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Aug 21 2023
After Bellagio
Glenn Schweitzer
Glenn Schweitzer is a nuclear engineer, scientist, and Former Director of the Program on Central Europe and Eurasia at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. Glenn is the author …
Aug 21 2023
After Bellagio
Sharon Shenhav
Sharon Shenhav has been a practicing lawyer since joining a small firm in Washington D.C. in 1969, specializing in defending prisoners’ civil rights. In 1979, she emigrated to Israel and …
Aug 21 2023
Bellagio Conversations in AI
Tim O’Reilly on AI’s Role in the Attention Economy
AI is not the first technological revolution new media publisher and author Tim O’Reilly has experienced – he even popularized the terms “Web 2.0” and “open source.” But, after decades …
Aug 21 2023
Bellagio Conversations in AI
Marietje Schaake on Unchecked AI as a Threat to Democracy
During her time in the European Parliament, Dutch politician Marietje Schaake was heavily involved in E.U. efforts to regulate the technology sector in ways that reigned in its worst impulses …
Aug 21 2023
Bellagio Conversations in AI
Mary L. Gray on the Power of AI Access for All of Humanity
Throughout history, revolutionary new technologies have required new approaches to regulation and oversight. In her upcoming book aimed at technologists interested in responsible computing, Banality of Scale: An Anthropologist’s Fieldguide …
Aug 21 2023
Bellagio Conversations in AI
Daniel Wolfe on the Dangers of Algorithmic Prescriptions
Should an algorithm make your healthcare decisions? With many decades of experience advocating for policies that center harm reduction and patient welfare, including as director of the International Harm Reduction …