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Managing AI risk: perspectives from around the world (at the 2022 Paris Peace Forum)

Managing AI risk: perspectives from around the world (at the 2022 Paris Peace Forum)

November 25, 2022clock1:07:25

OECD.AI co-organised this panel with the Paris Peace Forum. Many potential risks associated with artificial intelligence have been identified and as capabilities mature, risks will grow in scale and scope.

Conversation with Christo Wilson on Algorithmic Auditing

Conversation with Christo Wilson on Algorithmic Auditing

March 15, 2022clock31mins

In this session, Christo Wilson and Stefano Scarpetta will discuss the potential and limitations of algorithmic auditing.

AI, business dynamics and competition

AI, business dynamics and competition

March 15, 2022clock61mins

This session will discuss the implications of the diffusion of AI for business dynamism (i.e. firm entry, growth and exit) and the potential challenges for competition, with a focus on the role of policy.

AI and social partners

AI and social partners

March 15, 2022clock61mins

In this session, social partners will share concrete responses to the AI transition along these two dimensions and discuss how the lessons learnt may help other social partners to develop respective activities.

High-level session – The future of AI: Stakeholder perspectives

High-level session – The future of AI: Stakeholder perspectives

March 15, 2022clock60mins

This session brings together experts from the OECD’s stakeholder partners to discuss the future trajectory of AI, its implications and the policy priorities from the point of view of their communities.

Can AI Read and Count? Assessing Computers with an OECD Test

Can AI Read and Count? Assessing Computers with an OECD Test

March 3, 2022clock63mins

This session will present the initial findings of the evaluation to compare how the results changed from 2016 to 2021. The participants will then discuss some of the questions on the test and the ways that recent developments in AI would affect its performance on these questions.

AI for labour market matching

AI for labour market matching

March 3, 2022clock63mins

This session will explore the use of artificial intelligence in labour market matching – by human resource managers, public and private employment services, as well as in the platform economy. The goal is to identify both the potential of AI for improving both the efficiency and the quality of labour market matching, as well as the risks, and the regulatory gaps that would need to be addressed.

Shaping coherent policies for AI: High-level Ministerial session

Shaping coherent policies for AI: High-level Ministerial session

March 3, 2022clock51 mins

This session will invite senior policy makers to discuss key issues and the emerging policy actions in their domains that will help to make the most of AI technologies while minimising their potential risks and ensuring that AI upholds shared social values and individual rights.

Conversation between Marjory Blumenthal and Professors Ross King and Hiroaki Kitano on the growing importance of AI in science

Conversation between Marjory Blumenthal and Professors Ross King and Hiroaki Kitano on the growing importance of AI in science

March 3, 2022clock31mins

The session discussants will consider how AI is being used in the scientific process, what the impacts of AI are and could be, what steps governments should prioritise to help amplify the impacts of AI on science, and what AI could achieve in science in the medium-term.

Enabling effective AI policies: Launch of the OECD Framework for Classifying AI Systems

Enabling effective AI policies: Launch of the OECD Framework for Classifying AI Systems

March 3, 2022clock60mins

The OECD.AI Network of Experts is launching a user-friendly framework that will allow policy makers to classify different types of applied AI systems. The framework helps distinguish AI applications according to their potential impact on individuals, society and the planet. Participants will discuss the tool in detail and present concrete examples of how to apply the framework. The panel will also look ahead and discuss the next step for this work: designing an AI risk assessment method building on the Framework.

Training for AI adoption in enterprises

Training for AI adoption in enterprises

March 3, 2022clock61mins

This session will bring together policy-makers, academics and industry representatives to discuss the skill needs for the successful adoption of AI in economies; the success factors and challenges of training managers and employees for the adoption of AI; and what policy can do to support enterprises and individuals to gain the relevant skills.

AI adoption in industry and a new firm survey

AI adoption in industry and a new firm survey

March 3, 2022clock61mins

The session involves a discussion with experts in AI from industry, from both large firms and SMEs, as well as leaders of institutions working to accelerate AI adoption. The industry practitioners will consider the day-to-day challenges and opportunities of adopting and using AI and how these differ across firms of different sizes. In the light of the experts’ experiences, the discussion will also explore what governments should best do to assist the uptake of AI in industry.

Benchmarks and competitions: How do they help us evaluate AI?

Benchmarks and competitions: How do they help us evaluate AI?

March 3, 2022clock60 mins

The session will then discuss the more formal evaluation campaigns of the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the French Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d’Essais (LNE). The speakers will discuss the insights and limitations of these different ways of evaluating AI.

