Ah - it wouldn’t be a workshop discussing the #Ethics of #AI without a reflection on how “the master’s tools will not dismantle the master’s house”, #DigitalColonialism and the fact that there are no good billionaires 💪
Discussions for us all to continue!
BridgeAl Partner Showcase
On the panel:
🎤 Alexandra Araujo Alvarez - Alan Turing Institute
🎤 Dominica D'Arcangelo - Alan Turing Institute
🎤 Claire Morris - Innovate UK
🎤 Lahiru Rajamanthi - Business
Connect
🎤 Divya Kamath and Oisin Harrington - Digital Catapult
🎤 Sarah Hanrahan and Shweta Varadarajan - STFC Hartree centre
🎤 Ivan Serrano - BSI
Now that we’ve heard from all the different partners we have an opportunity for attendees to ask some questions. But a reminder: get in touch with anyone who works as part of #BridgeAI for signposting.
Opportunities to engage with #BridgeAI available at: https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunities/?_sf_s=bridgeai&sort_order=_sfm_closes+asc+datetime
A delicious lunch and 90 minutes for fascinating conversations and networking.
And now we’re back to hear from Claire Morris - Innovation Lead for #BridgeAI at InnovateUK
Part of the talk is a demo of the TEA - #Trustworthy and #Ethical #Assurance - Platform.
Try it out: https://assuranceplatform.azurewebsites.net
GitHub: https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/AssurancePlatform
After some cake and coffee, Chris Burr is taking us through Operationalising #Ethical #Assurance
Some useful links to project reports from the Turing Institute:
Tess just talked us through this white paper from #TechUK https://www.techuk.org/resource/techuk-paper-ethics-in-action-from-white-paper-to-workplace.html
Our next panel is on AI Safety and Ethics in Practice
Host: Arcangelo Leone de Castris - Alan Turing Institute
Panel:
🎤 Tess Buckley - TechUK
🎤 Areeq Chowdhury - The Royal Society
🎤 Ray Eitel-Porter - Accenture
🎤 Elena Simperl - Open Data Institute
What does AI #Ethics mean to you?
Wooooo hooo! We’re back at #OSEIAI24 Open Source, Ethics & Innovation in AI.
Day 2 focuses on #Ethics of #AI
Arielle Bennett is getting us started with a little overview of the @turingway guide to ethics - please do check it out and contribute your knowledge!
⚖️ https://book.the-turing-way.org/ethical-research/ethical-research
After a delicious lunch we’re back for #TechTransfer talks - where is the role for #OpenSource #Software?
Hosted by: Jacob Green and David Pérez-Suárez
Panel:
🎤 Bastien Guerry - French Inter-Ministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs
🎤 Simon Porter - Open Science Research
🎤 Ron Williams - Coppin State University
🎤 Aida Mehonic - The Alan Turing Institute
🎤 Miguel Xochicale - UCL
🎤 @KirstieJane - @turingway
Every panel should have a #technopessimist (her words!) like Mariangela Mihai. We must continue to critically engage with the ways in which technology harms the most marginalised members of our society.
She shares the example of #whisper introducing racial hallucinations into medical notes: https://www.wired.com/story/hospitals-ai-transcription-tools-hallucination/
Really wonderful observation from @rachelcoldicutt to advocate for better involvement of #CivilSociety in discussions about #DigitalStrategy, #OpenSource #Innovation and #AI.
We should be holding our #Labour government to higher standards for representation and co-creation with the people and for the people.
Next panel (fuelled by a short cake break!)
#OpenInnovation in Practice
Host: Aida Mehonic, Alan Turing Institute
Panel:
🎤 @rachelcoldicutt, Careful Trouble
🎤 Jennifer Jiang-Kells, UCLH and .implement AI
🎤 Mariangela Mihai, Western Washington University
🎤 Dave Buckley, OpenMined
What do MPs need to be able to meaningfully engage in understanding #OpenSource #Innovation and #Regulation for #AI?
💥 Make clear that there are benefits and harms NOW! (Never mind the existential threats!)
❓Answer questions, bring example #UseCases, help them understand #OpenSource and #AI
🗳️ Show how these topics relate to their constituents. How do we bring broader societal understanding?
Really wonderful to have Onwurah highlight the potential of #OpenSource #Innovation (including AI) to enable workers across the UK to focus on the most human parts of their jobs (teachers focusing on engaging with children more) and also fostering #trust in #models and how we use #data.
I did a horrible job tooting this panel 🙈 It was very interesting though.
Themes of not allowing the #OpenSource community to be divided and conquered by big tech players over divisions in the initial definition of #OSIAI.
Also making sure that we positively communicate the value of #OpenSource.
It is so exciting to hear an MP say that she’s been #championing #OpenSource in her 14 years as a member of parliament.
More of this please!
Really delighted to hear from #Labour MP Chi Onwurah, Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee. She’s speaking on how #OpenSource can deliver #Innovation #ForAll!
Read all about her at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Onwurah
