[Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY: Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Governance and Public Policy

[Joly MacFie]

 I can't think of another time in NYC that we have heard the BRICS
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS> point of view on policy issues aired,
especially those on the cutting edge, thus this session was a blockbuster.
Ably chaired and keynoted by Robin J. Lewis of the Russian Presidential
Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, the Brazilian
perspective was presented by Ronaldo Lemos of the Institute for Technology
& Society of Rio de Janeiro, one of the movers behind the Marco Civil
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Civil_Rights_Framework_for_the_Internet>,
China was represented by Professor Liangang Sun of Peking University, an
out and out visionary artist, who nevertheless forcefully asserted, via a
translator, that science via AI + blockchain would assuredly absolutely
empower the common people. They would dispose of much if not all of
government's traditional (and corrupt) functions. When one audience member
enquired if he could say the same thing if our session were in Peking not
NYC, he said yes, of course, but joked everybody who attended would
immediately be arrested! This is a 2 hour session.


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[image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ai>Today, *Monday
February 26 2018* at *10am EST* (15:00 UTC) the* Internet Society
Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ai>* will webcast
 *Artificial Intelligence:Implications for Governance and Public Policy
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial-intelligenceimplications-for-governance-and-public-policy-tickets-42698818315#>*
 – a panel last Friday at the *School of International and Public Affairs
<https://sipa.columbia.edu/>* (SIPA), Columbia University. Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and its associated technologies offer enormous promise
for future economic and social development, but also raise thorny ethical
and public policy issues that are not easily resolved. Experts from the US,
China, and Brazil provided varying perspectives on this very timely topic.

Speakers:

*Robin J. Lewis*, Co-Chair, Worldview Global Culture Alliance and former
Associate Dean, SIPA;
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*Ronaldo Lemos*, Visiting Professor, SIPA;

*​​Liangang Sun*, Professor, Peking University; Artificial Intelligence
Innovation Strategist.

Co-sponsors: *Columbia University BRIC Lab
<http://cgeg.sipa.columbia.edu/briclab>, Center on Global Economic
Governance* and *Worldview Global Culture Alliance*
<https://www.worldviewglobal.com/> (WGCA).

*View on Livestream*:* https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ai
<https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ai>* (no captions)


*Facebook event*: *https://www.facebook.com/events/399669357127287/*
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*Twitter*: @ColumbiaCGEG + #AI *http://bit.ly/CGEGAI* <http://bit.ly/CGEGAI>

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