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Jan 22, 2023

Artificial Intelligence & the Importance of Civics | Global Stage | GZERO Media

Posted by in categories: education, policy, robotics/AI

Developing new AI is dangerous. But not doing it is even riskier.


We need more civic education on artificial intelligence, says Eileen Donahoe.

What’s more important to fight AI-enabled disinformation: policies or social norms?

Eileen Donahoe, executive director of Stanford University’s Global Digital Policy Incubator, believes we haven’t done enough on the cultural level and in terms of civic education.

But, should governments ban AI? She’s on the fence when asked during a Global Stage livestream conversation hosted by GZERO in partnership with Microsoft.

On the one side, Donahoe understands those like scholar Larry Diamond, her colleague at Stanford, who want to put a stop to it all before AI ruins democracy. On the other, Donahue also believes that the founders of OpenAI are genuinely committed to the future of humanity.

Watch the full Global Stage conversation: AI at the tipping point: danger to information, promise for creativity.
https://www.gzeromedia.com/global-stage/virtual-events/ai-at…creativity.

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