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Carnegie Council PodcastsResponsible AI & the Ethical Trade-offs of Large Models, with Sara HookerIn this episode of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with Sara Hooker, head of Cohere for AI, to discuss her pioneering work on model design, model bias, and data representation. She highlights the importance of understanding the ethical trade-offs involved in building and using large models and addresses some of the complexities and responsibilities of modern AI development. For more, please go to: https://carnegiecouncil.co/aiei-sara-hooker
2024-07-311h 04
Carnegie Council PodcastsAI & Warfare: A New Era for Arms Control & Deterrence, with Paul Scharre In this episode of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with Center for a New American Security’s Paul Scharre, war analyst, strategist, and author of Four Battlegrounds and Army of None. They discuss the evolving and persistent aspects of how we think about war, AI procurement as a strategic issue, and the governance of AI and autonomous features in weapon systems. In addition, they offer cautions about applying traditional notions of arms control, including analogies of arms race and deterrence, to the realm of these emerging technologies.
2024-07-241h 14
The MachinistCybernetics, Digital Surveillance, & the Role of Unions in Tech Governance, with Elisabet Haugsbø Podcast: Carnegie Council Podcasts (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Cybernetics, Digital Surveillance, & the Role of Unions in Tech Governance, with Elisabet HaugsbøPub date: 2024-07-02Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode of the AI & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen is joined by Elisabet Haugsbø, president of Norway-based tech union Tekna, to discuss her journey in engineering, the importance of cybernetics, digital surveillance, and how to stay resilient in the age of AI. They also explore the benefits of collaborating with pr...
2024-07-1259 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsCybernetics, Digital Surveillance, & the Role of Unions in Tech Governance, with Elisabet HaugsbøIn this episode of the AI & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen is joined by Elisabet Haugsbø, president of Norway-based tech union Tekna, to discuss her journey in engineering, the importance of cybernetics, digital surveillance, and how to stay resilient in the age of AI. They also explore the benefits of collaborating with professional unions in technology governance. For more, please go to: https://carnegiecouncil.co/aiei-haugsbø
2024-07-0259 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsAI, Military Ethics, & Being Alchemists of Meaning, with Heather M. RoffIn this episode of the "AI & Equality" podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with Heather Roff, senior research scientist at the The Center for Naval Analyses. They cover the gamut of AI systems and military affairs, from ethics and history, to robots, war, and conformity testing. Plus, they discuss how to become alchemists of meaning in the digital age. For more, please go to: https://carnegiecouncil.co/aiei-roff
2024-06-271h 12
Carnegie Council PodcastsBeneficial AI: Moving Beyond Risks, with Raja ChatilaIn this episode of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen engages with Raja Chatila, professor emeritus at Sorbonne University, exploring the integration of robotics, AI, and ethics. Chatila delves into his journey in the AI field, starting from his early influences in the late 1970s to his current work on global AI ethics, discussing the evolution of AI technologies, the ethical considerations in deploying these systems, and the importance of designing them skillfully and mindfully. With a a focus on safety-first approaches over risk-focused frameworks, drawing parallels with other industries like aviation, Chatila advocates fo...
2024-05-151h 09
Carnegie Council PodcastsPrepare, Don't Panic: Navigating the Digital Rights Landscape, with Sam GregoryIn this episode, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with Sam Gregory, executive director of WITNESS and a leading voice in human rights and civic journalism. Their discussion delves into the challenges and opportunities presented by synthetic data, AI-generated media, and deepfakes. Gregory discusses his pioneering "Prepare, Don't Panic" campaign and shares insights from his TED talk, "When AI Can Fake Reality, Who Can You Trust?" He emphasizes the importance of watermarking for data provenance and tackles the role of authenticity in today's digital landscape. The conversation also covers the pressing need for global standards in AI governance...
