Hong Kong’s youngest ever elected legislator
@nathanlawkc
believes “democracy is more than a system, more than an election, more than votes . . .” To him,
#democracy
is about how we live our lives.
Watch last year’s
#GlobalEthicsDay
special event:
“Even now we are still deeply governed. . .by fears of escalation that are misplaced.”
Listen to the
@DoorstepPodcast
’s latest episode featuring
@AVindman
available now on YouTube or wherever you get your
#podcasts
.
Cognitive scientist, author, and AIEI Advisory Board Member
@GaryMarcus
has an honest discussion with Senior Fellow
@AnjaKasp
regarding the challenges that
#deeplearning
and
#AI
systems face.
Listen to the podcast here:
Our next webinar takes place on Wed, December 16 @ 12:00PM ET! Sr fellow
@WriteArthur
will discuss the societal risks & technical limits of AI ethics w/ guests
@zacharylipton
,
@KLdivergence
, &
@rajiinio
.
💻➡️Zoom:
💻➡️YouTube:
Can AI ever be fair and transparent? Senior Fellow
@WriteArthur
will discuss "What are the Societal Limits of AI Ethics?" with
@merbroussard
,
@_KarenHao
, &
@safiyanoble
on Monday 4/19 at 11:30AM ET!
📖➡️Learn More:
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In a new episode of
@DoorstepPodcast
,
@TheAtlantic
's
@RadioFreeTom
discusses the upcoming U.S. elections, whether the youth vote can shake up the presidential race, and how we can counter the influence of autocracies in the information war.
In case you missed it - The Case for
#UniversalBasicIncome
in the US, with Andrew Yang: Not a pipe dream, but a carefully thought-out plan. Have a look or a listen!
@AndrewYangVFA
Stirring & disturbing talk! Harvard's
@Yascha_Mounk
argues that liberalism and democracy are coming apart, creating new forms of illiberal democracy (democracy without rights) and undemocratic liberalism (rights without democracy). What's to be done?
In a new edition of
@TheGeostrata
's Geo Interview series, Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal shares his insights about the ethical issues dominating international affairs today including the ongoing war in Israel and Gaza and the climate crisis.
As AI systems rapidly evolve, AI & Equality Initiative Board Advisor
@GaryMarcus
warns about the risks of AI serving as “misinformation machines” and calls for a global, nonprofit organization to regulate emerging technology.
What would happen if citizens—not just politicians—had a real say in how our societies are run?
In a new episode of “From Another Angle,”
@DemocracyNext
’s
@ClaudiaChwalisz
joins Hilary Sutcliffe to share her vision for making democracy more “democratic.”
The UN's Philip Alston
@Alston_UNSR
travels across US & find appalling conditions of extreme
#poverty
, from homelessness to open sewage. He discusses the political choices - yes, choices - that allow this to continue & proposes solutions.
With President Obama discussing a universal basic income in his South Africa speech today, check out 2020 presidential candidate
@AndrewYangVFA
's talk on this subject from March, interviewed by
@TheStephSy
In an interview with
@TheGeostrata
, Senior Fellow
@WriteArthur
discusses the promises and perils of AI and why transparency is key to demanding better policies and regulation around it.
Did you know that 122 countries have adopted a treaty to ban nuclear weapons? "We're just a bunch of regular people" say
@nuclearban
's
@achesonray
&
@BeaFihn
. Yes
#ICAN
& yes we can!
In the latest edition of
@TheGeostrata
's Geo Interview series, Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal shares his insights about the ethical issues dominating international affairs today including the ongoing war in Israel & Gaza & the climate crisis.
U.S. democracy is at a dangerous inflection point. On 4/14 at 6:00PM ET,
@Yale
philosopher & author
@jasonintrator
will be in conversation with Carnegie Council president Joel Rosenthal on "Are Americans Facing an Undemocratic Future?"
🔗➡️Sign up:
New podcast from our AI & Equality Initiative!
Sr Fellow
@AnjaKasp
talks w/
@P_Gooding
,
@Kobotic
, &
@leahruppanner
about algorithmic bias, ethics, mental health, privacy, the pandemic, & their work w/
@CAIDE_UoM
. Don't miss this fascinating conversation!
