AI/Robots and Our Future
Panel Debate: AI/Robots and Our Future
Date: October 19, 2017
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Location: Acadia University, BAC 241
Purpose: The aim of this public debate is to foster a broad and inclusive discussion which informs our understanding of the dynamics and consequences of the rise of AI and Robotics and how to govern its impact on humanity and our world.
Moderator: Ian Wilks - Acadia, Philosophy
Panel Members:
PRO:
Stan Martin - Dalhousie, Computer Science
Danny Silver - Acadia, Computer Science
CON:
Teresa Heffernan - Saint Mary's, English
Paul Abela - Acadia, Philosophy
Format: A policy debate format will be used. Members of the Pro and Con teams will center their presentations on the following topics:
- AI/Robots and the impact on civil society (jobs and economic sustainability, governance)
- AI/Robots and our conception of what it is to be human (transhumanism, mortality, dominance/subservience/equality with the machine?)
- AI/Robots and our safety and security (social, political and military notions of responsibility and authority: where does the buck stop?)
- AI/Robots and human flourishing (privacy, a literate culture, an open and vibrant democracy)