The following is an upcoming webinar on how AI is being used in the fight against COVID-19, hosted by NSF, Axios, and the British Embassy.
Artificial Intelligence is poised to transform the modern world. In the short term, AI is being deployed like never before to combat COVID-19 as governments, businesses, and health organizations leverage the technology in unprecedented ways to respond to the pandemic. In the long term, AI will represent a step change for the economy, how we live and work, and society at large. If widely adopted, AI could add $330 billion to the UK economy alone by 2030 as it optimizes existing sectors and generates entirely new ones. But with this potential also comes risk: from displacing members of the workforce to further exacerbating current inequalities.
Please join the US National Science Foundation, Axios and the British Embassy for a special webinar panel discussion as experts from government, business, and research sit down to discuss how AI is being used in the fight against COVID-19, the role of international collaboration in AI, and how to reap the rewards of AI while avoiding the risks.
DATE: Thursday, May 14, 2020
TIME: 12:00 – 12:45PM EST
Speakers:
Sana Khareghani
Head of the UK Government Office for Artificial Intelligence
Saška Mojsilović
Head of IBM Foundations of Trusted AI, Co-Director of IBM Science for Social Good
Yolanda Gil
President of the Association for the Advancement of AI, Research Professor in Computer Science at the University of Southern California
Moderated by Alison Snyder, Managing Editor, Axios
After registering here, you will receive an email the day before the event with the link to join the webinar.
