Can We Shape AI With Deliberative Societies?
Join us for a one-of-a-kind event bringing together AI researchers and London’s language communities to ask:
"Can We Shape AI With Deliberative Societies?"
This workshop explores how communities and AI can collaboratively shape inclusive futures through participatory design and deliberative practices. We will examine how insights from the social sciences—particularly ethnography—can ground AI systems in real-world social contexts and urban cities, making them more responsive to diverse lived experiences.
This interactive day-long workshop organised by grassroots AI researchers from across Africa, the Alan Turing Institute, and more is held as part of London Data Week. This workshop session expands into a community of practice for ethnography, deliberation, and AI, with a focus on inclusivity, multicultural awareness, and participatory AI design.
When: 10am - 4pm, July 2nd, 2024
Where: Great Hall, Strand Campus, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS (room accessibility guide here)
Getting there: Visitors without a King’s ID card need to be checked in at the Strand reception, marked with a red arrow as the Main Entrance on this map.
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10:00–10:10 AM: Opening remarks and workshop goals (organizers).
10:10–11:00 AM: Invited talks (3 speakers, 15 minutes each, 5 minutes Q&A). Sessions (Synthetic, Deliberative and Agentic society)
11:00 AM–12:00 PM: Panel discussion on public voices in AI, featuring Reema Patel.
12:00–1:00 PM: Lunch break.
1:00–2:20: Contributed talks (2 talks, 10 minutes each).
2:20–2:30 PM: Coffee break.
2:30–3:20 PM: Breakout sessions (Public Values, Views, Voices) for collaborative brainstorming, using Council and Talk to the City.
3:20–4:00 PM: Closing remarks and presentation of the living document via Talk to the City.
Sponsorship
We are grateful to have sponsorship for the event provided by LOTI, and Kings College London.