OSTA Meetup at OMSI
OMSI is hosting this engaging event on the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) on Tuesday, October 1 and OSTA will be there to provide a place for members to connect, network, and discuss these issues - with appetizers provided by OSTA (beverages can be purchased individually through OMSI). Please join us in-person or you may attend via zoom. You must register through OMSI to attend and there is a requested $5 donation (LINK) 

Questions/comments? Contact membership@oregonscience.org

Where Do Ethics Belong in AI?  

Tues, Oct 1 | Empirical Theater at OMSI | 7-9pm

With Dr. Houssam Abbas and Dr. Alicia Patterson

The camera on-board a self-driving car switches to a power-saving mode and takes low-resolution images; as a result, the car hits a pedestrian. A mundane decision to save battery thus becomes a decision to value battery life over human life: all without anyone – or any thing – ever explicitly making that choice.

While we have long relied on software and automation, the prospect of a fully automated decision process charges many algorithmic decisions with a new, ethical, tension. Where do ethics (and the discipline of Ethics) belong in Artificial Intelligence? Delve into this question with Dr. Houssam Abbas, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University, and Dr. Alicia Patterson, Mary Jones and Thomas Hart Horning Assistant Professor of Applied Philosophy at Oregon State University.

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