We partnered with
@CarnegieCorp
to host a candid conversation with
@USUN
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (
@USAmbUN
). She sat down with Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal to discuss
#diplomacy
,
#ethics
, and more.
Watch the event:
“I think the human heart demands freedom. It's not a Western value, it's a global value.”
@Abramowitz
, president of
@FreedomHouse
, discusses the future of human rights and
#democracy
in China with Strategy Risks’
@isaacstonefish
. Watch the clip:
When it comes to
#deeplearning
, we also need deep understanding, says
@GaryMarcus
.
Today we revisit this illuminating
@bigthink
clip, “The biggest problem in AI? Machines have no common sense.”
About 7.5 million people live in
#HongKong
, roughly the population of NYC - and their freedoms are being taken away. Don't miss
@jasonyng
's eloquent piece
"Unsafe Harbor: Shrinking Space of Free Expression in Hong Kong":
#china
#FreePress
#FreeSpeech
In the latest episode of “From Another Angle,”
@DemocracyNext
CEO
@ClaudiaChwalisz
discusses with host Hilary Sutcliffe how we might reimagine democracy to make it more inclusive. Listen to the full episode on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.
New podcast! How can AI be trained to act ethically? What's the philosophy behind AI systems?
@IBMResearch
's Francesca Rossi (
@frossi_t
) discusses how she works to ensure that AI is "as beneficial as possible for the widest part of the population."
"For over a century, the people of
@westernsahara
have been denied our fundamental right to decide our future," writes UN Frente POLISARIO rep
@SidiOmarNY
in new article "A Chance for Peace in Western Sahara":
Don't miss this special panel discussion hosted by Carnegie Council Senior Fellow
@WriteArthur
! He covers the many limits of AI ethics with leaders in the field:
@zacharylipton
,
@KLdivergence
, &
@rajiinio
.
Listen🎧➡️
Watch🎥➡️
Forget about the wall, it's a distraction. In case you missed it, here's a great
#podcast
with
@MigrationPolicy
@SeleeAndrew
on his new book "Vanishing Frontiers" about the many economic, cultural, & blood ties binding Mexicans & Americans together:
New podcast!
@JHUAPL
's Heather Roff (
@HMRoff
) says instead of wondering if AI will ever be a moral agent we should focus on how to program it to be "morally safe, correct, justifiable." How can it be used responsibly in the military & civilian realms?
“If there is to be an ethics for the threat to use nuclear weapons to secure the state. . . that ethical construct should be based on realistic assumptions about human behavior and rationality,” writes
@AmericanU
's Sharon K. Weiner in
@EIAJournal
.
2020 Presidential candidate
@AndrewYangVFA
makes a passionate & pragmatic case for universal basic income in this week's Global Ethics Forum w/
@TheStephSy
JUST OUT: transcript & podcast from last week's webinar with
@NavalWarCollege
's
@DerekSReveron
on human security. How will we conceptualize American foreign and defense policy in the 2020s?
📖🎧 Listen/read:
📽 Watch:
Countries like Syria and Libya are facing a "double" emergency right now, says the
@RESCUEorg
's
@KellyRazzouk
. How are places with ongoing conflicts responding to the COVID-19 pandemic? What more can be done to help?
⏩
Tomorrow at 11:30am ET! Join
@EIAJournal
's
#GlobalEthicsDay
virtual panel exploring how we can make academia more diverse and inclusive. The event will feature Anthony Lang, Joy Gordon, Raul Salgado Espinoza,
@may_darwich
, & Rev. Charles Chilufya, S.J.
Important talk from former
@guardian
editor
@arusbridger
last month on the state of journalism & social media, especially in light of this week's media news. Read/watch/listen this weekend!
Can global leaders effectively regulate AI?
In the latest episode of our “AI & Equality” podcast,
@theCAIDP
’s
@MarcRotenberg
discusses with Senior Fellow
@WendellWallach
some of the progress being made in AI policy on the international level as well as in the U.S.
