Who Should Own AI? Building Public AI

If AI becomes as important as roads or electricity, who should own it?

A panel of people building public-interest AI, working in civic tech, and organizing communities affected by AI decisions. You will draft your own public AI requirements and compare them with what everyone else thinks should be guaranteed to all of us.

Panelists

• Alex Olson

  Director of UofT’s Centre for Analytics & AI Engineering

  carte.utoronto.ca

  Alex Olson is the Director of UofT’s Centre for Analytics & AI Engineering, where he leads applied research, education and partnerships around AI. He helps people assess where AI can safely contribute, as well as to understand its limitations and risks. Alex has worked with climate scientists, surgeons and air quality researchers to reliably and accurately answer questions that require sophisticated modelling.

• Khasir Hean

  Founder of Technologists for Democracy, ML engineer

  techfordemocracy.ca

  As Steward of Technologists for Democracy, Khasir Hean coordinates advocacy and outreach efforts to ensure tech is deployed with the public's interests in mind. He is a civic technologist with a background in machine learning, and also spends much of his time working on improving Civic Searchlight at Canada's National Observer.

• Nathalie DiBerardino

  Project Lead, DARO

  www.linkedin.com/in/nathalie-diberardino

  Nathalie DiBerardino is a Project Lead at DARO, where she consults with social sector organizations on data, AI governance, and systems thinking. Previously, she was a Senior Responsible AI Consultant at EY and a Digital Policy Hub Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Nathalie holds an M.A. in Philosophy from Western University. Her research examines the ethical and social impacts of AI, most recently in the context of the Canadian housing crisis.

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