The Good Systems Speaker Series brings together diverse perspectives on ethical AI from across the academic, industry, nonprofit, and public service sectors.

Today, urban dwellers tend to think about where their water comes from only when it stops flowing, or when it flows too much. This water usually makes it to residential consumers through an extensive and technologically sophisticated infrastructure that remains largely invisible outside times of crisis. Across much of human history (and in many parts of the world today), by contrast, the question of where to get water for daily needs was much more immediate.

The Texas Gulf Coast faces several pressing water-related issues. Water contamination from industry, floods, and saltwater; a stressed water supply from urbanization; and the looming peril of sea level rise represent only a few of the interlocking challenges that coastal communities face. This panel of scientists, advocates, and planners will illuminate how these challenges are being met.

he evening’s dialogue will focus on mutual research interests connecting Dean’s artistic practice and Shorey’s work in communications and social sciences—interests including corporate labor practices, workers’ rights, and how media and advertising shape our perceptions of complex realities.

Organized by Good Systems, this panel at the McCombs Center for Analytics and Transformative Technologies 2023 Global Analytics Summit explores how generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT and DALL-E are shaping the way we work.

The complex way in which water moves and fills up the land is shaped both by geologic processes and the political economy of building housing and infrastructure. Decisions made decades ago affect the landscape of hazard and risk in the present and near future.

This year's Mitchell Sustainability Symposium will focus on the evolution of student opportunities to engage with sustainability in the classroom and through research in the Austin community. We’ll also share a look into the future of the campus power plant and the state of sustainability at UT Austin. Provost Sharon Wood will provide a lunchtime keynote.

Open models play a vital role in helping to promote transparency, security, and competition in AI. However, open models are highly capable and widely available, posing a challenge for regulators and policymakers considering the future of oversight. In his talk, Ben Brooks (Head of Public Policy for Stability AI) will discuss recent developments in open models, AI regulation, and practical steps that policymakers can take to mitigate emerging risks while continuing to foster open and grassroots innovation.

Water has always existed as a paradox. It creates and destroys; it heals as well as harms. Water shapes the land both by carrying away and leaving behind, telling the stories of the earth over and over again. Artists are among many who ask us to continually listen to these stories while remembering that we ourselves are bodies of water.

Heading to the Texas Tribune Festival? Good Systems invites you to join a provocative networking session centered on the most pressing opportunities and challenges in AI for social good.