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Workshop: Harmonious Human-AI Ecosystems

Join IDEAL's 3-Part Workshop

To forge healthy and productive Human-AI ecosystems, researchers need to anticipate the nature of this interaction at every stage to stave off concerns of societal disruption and to usher in a harmonious future.

  • A primary way in which AI is anticipated to become part of human life is through augmenting human capabilities instead of replacing them. What are the greatest potentials for this augmentation in various fields and what ought to be its limits?
  • In the short term, AI is expected to continue to rely on the vast recorded and demonstrated knowledge and experience of people. How can the contributors of this knowledge feel adequately protected in their rights and compensated for their role in ushering in AI?
  • As these intelligent systems are woven into the lives and livelihood of people, insight into how they operate and what they know becomes crucial to establish trust and regulate them. How can human privacy be maintained in such pervasive ecosystems and is it possible to interpret the operations, thoughts, and actions of AI?

IDEAL will address these critical questions in a 3-part workshop as part of its Fall 2024 Special Program on interpretability, privacy, and fairness, which will span 3 days across 3 IDEAL campuses.

Workshop Day 1 at Loyola

AI Agents and Augmentation: Navigating the Ethics of Human-AI Collaboration

The rapid integration of AI systems into various domains of human life has sparked both enthusiasm and concern. While some envision unprecedented productivity gains, economic growth, and improved healthcare access, others worry about unfair discrimination, workforce displacement, and threats to human autonomy. Treating AI as a tool for augmenting human capabilities rather than replacing them, could reap the benefits of AI while preserving human agency and values. AI Agents (i.e., AI systems that can pursue complex goals with limited direct supervision) hold great promises for the augmentation of human capabilities. However, the emergence of more sophisticated and capable AI agents, which may play increasingly large roles in human lives, raises new questions about the nature of this augmentation and the evolving relationship between humans and AI.

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Workshop Day 1 Agenda

8:00 AM
Breakfast and Registration

9:00 AM
Welcome

9:15 AM
Conference Introduction
Diana Acosta Navas, Assistant Professor of Business Ethics, Loyola University Chicago

9:30 AM
Keynote Presentation
Jessica Hullman, Ginni Rometty Professor of Computer Science and Faculty Fellow, The Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University

10:15 AM
Coffee Break

10:30 AM
Panel: AI Agents in Business

  • Diana Acosta Navas, Assistant Professor of Business Ethics, Loyola University Chicago
  • Irena Cronin, Co-Founder & SVP, Product, DADOS Technology | Founder and CEO, Infinite Retina
  • Lionel P. Robert, Jr., Professor, School of Information and College of Engineering, Robotics Department, University of Michigan
  • Hatim Rahman, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, Northwestern University

12:00 PM
Lunch

1:00 PM
Developing Novel Paradigms of Human-AI Interaction
Chenhao Tan, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science | Director of the Chicago Human+AI Lab, University of Chicago

1:30 PM
Panel: AI Agents in Medicine

  • Abel N Kho, Founding Director, Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine | Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University
  • Michael McCarthy, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Healthcare Mission Leadership, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago
  • Claire Boone, Assistant Professor, Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy, McGill University
  • Pat Pataranutaporn, Co-Director, MIT Advancing Human-AI Interaction Research Program

3:00 PM
Panel: AI Agents in Law and Philosophy

  • Daniel Linna, Senior Lecturer and Director, Law and Technology Initiatives, Northwestern University
  • Matthew Dunch, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
  • Jeffrey R. Tharsen, Associate Technology Director for Digital Studies and Lecturer, Humanities Division, The University of Chicago

4:30 PM
Closing Remarks

Workshop Day 1 Info:

Expand your knowledge with Day 2 and Day 3 sessions!

Join IDEAL's additional workshops—hosted at University of Illinois Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology—for in-depth sessions on AI interpretability, privacy, and fairness. Each day features unique insights from industry experts addressing the critical challenges shaping Human-AI collaboration. Don’t miss out!

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Day 2: Fairness Toward Content Producers: Credit and Protection in Generative AI

  • Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024
  • Location: University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)
  • Organizers: Mesrob I. Ohannessian (LUC)

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Day 3: Privacy and Interpretability in Generative AI: Peering into the Black Box

The rapid advancement of Generative AI and large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4, has raised critical concerns about privacy and interpretability. These models are trained on vast datasets, which may inadvertently include sensitive or personal information, creating the risk of unintentionally disclosing private data through their outputs. Consequently, privacy-preserving mechanisms have become essential to mitigate these risks. At the same time, the inherent complexity and opacity of LLMs make it difficult to understand their decision-making processes, undermining trust and accountability. Enhancing interpretability is key to ensuring that users and developers can comprehend how these models produce specific outputs, thereby improving transparency and fostering trust. Addressing these challenges is essential for building AI systems that are not only secure but also ethical and comprehensible.

  • Date: Friday, November 22, 2024
  • Location: Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
  • Organizers: Bingui Wang (IIT), Ren Wang (IIT), and Gyorgy Turan (UIC)

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Join IDEAL's 3-Part Workshop

To forge healthy and productive Human-AI ecosystems, researchers need to anticipate the nature of this interaction at every stage to stave off concerns of societal disruption and to usher in a harmonious future.

  • A primary way in which AI is anticipated to become part of human life is through augmenting human capabilities instead of replacing them. What are the greatest potentials for this augmentation in various fields and what ought to be its limits?
  • In the short term, AI is expected to continue to rely on the vast recorded and demonstrated knowledge and experience of people. How can the contributors of this knowledge feel adequately protected in their rights and compensated for their role in ushering in AI?
  • As these intelligent systems are woven into the lives and livelihood of people, insight into how they operate and what they know becomes crucial to establish trust and regulate them. How can human privacy be maintained in such pervasive ecosystems and is it possible to interpret the operations, thoughts, and actions of AI?

IDEAL will address these critical questions in a 3-part workshop as part of its Fall 2024 Special Program on interpretability, privacy, and fairness, which will span 3 days across 3 IDEAL campuses.

Workshop Day 1 at Loyola

AI Agents and Augmentation: Navigating the Ethics of Human-AI Collaboration

The rapid integration of AI systems into various domains of human life has sparked both enthusiasm and concern. While some envision unprecedented productivity gains, economic growth, and improved healthcare access, others worry about unfair discrimination, workforce displacement, and threats to human autonomy. Treating AI as a tool for augmenting human capabilities rather than replacing them, could reap the benefits of AI while preserving human agency and values. AI Agents (i.e., AI systems that can pursue complex goals with limited direct supervision) hold great promises for the augmentation of human capabilities. However, the emergence of more sophisticated and capable AI agents, which may play increasingly large roles in human lives, raises new questions about the nature of this augmentation and the evolving relationship between humans and AI.

Workshop Day 1 Info:

Expand your knowledge with Day 2 and Day 3 sessions!

Join IDEAL's additional workshops—hosted at University of Illinois Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Technology—for in-depth sessions on AI interpretability, privacy, and fairness. Each day features unique insights from industry experts addressing the critical challenges shaping Human-AI collaboration. Don’t miss out!

Click on the drop-downs to learn more: