13
December 2023
Past Event
Artificial Intelligence and Society: The Beautiful Promise and the Dystopian Threat

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Artificial Intelligence and Society: The Beautiful Promise and the Dystopian Threat

Past Event
Hudson Institute
December 13, 2023
The Vizgard FortifAI software-based artificial intelligence engine for surveillance monitoring is displayed during the Dronex Epo at ExCel on September 26, 2023, in London, UK. (John Keeble via Getty Images)
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The Vizgard FortifAI software-based artificial intelligence engine for surveillance monitoring is displayed during the Dronex Epo at ExCel on September 26, 2023, in London, UK. (John Keeble via Getty Images)
13
December 2023
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Speakers:
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Sanjay Goel

Chair, Information Security and Digital Forensics Department, School of Business, University of Albany and Director, New York State Center for Information Forensics and Assurance

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Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet

Advances in artificial Intelligence promise to bring a new era of prosperity. Self-driving cars, smart health care devices, and generative AI to automate mundane intellectual tasks are all on the horizon. But as society embraces AI, policymakers and industry leaders will need to address many practical and ethical challenges. 

AI can be influenced by past human biases, manipulated by hackers and criminals, or corrupted through various attack vectors, including data poisoning, malformed input, and model tampering. AI threatens to replace humans in many jobs and concentrate power and wealth among companies that most effectively integrate AI-enabled systems. For example, defense companies will increasingly incorporate AI in military systems like drones and precision missiles. Personal information can be either leaked or reconstructed from AI models’ training data, risking users’ privacy. Finally, face and voice recognition will make surveillance very efficient, allowing governments to track citizens in real time. 

Join Hudson Institute and Sanjay Goel, chair of the Information Security and Digital Forensics Department in the School of Business at the University of Albany, for a discussion on the future benefits, threats, and challenges that come with the rise of AI.

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