Teaching, learning and academic research will be the focus of an ‘AI ethics’ conference in Glasgow – which looks at how the technology is disrupting education.
Leading academics and researchers will discuss the impact of the rapidly advancing technology at the second Lovelace-Hodgkin Symposium on October 2-3 at the University of Glasgow.
The two-day event at the Advanced Research Centre (ARC), which is free to attend, will explore what trustworthy AI really means, and how AI can be developed and used responsibly in early education, universities and lifelong learning.
he event will include three keynote addresses from representatives of the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, and the Research-on-Research Institute’s (RoRI) GRAIL Project.
Global AI equity thought-leader, Aanya Niaz, will discuss what equitable and responsible AIin education looks like from both global and institutional perspectives, covering pre-university, university and post-university education contexts.
Professor Maggi Savin-Baden of the University of Oxford’s keynote will examine questions of truth and institutional responsibility in the age of AI, including how academic institutions define truth in an AI-driven world.
And Dr Denis Newman-Griffis, University of Sheffield & RoRI GRAIL Project Lead, will explore responsible use of AI in research funding and evaluation.
Professor Ana Basiri, the director of the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Data Science & AI, will deliver the symposium’s opening and closing remarks.
She said: “We were delighted by the positive response to last year’s symposium and we’ve taken the lessons learned from that experience to deliver an even more impactful lineup of speakers for this year. We’re looking forward to welcoming attendees from across the UK to our campus for engaging sessions exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on how we will learn, teach, and conduct research in the years ahead.
Dr Jake Lever from the University of Glasgow’s School of Computing Science will present a talk called ‘Can ChatGPT do my degree for me?’, confronting the challenges that large language models can pose for educators.
Dr Chris Burr from the Alan Turing Institute will examine what it means to build ethical, trustworthy AI from a technical perspective, while his colleague Dr Mhairi Aitken will present on children-centred AI and the importance of centring their feedback and experiences in the future of education.
The full programme for the event is available on the Centre for Data Science & AI’s website.
