How will Artificial Intelligence make human environments more livable and sustainable? How can we make it easy for municipalities and communities to discover and deploy emerging technologies in ways that support shared values and reduce societal frictions and risks? The AI for Good Foundation has been working with cities, regional governments, national governments, and supranational organizations like the UN and OECD to answer these questions through institutional frameworks, experimentation, and partnerships.

Join us for a celebration of community and growing food as we build momentum towards a food forest and community gardens in Del Valle!

The Whole Communities–Whole Health Research Showcase will highlight projects from the past year including advances to passive data collection devices, mobile phone applications, as well as updates from our ongoing community engaged study on Health and Wellness in Del Valle.

Just as the impacts of climate change vary geographically, so do our conversations and the language we choose to use around climate disasters. This event encourages us to consider how we discuss land, water, nonhuman life, colonialism, the changes impacting each of us, and how language is expressed through our position and location.

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.