Albertine Conversations: Building Ethical AI

Bringing together experts from the United States and France, this discussion will explore the opportunities and challenges of AI and address some of the most pressing issues surrounding its development and governance.

Texas Global and Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education of the Embassy of France in the United States, are pleased to present this program as part of the Villa Albertine Conversations series on Emerging Technologies, including keypoints on:

- AI alignment and human values - Transparency, accountability, and public trust - Algorithmic bias, privacy, and manipulation - Regulation and governance of emerging technologies - Risks and opportunities associated with increasingly autonomous AI systems - The future relationship between artificial intelligence and human decision-making

Featured speakers include:

- Dr. Matthew Lease, Professor of Information in the School of Computing and Director of the Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence and Human-Centered Computing at UT Austin. - Dr. Min Kyung Lee, Associate Professor of Information in the School of Computing and Director of the Human-AI Interaction Lab at UT Austin. - Thomas Klein, Director of Technology and Strategy, Microsoft. - Lola Carbonell, Secretary General and Director of International Affairs at the General-Purpose AI Policy Lab and lecturer at Sciences Po, France.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Dr. Sonia Feigenbaum, Senior Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Chief International Officer at UT Austin.