2024-02-211h 06
Carnegie Council PodcastsWhen Science Meets Power, with Geoff MulganThis special episode features Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen in conversation with University College London's Professor Geoff Mulgan. They reflect on the year 2023, delve into trends shaping technology's impact on society, and discuss the critical interplay between science, governance, and power dynamics. Mulgan, renowned for his work on technology's societal implications, shares insights from his varied career in policy, academia, and technology. They explore the evolving landscape of AI and its broader societal implications and the "billionaire problem," which underscores the urgent need for informed leadership and innovative institutional design in navigating these transformative times. For...
2024-01-231h 14
Technology and SecurityNanomaterials, international standards, AI and data ethics with Dr Kobi LeinsDr Miah Hammond-Errey is joined by Dr Kobi Leins (GAICD), Honorary Senior Fellow at King’s College, London and international law expert, to discuss her work on nanomaterials and their implications for existing international law governing chemical and biological weapons. They also discuss why international standards are so important, AI’s potential for evil and the need for improved understandings of data ethics – from the classroom to the boardroom – as well as why we should be wary about claims of de-identified or anonymised data. Kobi is an Honorary Senior Fellow of King’s College, London; an Advisory Bo...
2023-10-1838 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsAre We Automating the Banality and Radicality of Evil?Current iterations of AI are increasingly able to encourage subservience to a non-human master, telling potentially systematic untruths with emphatic confidence. Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen, AIEI Board Advisor Kobi Leins, and Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach argue that AI is closing, not opening, many pathways for work, meaning, expression, and human connectivity. To read this article, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2023-06-0618 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsFrom Another Angle: Trailer to the Series, with Host Hilary SutcliffeIn this new Carnegie Council podcast series, Hilary Sutcliffe, a member of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality (AIEI) Board of Advisors, explores fresh perspectives from some of today's most innovative thinkers who challenge the foundational understanding of some familiar concepts—such as human nature, democracy, capitalism, innovation, regulation—and bring them to you . . . from another angle. In this introduction to the podcast, Sutcliffe, along with AIEI co-directors Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach, discuss the series and its aspiration to challenge our basic assumptions and open up new possibilities and different ways of responding to the pressing issues or our a...
2023-03-1607 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsHuman Rights Should be at the Heart of AI and Technology Governance, by Kate JonesBuilding on a recent article from Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach, Chatham House's Kate Jones says in this Ethics Article that human rights need to be central to a reset of technology and artificial intelligence governance. To read this full article, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2023-02-2410 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsTechnology Governance and the Role of Multilateralism, with Amandeep Singh GillIn this AIEI podcast Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach and Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen are joined by Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Secretary-General Guterres' envoy on technology. During this engrossing conversation, they cover some of the most critical political, security, technical and ethical issues in the current, global discourse on technology governance and the need for new normative frameworks to mitigate against harmful technological applications and secure what the UN refers to as "Digital Commons." Gill also shares his unique insights from a long career as a multilateral diplomat and leader in digital governance and arms control. For m...
2023-02-071h 30Carnegie Council PodcastsNow is the Moment for a Systemic Reset of AI and Technology Governance, by Anja Kaspersen & Wendell WallachHow can we ensure that the technologies currently being developed are used for the common good, rather than for the benefit of a select few? In this Ethics Article, Senior Fellows Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach write that for effective technology governance to truly materialize, a systemic reset directed at improving the human condition is required. To read the article, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2023-01-2715 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsEthics, Digital Technologies, & AI: Southeast Asian Perspectives, with Elina NoorIn this Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen is joined by Asia Society Policy Institute's Elina Noor for a talk on how we frame discussions on AI ethics and governance matters. They also speak about the importance of the social justice aspect of technology and the digital landscape in Southeast Asia. For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2022-09-0643 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsNew War Technologies & International Law: The Legal Limits to Weaponizing Nanomaterials, with Kobi LeinsIn a fascinating Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with Kobi Leins about her new book New War Technologies and International Law: The Legal Limits to Weaponising Nanomaterials. How can scientists and policymakers work together to make responsible choices about the use of “nanoscale” materials? What are the implications of this emerging technology for the environment, international security, and current arms control regimes? For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2022-05-251h 01
Carnegie Council PodcastsAny Progress in Building Moral Machines? with Colin AllenMuch has been said about the inability of tech and AI developers to grapple with ethical theory and inherent tension. Similarly, philosophers are often criticized by AI engineers for not understanding the technology. Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach, senior fellows and co-chairs of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative, sit down with University of Pittsburgh’sProfessor Colin Allen for a fascinating conversation. Wallach and Allen wrote Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong together more than a decade ago, and this conversation also features an assessment of how we have progressed in building AI systems capable of making mora...
