Society on Social Implications of Technology

This guest lecture is organised by Southeastern Michigan Section Computer Chapter and co-hosted by UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter and North Jersey Section SSIT Chapter.

The need for a post-quantum Internet is emerging, and this is a great opportunity to re-examine the legacy of public key infrastructure.

Innovations in robotics are now present in many aspects of human endeavour, from robotic vacuum cleaners to autonomous battlefield drone swarms.

It is an uncomfortable truth for designers and operators of technology that it is increasingly being used by perpetrators of interpersonal coercive-control, for example in cases such as domestic abuse. This session will provide an update on the progress towards a recommended practice in the principles of design and operation of technology to minimise this kind of misuse.

This lecture considers General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) products marketed as ‘empathic partners’, ‘personal AI’, ‘co-pilots’, ‘assistants’, and related phrasing for ‘human-AI partnering’.

The focus of the lecture will be on the means by which the standard, and in-work extensions to it, can address the range of emerging challenges in respect of safety arising from the unfolding 'Cambrian explosion' of AI powered autonomous systems.