MEDIA ADVISORY: 'Ethical AI' Team Hosts Film Viewing & Panel Discussion about AI in the Media at Alamo Drafthouse

EVENT: University of Texas at Austin grand challenge team Good Systems will host a viewing of “The Truth About Killer Robots” followed by a panel discussion with film director Maxim Pozdorovkin. The focus will be how, with the help of the media, we can better understand the systems that connect humans and artificial intelligence. WHEN: Monday, October 21, 2019, 6 – 9 p.m. WHERE: Alamo Drafthouse, Mueller INTERVIEW OPTIONS: Media should plan on arriving early or staying late to seek interviews with AI and robotics researchers or the film’s director. MEDIA PARKING: Parking is available in levels 1 & 2 of the McBee Street garage located directly behind Alamo Mueller. You will receive 4 hours of free validated parking. Please bring your parking ticket to the Alamo box office for validation. BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence is changing the way we live and work (often, for the better), but it has the potential to be harmful in ways we fail to predict. Good Systems is a an 8-year grand challenge project at The University of Texas at Austin. The team is made up of AI experts, robotics engineers, philosophers, humanists, computer and information scientists, policy experts (and more), and the goal is to create a new way of designing values-based AI technologies that both protect and improve our world. Good Systems is one of three Bridging Barriers grand challenges at UT — ambitious “moonshot goals” that bring researchers together from across campus to tackle some of the most pressing environmental, social, and humanitarian issues of our time. Media contact: Adrienne Dawson Email: adrienne.dawson@utexas.edu Phone: 512-471-8604