2022-05-091h 32
Carnegie Council PodcastsThe Promise & Peril of Brain Machine Interfaces, with Ricardo ChavarriagaIn this Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen talks with Dr. Ricardo Chavarriaga about the promise and peril of brain-machine interfaces and cognitive neural prosthetics. What are the ethical considerations and governance challenges in using computational tools to create models or enhance our brains? For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2022-04-261h 32
Carnegie Council PodcastsAI & Collective Sense-Making Processes, with Katherine MilliganIn this Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen and Katherine Milligan, director the Collective Change Lab, explore what we can learn from the social impact and entrepreneurship movement to govern the potential impact of AI systems. What is systems change and collective sense-making? And why is it relevant to reenvisioning ethics in the information age? For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2022-04-051h 00
Carnegie Council PodcastsCan You Code Empathy? with Pascale FungIn this riveting and wide-ranging conversation, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen is joined by HKUST's Professor Pascale Fung to discuss the symbiotic relationship between science fiction and innovation and the importance of re-envisioning ethics in AI research. We may be able to code machines to seem and act more like humans, says Professor Fung, however the ability to question our own existence to understand who we are, are fundamentally human features and cannot be easily or even responsibly encoded. For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2022-03-291h 39
Carnegie Council PodcastsCan You Code Gut Feeling? with Francesca RossiDr. Francesca Rossi, the AI Ethics Global Leader for IBM, joins Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen for a riveting Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast. Rossi speaks about her ethics-focused role at a multinational company and the importance of lateral expertise and multidisciplinarity in addressing ethical considerations and tensions in AI research. How can we insert human values into AI systems? Can AI transform and strengthen human decision-making? For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2022-02-231h 12
Carnegie Council PodcastsInternational Policing, Ethics, & the Use of AI in Law Enforcement, with Interpol's Jürgen StockIn this episode of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with Dr. Jürgen Stock, secretary general of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol). In an engaging conversation, they discuss his professional journey towards leading the world police body, what keeps him up at night, and the critical role of global police work in keeping societies safe, especially as those seeking to evade justice increasingly hide behind screens, and operate via bits and bytes, as well as on the dark net. For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2022-02-181h 11Carnegie Council PodcastsThe Trinity of AI, Yoga, & Tensors, with Anima AnandkumarIn this Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen sits down with Caltech's Professor Anima Anandkumar, also director of machine learning research at NVIDIA, for a captivating conversation. They discuss the "Trinity of AI" (data, algorithms, and infrastructure), Anandkumar's work on tensor algorithms, and the state of AI research, including the critical importance of diversity in the field. For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2022-02-161h 09Carnegie Council PodcastsWhere is the Public Square for the Digital Information Age? with Stelios VassilakisIn this episode of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen and Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal sit down with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation's Stelios Vassilakis for an engaging conversation about how to preserve and empower public space ethics. What we can we learn from the Athenian agora to guide the means and methods of governing AI? For more, including a full transcript, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2022-02-0952 minCarnegie Council PodcastsAI, Movable Type, & Federated Learning, with Blaise Aguera y ArcasAre we reaching for the wrong metaphors and narratives in our eagerness to govern AI? In this Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen is joined by Google Research’s Blaise Aguera y Arcas. In a talk that spans from Gutenberg to federated learning models to what we can learn from nuclear research, they discuss what we need to be mindful of when discussing and engaging with future applications of machine intelligence. For more on this podcast, please go to carnegiecouncil.org. For more on the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI), please go to...
