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Governing Artificial Intelligence

Markus Furendal (Department of Political Science, Stockholm University)

Humanities Bridgeford Street Building: Room 1.70

As the development of increasingly capable Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues at a striking speed, questions around the social and ethical impact of AI technology – and how it ought to be shaped politically – are more pressing than ever. For instance, as government agencies and public institutions turn to automated or AI-assisted bureaucratic decision-making, AI begins to wield public authority. As complex generative AI systems begin creating text and images in an instant, writers and artists raise concerns about who can legitimately reap the rewards of applications that have been trained on data produced and processed by humans. Similarly, as AI is used to produce and spread misinformation, falsehoods, or micro-targeted, tailored ads, it is urgent to consider what kinds of (global) institutions can mitigate the expected impact this will have on the political process and generalized trust. After a period of fast AI development with little regulation, hard laws are now beginning to be rolled out, with the groundbreaking EU AI act expected to be passed in 2023. Still, most decisions about AI technology are made by private companies, fiercely competing in the market. Political philosophy may help in our search for better, more fair or democratic alternatives.

The ‘Governing Artificial Intelligence’ panel at Mancept 2021 gathered scholars interested in what was then a relatively neglected aspect of the rapidly evolving AI ethics literature. The political-philosophical debate on these issues has matured significantly in the last two years, and subfields have emerged, specializing in issues such as algorithmic bias, explainability, automated influence, and the challenge of aligning AI with human values. The panel is hence a follow-up event, organized by the same convenor, aimed at assisting this emerging research field in taking shape. What distinguishes this panel from other events concerned with AI ethics in general is that the purpose is not primarily to interrogate ethical concerns around particular AI applications. Rather, the goal is to raise more fundamental questions about how AI development and deployment ought to be shaped to begin with. In order to reach a higher level of abstraction, the panel primarily welcomes contributions that address the societal implications of AI technology, and how the governance of AI could be used to help steer us politically towards or away from particular outcomes.

Just as with the earlier panel, the purpose of the workshop is to gather academics from different career stages, and to help form a network of people interested in these issues, broadly conceived. In light of this the panel will primarily be a physical meeting in Manchester, but there are opportunities for speakers who are unable to travel to join remotely. 

The time allotted to each paper is 1 hour, except for the first session on Sep. 12, which starts early and devotes 50 minutes to each paper. Each hour begins with brief remarks from the author (0-10 min), followed by prepared comments from another participant (15-20 minutes) and an open discussion (30-45 minutes). Markus Furendal will chair all sessions, unless other arrangements are worked out during the panel.

Please note that the panel will end at lunch on Wednesday on September 13.

 


Monday 11
th September

11:00-12:30

Registration

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:00

Welcome Speech

14:00-16:00

Session 1: Theoretical and empirical aspects of AI and its governance

Paper: Stella Fillmore-Patrick (remote) – What Are Black Box Models?

Comment: Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre

Paper: Maria Hedlund – Responsibility for AI development

Comment: Lukas Albrecht

16:00-16:30

Tea and Coffee Break

16:30-17:30

Session 2: Applied AI governance

Paper: Dane Leigh Gogoshin (remote) – What We Should Fear about AIs and What to Do about It

Comment: Maria Hedlund

17:45-19:00

Wine Reception

19:30

Conference Dinner

 


Tuesday 12
th September

9:00-11:30

(Note, starting time)

Session 2 (continued)

Paper: Thomas Ferretti –  Protecting Employee’s Privacy in the Age of Workplace Analytics: A Collective Choice Argument 

Comment: Anantharaman Muralidharan

Paper: Markus Furendal – The Democratic Credentials of Non-State Actors in the Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence

Comment: Thomas Ferretti

Paper: Anantharaman Muralidharan – AI and the Need for Justification (to the patient)

Comment: Maria Hedlund

11:30-12:00

Tea and Coffee Break

12:00-13:00

Session 1 (continued)

Paper: Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre – Neither Direct, Nor Indirect: Understanding Proxy-Based Algorithmic Discrimination

Comment: Ting-An Lin

13:00-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

Session 3: AI governance and democracy

Paper: Enrique Alvarez Villanueva (remote) – Regulating the apocalypse

Comment: Stella Fillmore-Patrick

Paper: A.G. Holdier (remote) – Cruel Optimism and AI Governance: Democratization as a Magic Concept

Comment: Dane Leigh Gogoshin

16:00-16:30

Tea and Coffee Break

16:30-17:30

Session 3 (continued)

Paper: Ting-An Lin (remote) – Rethinking “Democratizing AI”: Algorithmic Justice and The Path of Democracy

Comment: A. G. Holdier


Wednesday 13
th September

9:30-11:30

Session 4: Theoretical frameworks for AI governance

Paper: Aline Shakti (remote) – The strengths and weaknesses of the governance term for the regulation of AI

Comment: Markus Furendal

Paper: Anastasia Siapka – The Capability Approach to AI-driven Automation

Comment: Aline Shakti

11:30-12:00

Tea and Coffee Break

12:00-13:00

Session 4 (continued)

Paper: Lukas Albrecht & Hagen Braun – The Necessity and Possibility of Trustworthy AI

Comment: Anastasia Siapka

13:00-14:00

End of panel & Lunch

14:00-16:00

Session 5

Speaker Name: Talk Title

Speaker Name: Talk Title

16:00-16:30

Tea and Coffee Break (optional)

16:30-17:30

Session 5 (continued)

Speaker Name: Talk Title

17:30

End of Conference

 

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