds of science and ethics, and is shaping the conversations of both.” has just been posted online. It is also available in the print magazine. From the article:
[Dr. van Wynsberghe] reckons that given humanity’s track record with cellphones and personal computers and the environmental damage that has followed from their manufacture and disposal, or the story of exploitation of coffee farmers, or child labour in the global garment industry, “I think we can pretty safely see where we’re going to go with robotics and AI.”
This is part of the reason she is pushing so hard for a certification programme for robotics and AI, which could assist humanity and technology companies to, this time, ‘steer in a different direction’.
Interview with NOS
I was interviewed by NOS (Dutch) for an article on sex robots. You can find the article here.
Sex Robot Ethics Keynote at Kunsthal Aarhus (Denmark)
Today I gave a keynote on sex robot ethics at Kunsthal Aarhus for the seminar “Come Closer? Aesthetics and Ethics of Machine Intimacy”, which related to the exhibit End-User by artist Sidsel Meineche Hansen. The event page is here.
Pete Trainor (BIMA): 100 AI Influencers Worth Following
I am honored to be named by BIMA (a UK Technology and Innovation network) as one of “100 AI influencers worth following”. Check out the article here.
Interview with ITWeb: Ethics, robotics and AI: Where do the three meet?
While at ITWeb’s Artificial Intelligence Summit, I was interviewed by Matthew Burbidge. The article can be found here.
Keynote: ITWeb Artificial Intelligence Summit
Today I gave a keynote lecture on the ethics of artificial intelligence for ITWeb’s AI Summit. Matthew Burbidge interviewed me while I was there – click here for the article. Thanks a lot to the organizers for a fantastic event – and for taking such great care of me!
Speaker at the AI European Stakeholder Summit in Brussels
Today I spoke at the European Economic and Social Committee AI European Stakeholder Summit.
Appointed to the EU High Level Expert Group on AI
I have been appointed as one of 52 experts for the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence.
The High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLG) will have as a general objective to support the implementation of the European strategy on AI. This will include the elaboration of recommendations on future AI-related policy development and on ethical, legal and societal issues related to AI, including socio-economic challenges.
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