2022-01-191h 05Carnegie Council PodcastsAI & Warfare: Are We in a New "Horse & Tank Moment"? with Kenneth PayneWill AI systems transform the future battlefield so dramatically that it will render existing paradigms and doctrines obsolete, feeding new intense security dilemmas? In this Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen is joined by Kenneth Payne, a King’s College London reader and the author of I, Warbot: The Dawn of Artificially Intelligent Conflict, to discuss the impact of AI systems on military affairs, the nature and character of war and warfare, strategic culture, and geopolitical affairs. Fore more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2021-11-171h 15Carnegie Council PodcastsTime for an Honest Scientific Discourse on AI & Deep Learning, with Gary MarcusIn this episode of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen sits down with Gary Marcus, a cognitive scientist, author, and entrepreneur, to discuss the need for an open and healthy scientific discourse on AI. What we can learn from particle physics and CERN to create an international AI mission to make sure this technology becomes a responsible and ethical public good? For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.
2021-11-031h 18Carnegie Council PodcastsThe Promise & Peril of AI & Human Systems Engineering, with Mary "Missy" CummingsIn this episode of the Artificial Intelligence and Equality Initiative podcast, Senior Fellows Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach are joined by former U.S. Navy pilot Mary “Missy” Cummings, a professor at Duke University, director of the school’s Humans and Autonomy Lab, and a world leading researcher in human-autonomous system collaboration and robotics. The conversation touches upon the maturity of current AI systems applications and key conundrums in AI research to make sure humans are not a design afterthought.
2021-10-0853 minCarnegie Council PodcastsProcuring & Embedding AI Systems in the Public Sector, with Rumman Chowdhury & Mona SloaneIn this episode of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative podcast, Senior Fellows Anja Kaspersen and Wendell Wallach are joined by Mona Sloane, senior research scientist and adjunct professor at New York University, and Rumman Chowdhury, Twitter's director of machine learning ethics, transparency and accountability, to discuss their recent online resource aiprocurement.org. The conversation addresses key tension points and narratives impacting how AI systems are procured and embedded in the public sector.
2021-10-0650 minCarnegie Council PodcastsArtificial Intelligence, Justice, & the Rule of LawIn this episode of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen is joined by Thunderbird School of Global Management's Nicholas Davis and University of Virginia's Renée Cummings to discuss the impact of AI-based technologies on justice, the rule of law, and law enforcement operations.
2021-07-2955 minCarnegie Council PodcastsSoft Law Approaches to AI GovernanceIn the latest Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI) webinar, Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with Arizona State's Gary Marchant and Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez about their work on characterizing soft law programs for the governance of AI. Soft law is defined as any program that sets substantive expectations, but is not directly enforceable by government. What is the role of these programs in managing applications and methods of AI?
2021-07-071h 01Carnegie Council PodcastsAI & Equality Initiative: Think Before You CodeThinkTech is an independent nonprofit association, started by and for students, young technologists, and professionals working to shape the impact of artificial intelligence and other digital technologies on individuals and society. Under the slogan "Think before you code," it serves as a platform to create guidance for the responsible development of technology. In this podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with ThinkTech's Lukas D. Pöhler, Eva Charlotte Mayer, and Agnes Gierulski about their projects.
2021-06-2431 minCarnegie Council PodcastsAI & Equality Initiative: Responding to the Challenges of the New Digital Age, with Wendell WallachHow is the new global digital economy taking form? What are the trade-offs? Who are the stakeholders? How do we build “participatory intelligence”? In this wide-ranging AI & Equality Initiative podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach about the history of computational and human ethics and their synergies and conflicts, the growing impact of AI on society, how to make sure that this technology works for everyone, and much more. Wendell Wallach has occupied a unique role in the evolution of AI ethics and shares creative insights on how we ought to tackle the challenges brought to t...
