Science For Humanity Series – Session 1

Session 1: Navigating Through Ethical Pitfalls – A Fireside Chat with Timnit Gebru & Lauren Hayward 

Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 3-4 PM ET

Have you ever wondered what ethical choices are made when humans make artificial intelligence? Join us in this fireside chat with Dr. Timnit Gebru to hear firsthand about ethical science and the challenges that may arise.

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Speaker: Dr. Timnit Gebru, Founder and Executive Director, DAIR Institute

Dr. Timnit Gebru is a prominent artificial intelligence (AI) computer scientist, a widely respected leader in AI ethics research, and an advocate for diversity in technology. She is the founder of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR). Prior to that she was fired by Google in December 2020 for raising issues of discrimination in the workplace, where she was serving as co-lead of the Ethical AI research team. She received her PhD from Stanford University and did a postdoc at Microsoft Research in New York City in the FATE (Fairness Accountability Transparency and Ethics in AI) group, where she studied algorithmic bias and the ethical implications underlying projects aiming to gain insights from data. Timnit Gebru co-authored a ground breaking paper that showed facial recognition to be less accurate at identifying people of colour and has challenged many mainstream AI practices on the grounds of ethical research.

Moderator: Dr. Lauren Hayward, Quantum scientist and Teaching Faculty, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Lauren Hayward is a Teaching Faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo. Lauren works within the field of computational quantum matter physics, and her research interests involve using numerical methods to study quantum many-body systems. She also develops academic programs and teaches courses in statistical mechanics, condensed matter theory and machine learning. Lauren is the co-host of the podcast and video series “Conversations at the Perimeter”, where she interviews theoretical physicists about how they unravel the mysteries of our universe.

Date

Oct 06 2022
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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