The Risks of AI, with Julia Straatman and Daniel Morales 

Date: Sunday, November 9
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m. JST (Note the time change!)
Register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4Iz1XOUvRMe5NLr3TFKj8A

The dangers and potential risks of AI are a relatively little-considered aspect of the sensation that has taken the world by storm in the past three years. SWET has engaged the assistance of an outside expert who can help us learn more about the ethical risks of AI and algorithms, as well as what organizations can and should do to better handle these new technologies. We’ll also look at the threats to the environment and other unexpected knock-on effects of AI.

Julia Straatman is a researcher at Data School, Utrecht University (UU), where she focuses on digital ethics within (mostly) Dutch governmental organizations. She has a background in philosophy, ethics and a specialization in digital ethics (Leiden University, Keio University (Tokyo), Utrecht University). Her research at the UU is focused on developments in data, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and ethics. She is highly involved in the Dutch FRAIA (Fundamental Rights and Algorithms Impact Assessment): she coordinates and carries out assessments involving the instrument and helps Dutch (semi)governmental organizations with practicing digital ethics by providing workshops, lectures, and conducting research in the field.

Daniel Morales is a writer and translator based in Osaka. He has run the website HowtoJapanese.com since 2008 and was a frequent contributor to the Japan Times Bilingual page. Find his monthly newsletter at newsletter.howtojapanese.com.