Artist: Chris Harkin
Working well with artificial intelligence: people and place
Seth Lazar is participating in this panel discussion event, which will be live streamed.
Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) brings opportunities and uncertainties for the future of work, and there is currently a widely acknowledged digital skills gap in the UK. Enabling and upskilling the workforce to take full advantage of AI will be vital in both a post-Brexit and post-COVID-19 world. However, there remains little consensus on the ways that AI could or should intersect with work, or the place of AI in the wider political, economic and social discourse. Likewise, questions remain as to how Government will be able to support the investment in lifelong skills and training that will be required to shape AI for the benefit of all.
This event is part of a collaboration between UCL and the British Academy on AI and the future of work, which seeks to address critical questions for policy, business, practitioners and society on the ways in which AI could and should impact on the future quality and equity of work in the UK.
The event will feature two discussion panels. The first panel will focus on AI, work and people. How is AI shaping new ways of working for different groups of people, and how do some people benefit from this change while others bear more risk? How have AI innovations shaped, and been shaped by, changes to work prompted by the pandemic? The panel will consider the relationship between AI and inequality, how digital inequalities intersect with other social and structural inequalities, and the importance of inclusivity in wider debates around AI and work.
The second panel will focus on AI, work and place. How do the impacts of AI differ across workplaces of different sizes and in different sectors? What does AI mean for small businesses? Are there geographical impacts of AI that we need to pay more attention to, whether regional, national or global? What opportunities and risks does AI pose for place-based policy initiatives, such as the Levelling up agenda?
For more information about the event and schedule — and to register — click here.