From Gaza to Ukraine, the military applications of AI are fundamentally reshaping the dynamics and ethics of war. What are the implications of AI use in warfare?
Register for our virtual panel discussion on April 8 at 11am ET co-hosted by
@ELAC_Oxford
.
“The biggest investment case [for not investing in autocracies] is that freer markets have much better foundations for growth.” -
@Perth_Tolle
.
Tolle joined
@isaacstonefish
to discuss the
#risks
associated with
#investing
in autocracies:
A new
@DoorstepPodcast
roundtable discussion on Afghanistan with
@alibomaye
&
@saberibrahimi
is out now. Senior Fellows Nick Gvosdev &
@TatianaSerafin
discuss what is happening on the ground today & the expectations for the country's future.
Listen 🎧➡️:
Terrific talk this AM!
@davidakaye
, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion & expression, looks at some big Qs: Who decides what to remove from social media? Should the big platforms regulate themselves? Full video below, transcript/podcast out soon!
"One concern is that commanders and troops could succumb to automation bias, which means they become overly trusting of the machine input" -
@paul_scharre
For more on ethics and AI, check out this discussion with Paul Scharre at Carnegie Council:
➡️🤖➡️
The Pentagon will have to settle lingering ethical concerns about using artificial technology for waging war if it wants to take the next big step of deploying artificial intelligence to aid troops.
With AI being used in conflicts worldwide, how can ethics be used to regulate its use & protect civilians?
@JaninaDill
,
@ciaranmartinoxf
, Tom Simpson,
@rosen_br
, & CCEIA President Joel Rosenthal discussed the use of AI in warfare at the
@BlavatnikSchool
.
Edward Mendelson in
@nybooks
: What Thucydides Knew About the US Today -"In the two years since the 2016 US election, it seems ever more clear that Thucydides is the greatest historian not only of empire but also of contemporary politics."
Just out! Spring 2020 issue of
@EIAJournal
, Carnegie Council's quarterly academic journal. The highlight of this issue is a roundtable organized by
@Alex_J_Bellamy
entitled "World Peace (And How We Can Achieve It)." Stay inside this weekend & read it!
A lot to think about in this
@EIAJournal
interview w/
@RonDeibert
on a "human-centric" approach to cybersecurity, as opposed to the usual state-centric framing. Plus, discussion on human rights, China, & Facebook. Don't miss it!
Why
#Ethics
Matter in International Affairs - Thoughtful discussion on real-world dilemmas with
@ElliottSchoolGW
's Dean Reuben E. Brigety II (
@RealDeanB
) and profs Christopher A.Kojm &Janne E. Nolan, plus
@carnegiecouncil
's Pres. Joel Rosenthal:
In case you missed it 1st time round, great talk &
#podcast
by Séverine Autesserre - Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention:
@severineAR
How is Israel using AI in the war in Gaza? What are the long-term impacts of AI warfare on human rights and justice?
@rosen_br
, senior fellow at
@just_security
&
@UniofOxford
joined
@WriteArthur
for a podcast discussion about the future of AI in warfare.
As the race for
#COVID19
vaccines enters its next stage, we are faced with many new ethical challenges. On Dec. 3, join us for a virtual panel discussion on vaccine ethics co-sponsored by
@bermaninstitute
:
🔗sign up:
📖learn more:
Our Carnegie Ethics Fellows joined us in New York City earlier this month for a series of workshops and events focused on the ethics of need within the contexts of migration and philanthropy.
During the four-day convening, we were joined by
@LakeInstitute
's
@Davidpking1
,
“The challenge for AI governance in 2023 is not only to embrace ethics, but to take human rights as the starting point for conversations about AI ethics and regulation,” writes
@ChathamHouse
’s
@KateJones77
.
Do lethal autonomous weapons lead to more violence?
@NC_Renic
and
@ElkeSchwarz
analyze the moral implications of automated violence in the latest issue of
@EIAJournal
.
Great talk last week with
@Harvard
's
@CassSunstein
on his book How Change Happens. How do movements like
#MeToo
rise to prominence?Do social norms influence change? Full video below; transcript & podcast coming soon!