Panel Event

Moderator:
Ed Lazowska, Professor and Bill & Melinda Gates Chair
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Panelists:
Shankar Narayan
Tech and Liberty Project Director, ACLU of WA

Oren Etzioni
CEO, AI2

Emily Keller
Program Manager, Urbanalytics, iSchool

Ryan Calo
Associate Professor, UW Law School

Michael Phillips
Associate General Counsel, Microsoft

AI in the Public Sector: Tools for inclusion or exclusion?
Applications of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the public sector are broad and growing, helping make decisions in welfare payments, immigration, fraud detection, healthcare, transportation, etc. However, the social equity and diversity implications of ML and AI in this realm are unclear. The panel will discuss the potential social and economic impact and ethical considerations of ML & AI in the public realm.