Conversation with Daron Acemoglu on AI, automation and skills

Conversation with Daron Acemoglu on AI, automation and skills

March 3, 2022clock31mins

During this session, Daron Acemoglu (Institute Professor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Stefano Scarpetta (Director of the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate, OECD) will discuss the impact of AI and automation technologies on work, the implications in terms of skills that will be required, and how public policies can help to make sure that the adoption of these new technologies is beneficial for all.

Informing AI policy: Data in education, jobs, software development and more

Informing AI policy: Data in education, jobs, software development and more

March 3, 2022clock61mins

As AI diffusion and adoption evolve apace, timely data on AI education, jobs, skills, research and other areas can help inform policy. At this session, the OECD will launch a set of new indicators and interactive visualisations showing supply of AI education, jobs and skills and software development. This session will feature a short demonstration of new interactive datasets available on the OECD’s AI Policy Observatory (OECD.AI), followed by an exchange with OECD.AI data partners.

Discrimination and AI in the workplace

Discrimination and AI in the workplace

March 3, 2022clock63 mins

This panel will focus on potential policy responses. Are existing anti-discrimination laws sufficient? Or is there a need for new legislation (e.g. banning certain use types, or mandating bias audits)?

AI, productivity, and diffusion

AI, productivity, and diffusion

March 3, 2022clock63mins

This session explores the current understanding and the most recent evidence on the diffusion of AI, the characteristics of AI adopters, and the implications of AI use for productivity, also leveraging information recently available in administrative or exploratory data. It will then examine the policy implications of that evidence, and the related challenges and opportunities.

Conversation with Jim Bessen on AI, Innovation, Productivity, and Work

Conversation with Jim Bessen on AI, Innovation, Productivity, and Work

March 3, 2022clock35mins

This opening one-on-one discussion will touch upon these issues, examining the role of AI for economies and societies, the implications for labour, innovation, productivity and human capital, and for policy related to those areas, thus setting the scene for the events of the week.

Indicators on implications of and attitudes toward AI in work, innovation, productivity and skills

Indicators on implications of and attitudes toward AI in work, innovation, productivity and skills

February 21, 2022clock4 mins

Explanatory video on indicators on AI in Work, Innovation, Productivity and Skills by the German AI Observatory, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

GlobalPolicy.AI: a platform for policy makers to access 8 IGO’s work on artificial intelligence

GlobalPolicy.AI: a platform for policy makers to access 8 IGO’s work on artificial intelligence

October 6, 2021clock00:03:56

GlobalPolicy.AI is a tool for policymakers and the wider public to navigate the international AI governance landscape. It provides access to the necessary tools and information, such as projects, research and reports to promote trustworthy and responsible AI that is aligned with human rights at the global, national and local level.

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's documents

Highlights of AI-WIPS Conference 2022

Highlights of AI-WIPS conference held in February 2022.December 15, 2022

Business

Putting the OECD AI Principles into practice: progress and future perspectives – Event summary

Session summary of this high-level panel discussion from the OECD MCM 2021 More than two years after the adoption of the OECD AI Principles, this discussion will highlight how countries are implementing policies for trustworthy, human-centric AI. The session will focus on: - Lessons learned to date implementing AI policies to steer the transformation of our economies and societies for inclusive growth and addressing global challenges. - Risk-based approaches to AI governance and soft and hard law, including the proposed EU AI Act that is triggering discussions around the world. - How to ensure that our policies and legal frameworks for AI are interoperable globally. And the priorities for international cooperation on AI moving forward.June 17, 2022

OECD Framework for Classifying AI Systems: two page overview

The framework classifies AI systems along five dimensions: People & Planet, Economic Context, Data & Input, AI Model and Task & Output. Each one has its own properties and attributes that help assess policy considerations of particular AI systems. Stakeholders are involved in or affected by AI systems, while AI actors play active roles according to each dimension and throughout an AI system’s lifecycle. The framework allows users to zoom in on specific risks that are typical of AI, such as bias, explainability and robustness yet it is generic in nature. It facilitates nuanced and precise policy debate. The framework can also help develop policies and regulations since AI system characteristics influence the technical and procedural measures they need for implementation. The framework promotes a common understanding of AI by identifying the features of AI systems that matter most. Both in and out of government, the framework can inform registries or inventories by guiding work to describe systems and the basic characteristics of algorithms or automated decision systems. February 18, 2022

Brochure: OECD Work on Implementing Trustworthy AI

This flyer outlines the OECD's work on implementing trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI), in relationship to the OECD Artificial Intelligence Principles for Trustworthy AI. This work happens around two key initiatives that are underway at the OECD to implement the AI Principles. The first concentrates on building and sharing the evidence and data on AI policies, while the second focuses on developing tools and practical guidance to facilitate implementation.October 19, 2021

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