2021-05-261h 30Carnegie Council PodcastsAI & Equality Initiative: Algorithmic Bias & the Ethical ImplicationsIn this AI & Equality Initiative podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with three researchers working with the University of Melbourne's Centre for AI and Digital Ethics about bias in data and algorithms. How can these types of biases have adverse effects on health and employment? What are some legal and ethical tools that can be used to confront these challenges?
2020-12-2153 minCarnegie Council PodcastsAI & Equality Initiative: The Path to Meaningful Connectivity, with Doreen Bogdan-MartinIn the first AI & Equality Iniatitive (AIEI) podcast, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, director of the Telecommunications Development Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union, joins AIEI Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen to speak about her career in telecommunications and her dedication to using connectivity as a tool to promote equality and fairness, particularly with respect to women and girls across the world. What does this approach look like in practice? How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted her work?
2020-12-1137 min
World Policy InstituteWorld Policy On Air, Ep. 83: Weaponized InformationSocial media has become an essential weapon in the war of narratives that plays an ever-greater role in global conflict, from Russian disinformation about NATO to ISIS recruitment and intimidation strategies. Following last week’s conversation on the blurring lines between war and peace, WPI Advisory Council member Anja Kaspersen, former head of international security at the World Economic Forum, returns to World Policy On Air to discuss the impact of "weaponized information." World Policy On Air Archive
2016-09-0217 min
World Policy On AirWorld Policy On Air, Ep. 83: Weaponized InformationSocial media has become an essential weapon in the war of narratives that plays an ever-greater role in global conflict, from Russian disinformation about NATO to ISIS recruitment and intimidation strategies. Following last week’s conversation on the blurring lines between war and peace, WPI Advisory Council member Anja Kaspersen, former head of international security at the World Economic Forum, returns to World Policy On Air to discuss the impact of "weaponized information." World Policy On Air Archive
2016-09-0217 minWorld Policy On AirWorld Policy On Air, Ep. 83: Weaponized InformationSocial media has become an essential weapon in the war of narratives that plays an ever-greater role in global conflict, from Russian disinformation about NATO to ISIS recruitment and intimidation strategies. Following last week’s conversation on the blurring lines between war and peace, WPI Advisory Council member Anja Kaspersen, former head of international security at the World Economic Forum, returns to World Policy On Air to discuss the impact of "weaponized information."
2016-09-0217 minWorld Policy InstituteWorld Policy On Air, Ep. 82: Eyes In the SkiesThe distinction between peace and war is being blurred by proxy forces, militant extremist groups, and lone attackers empowered by increasingly deadly and available technology. On today's episode of World Policy On Air, Anja Kaspersen, member of the WPI Advisory Council and former head of international security at the World Economic Forum, discusses the complex new realities of hybrid warfare. World Policy On Air Archive
2016-08-2628 minWorld Policy On AirWorld Policy On Air, Ep. 82: Eyes In the SkiesThe distinction between peace and war is being blurred by proxy forces, militant extremist groups, and lone attackers empowered by increasingly deadly and available technology. On today's episode of World Policy On Air, Anja Kaspersen, member of the WPI Advisory Council and former head of international security at the World Economic Forum, discusses the complex new realities of hybrid warfare. World Policy On Air Archive
2016-08-2628 minWorld Policy On AirWorld Policy On Air, Ep. 82: Eyes In the SkiesThe distinction between peace and war is being blurred by proxy forces, militant extremist groups, and lone attackers empowered by increasingly deadly and available technology. On today's episode of World Policy On Air, Anja Kaspersen, member of the WPI Advisory Council and former head of international security at the World Economic Forum, discusses the complex new realities of hybrid warfare.
2016-08-2628 min