The social implications of artificial intelligence

Event
November 18, 2018

Big Thinking on the road

The social implications of artificial intelligence

This Big Thinking event was held in partnership with Dalhousie University. This panel explored the potential social impacts of artificial intelligence and the role humanities and social sciences will play in identifying the legal, ethical and policy issues we should start considering today.

Panel:

Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology, University of Ottawa

Teresa Heffernan, Professor of English, Saint Mary’s University

Duncan MacIntosh, Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy, Dalhousie University

Fuyuki Kurasawa, York Research Chair in Global Digital Citizenship and Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, York University

 

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