Tuesday 9 November: Brisbane: 4–5pm, London 12–1pm, Los Angeles 4–5pm
If, as some claim, it will become possible to program the artificial intelligence of machines to respond and behave compassionately, what are the implications for wider society?
Paul Gilbert OBE is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Centre for Compassion Research and Training at the University of Derby, and Founding President of the Compassionate Mind Foundation, a charity promoting wellbeing through the scientific understanding and application of compassion. He has published twenty-one books, of which the latest is ‘Living Like Crazy’.
Sarah Kelly OAM is Associate Professor in Marketing and Law in The University of Queensland Business School and co-lead of the university’s Trust, Ethics and Governance research hub. A respected business leader, she has over thirty years’ experience in the fields of commercial law, strategy, and research, including a critical analysis of the ethics, governance and fairness of Artificial Intelligence.
Shannon Vallor is Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. Author of ‘Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting’, she is a former Visiting Researcher and AI Ethicist at Google, and currently chairs the Scottish Government’s Data Delivery Group.
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This event is presented free of charge. Please register to view at the most convenient streaming time for you using the options below:
- Brisbane: 4–5pm (NB: NSW, VIC and TAS one hour ahead of QLD)
- London: 12–1pm
- Los Angeles: 4–5pm
About Compassion and the New Technologies
The Faculty of Medicine in partnership with the Compassionate Mind Research Group of the School of Psychology presents Compassion and the New Technologies with Tegan Taylor.
What is the role of compassion in the fields of new technology?
Over the past fifty years there has been a rapid acceleration in the development of new technologies. Computation, communications and miniaturisation have brought us to a point that could hardly be imagined half a century ago. Markets have rapidly developed, and consumers have adapted, adopting each new technological innovation with alacrity. But has this made for a happier and more equitable world?
In this second series of wide-ranging conversations, we explore the role compassion can play in understanding and shaping the ways we develop and employ these new technologies. Hosted by the award-winning ABC health and science correspondent, Tegan Taylor, three diverse panels will explore successively online loneliness, cyber bullying and the potential of compassionate machines.