Recent advances in AI, ML, and Robotics have driven increased attention to ethical questions about the impact of technology on society. These include relationships between the value of technology and its safety; surveillance and privacy; fairness and bias; and the future of work and economic inequality, among others. We can take steps toward a unified approach to these questions, drawing on several disciplines including theories of evolution, games, business, cooperation, and trust. In this talk, Benjamin Kuipers will explore that approach and its implications for the deployment and regulation of AI technologies.

Join thought leaders across academic disciplines and industry, government, and nonprofit sectors to learn about opportunities and challenges when it comes to ensuring that AI systems are ethical, values-driven, and beneficial to everyone.

The scope of criminal legal surveillance, from the police to the prisons, has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the same time, the use of big data has spread across a range of fields, including finance, politics, health, and criminal justice. Drawing on fieldwork conducted within the Los Angeles Police Department, I show how law enforcement uses predictive analytics and new surveillance technologies to allocate resources, identify criminal suspects, and conduct investigations.

Planet Texas 2050’s annual symposium brings together university faculty, researchers, staff, students, practitioners, artists, and community members interested in applied interdisciplinary research on climate resilience, adaptation, and equitable and just transition strategies.

Join us for a roundtable discussion on the ways in which creative interventions help foster both introspection and public discourse surrounding sense of place, place memory, and the experience of rootedness or dislocation.

Parents, do you know how to tell if your child is at risk for Type 2 Diabetes? Learn what signs to watch out for, how to care for children with Type 2 Diabetes, and what you can do to prevent it from progressing into adult diabetes. Featuring a live cooking demonstration.

Panel: Coexisting with AI: Embedding Ethics in Education and Practice Why is it important for artificial intelligence systems to prioritize ethics?

• Part of the 2023 Texas Science Festival, this panel discussion featured Erika Bierschbach (Austin Energy), Mose Buchele (KUT News), Dev Niyogi (UT Austin), and Alison Silverstein (Independent Consultant). • As blackouts associated with 2021’s Winter Storm Uri proved, Texas and its grid face pressures unlike anywhere else in the country. Come learn about how the energy system in Texas works and explore how the climate crisis is changing (and may keep changing) power generation, transmission and consumption in our Texas homes, schools and offices. This event is a co-production with KUT News and its award-winning podcast “The Disconnect” and Planet Texas 2050. Part of the 2023 Texas Science Festival, this panel discussion featured Erika Bierschbach (Austin Energy), Mose Buchele (KUT News), Dev Niyogi (UT Austin), and Alison Silverstein (Independent Consultant).

This roundtable discussion, the first event in our Spring 2023 Cultures of Environmental Justice colloquium and co-sponsored by Planet Texas 2050, will feature local activists and organizations discussing the ongoing justice implications of Winter Storm Uri.

Artificial intelligence tools are increasingly being used by artists, architects, and designers in creative work. And, these days, it’s not uncommon to see NFTs and AI-generated art making media headlines.