EPRS event: How will AI change humanity? Exploring social and political implications of our futures

Artificial Intelligence has the potential not only to reshape the economy and society, but to change humanity itself. It also has huge political implications, as algorithms can have the effect of polarising content and discussion. Vladimir SUCHA, the former Director General of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), has recently produced a landmark report on Humans and societies in the age of artificial intelligence for the Commission. He will present his findings and thinking to a panel of experts and commentators introduced by Eva KAILI, MEP, Chair of the STOA Panel.
 
Wednesday 29 September 2021 | 13:30 - 15:15 hours


SPEAKERS:
• Eva KAILI, MEP, Chair, EP Panel on Future of Science and Technology (STOA)
• Vladimir SUCHA, Senior Policy Adviser, UNESCO, Paris; former Director General, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
• Jean-Philippe GAMMEL, Directorate-General for Human Resources, European Commission
• Heather GRABBE, Director, Open Society European Policy Institute
• Andrea RENDA, Senior Research Fellow, CEPS; Visiting Professor, College of Europe
• Anthony GOOCH, Chair, OECD Global Parliamentary Network
• Laura NURSKI, Research Fellow, Bruegel
• Moderated by: Marcus SCHEUREN, Head of Unit, EP Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA)


RELATED EPRS/STOA PUBLICATIONS AND WEBSITES:
• Should we fear artificial intelligence? https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_IDA(2018)614547
• What if we chose new metaphors for artificial intelligence? https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_ATA(2021)690024
• Artificial intelligence: How does it work, why does it matter, and what can we do about it? https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_STU(2020)641547
• STOA's Centre for AI (repository and legislative overview): https://www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/en/centre-for-AI
• Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA) website: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/aida/home/highlights

CONTENT:
00:00:00 Introduction by Anthony TEASDALE, Director General of the EPRS
00:04:05 Eva KAILI, MEP, Chair, EP Panel on Future of Science and Technology (STOA)
00:16:08 Vladimir SUCHA, Senior Policy Adviser, UNESCO, Paris; former Director General, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
00:43:26 Jean-Philippe GAMMEL, Directorate-General for Human Resources, European Commission
00:44:22 Marcus SCHEUREN, Head of Unit, EP Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA)
00:47:37 Heather GRABBE, Director, Open Society European Policy Institute
00:57:57 Andrea RENDA, Senior Research Fellow, CEPS; Visiting Professor, College of Europe
01:09:23 Anthony GOOCH, Chair, OECD Global Parliamentary Network
01:24:12 Laura NURSKI, Research Fellow, Bruegel
01:32:31 Q&A


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