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World Economic Forum's Quantum Computing Governance Principles programme brings together a global multi-stakeholder community of experts from across public sector, private sector, academia and civil society to formulate principles and create a broader ethical framework for responsible and purpose-driven design and adoption of quantum computing technologies to drive positive outcomes for society.
Read MoreSeth Lazar was recently invited to join the National Academies of Science Engineering and Mathematics Study on Responsible Computing Research: Ethics and Governance of Computing Research and its Applications committee.
Read MoreIn this QuantumBlack Australia virtual Meetup, the ethics of artificial intelligence was discussed with the Gradient Institute and HMI. Click through for more information.
Read MoreA virtual workshop on Trust and Safety that was held on the 2nd of June 2020. This was a joint event with the Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre, Data61, and 3AI. Click through for more information.
Read MoreAnthony Asher, Adam Druissi, Seth Lazar, and Tiberio Caetano presented the online seminar ‘Data Ethics — A Virtual Session’ on the 13th of October 2020. Click through for more information.
Read MoreSeth Lazar was invited to be on the Academic Board's Data Governance Working Group, with the remit to consider the university's principles and policies around data protection, in particular in relation to the data generated by members of the university as they use its services (digital and otherwise).
Read MoreThe US Defense Innovation Board recently approved a document proposing principles governing the deployment of AI within the Department of Defense. HMI project leader Seth Lazar was invited to an expert panel discussing candidate principles, and made a submission to the Board.
Read MoreTogether with the Australian Academy of Science, HMI team members wrote a submission responding to the Data61 discussion paper: “Artificial Intelligence: Australia’s Ethics Framework”. Read our key recommendations here.
Read MoreIn a joint submission, HMI identified 7 areas for further development in the Human Rights and Technology discussion paper proposed by the Australian Human Rights Commission. The main three concerned: defining ‘AI-informed decision-making’; the demand for explanations; and the absence of a formally link between design and assessment.
Read MoreSeth Lazar presented a public talk on "AI Ethics Without Principles" to audiences from the US government NITRD Agency, the Australian Embassy, and the Human-Centered AI Institute at Stanford.
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