How AI is being regulated: Professors Sandra Wachter and Brent Mittelstadt

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The episode discusses the current state of AI regulation and the necessary changes for effective governance by policymakers.

The current state of artificial intelligence regulation, the potential negative consequences of AI proliferation, and what needs to change about how AI is governed by policymakers, with Professor Sandra Wachter and Professor Brent Mittelstadt. The current state of artificial intelligence regulation, the potential negative consequences of AI proliferation, and what needs to change about how AI is governed by policymakers, with Professor Sandra Wachter (Oxford Internet Institute) and Professor Brent Mittelstadt (Oxford Internet Institute). In the fifth episode of the OII Podcast, our experts discuss topics such as: * The current state of artificial intelligence regulation, and what needs to change about how AI is governed by policymakers * The potential negative consequences of AI proliferation, including its societal, environmental, and ethical harms * The subtle distinctions between hallucinations and careless speech, and why the latter is harder to recognise Professor Sandra Wachter is Professor of Technology and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford where she researches the legal and ethical implications of AI, Big Data, and robotics as well as…

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Guests: Sandra Wachter, Brent Mittelstadt

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence regulation
• AI proliferation consequences
• governance of AI
• ethical implications of AI
• data ethics
• policy changes

Keywords

• AI regulation
• negative consequences of AI
• societal harms
• environmental impacts
• ethical harms
• hallucinations
• careless speech

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Organizations: Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

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