Altea Lorenzo-Arribas participated in the Lovelace-Hodgkin Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics from 2nd to 4th October 2024 at the Centre for Data Science & AI of the University of Glasgow. The event focused on “Building an Ethical Framework for Inclusive AI” and it covered two main running themes, Education and Society.  Talks on Education ranged from prioritising and considering the views from kids when regulating AI to adapting higher education assessments to reflect Generative AI (GenAI) uses. Society-related presentations included tools for trustworthiness assurance, public literacy campaigns aimed at helping navigating the hype and noise, and movements to widen inclusion and representation in the field.

The symposium gathered academics from universities across the UK with a notable presence of fellows of the Alan Turing Institute, as well as policy speakers including Steph Wright (The Scottish AI Alliance; pictured), Oyidiya Oji (The European Network Against Racism, ENAR) and Clare Adamson MSP. The final day served as an opportunity for co-development of a list of key issues and priorities in the area, as well as potential solutions and timeframes. The lively discussions reflected the words of Prof. Ana Basiri, Director of the Centre for Data Science and AI, who stated that “while AI allows us to go faster, we need to make sure we also go deeper.”

In MSP Adamson's words, "AI brings enormous opportunities to raise global living standards and address some of the most critical issues facing humanity. But it also poses complex ethical problems."

The student-led Lovelace-Hodgkin symposium was led by Dr Ciorsdaidh Watts and Dr Lydia Bach, and was facilitated by Prof Ana Basiri (Director of the Centre for Data Science and AI). Local media reported on the event here.