How do we create global standards for AI so we can mitigate against harms like disinformation? How do we prevent AI from perpetuating human biases?

Meet Professor Dave Lewis, who is at the forefront of developing international standards for trustworthy AI. The EU is the first major regulator anywhere in the world to be drafting legislation governing the use of AI, and The ADAPT Centre at Trinity College Dublin is right at the heart of the process.

Dave explains the challenges faced by society in governing AI, how his research is being used by industry to raise standards and how the use of algorithms can be balanced to meet the needs of users, organisations and society.

TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE

● Challenges and complexities of governing AI

● The “mini-UNs” assembled to develop international standards

● Innovations that provide practical mechanisms for data governance

● Human interaction design considerations

● Opportunities for industry to collaborate with ADAPT

GUEST DETAILS

Dave Lewis is an Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin and the head of its Artificial Intelligence Discipline.

He is Deputy Director of the ADAPT SFI Research Centre for Digital Content Technology. His research focuses on the use of open semantic models for Trustworthy AI and Data Governance.

He has led the development of international standards in AI-based linguistic processing of digital content at the W3C and OASIS.

Trinity College: http://people.tcd.ie/Profile?Username=delewis

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-lewis-13626a/

YOUR HOST

Aideen Finnegan is an IMRO award-winning broadcast journalist with almost 18 years experience, including ten years across two national newsrooms. Find her on Twitter @AideenFinnegan or on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aideenfinnegan/