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https://www.dayofai.org/ This spring, thanks to all of you, thousands of K-12 students around the world are leveling up their digital literacy with the Day of AI curriculum. Over 6,000 educators have now registered!

On Thursday, May 18, MIT RAISE is hosting a Day of AI celebration at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate, and we are excited to invite you all to watch the livestream starting at 9:30am ET. Join us to hear perspectives on AI in society from:

• Sally Kornbluth, President of MIT

• Yo Deshpande, Technologist for the Public Realm, Boston Mayor's Office

• Michael Lawrence Evans, Program Director of New Urban Mechanics, Boston Mayor’s Office

• Adam L’Italien, Chief Innovation Officer, Liberty Mutual

nb singapore event is not virtual

Want to learn about AI and earn an AI Literacy certificate?

AI Singapore invites you to participate in the Literacy in AI Workshop & Networking Sessions at National University of Singapore (NUS), E7, 15 Kent Ridge Cres, Singapore 119276. There are two sessions in May you can register for Friday, 19 May, 2.30pm - 5.30pm or Wednesday, 24 May, 2.30pm - 5.30pm.  With the rapid advancements in generative AI and the growing accessibility of AI tools, it's more important to raise awareness about what AI is and how it impacts our daily lives and professional work. At the recent May Day Rally 2023, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong noted that “Integrating new technologies like AI into our work will bring sweeping changes, including for highly-trained workers. Some existing skills will no longer be so useful, but new skills will be needed. And that’s why we must continually reskill and upskill.”

The session will cover a range of topics, from an introduction of the theory behind AI and Machine Learning to ethical considerations involved in its development and deployment. Participants will receive an Literacy in AI certificate by AI Singapore upon completion. Our partners from e2i will also do a short sharing on The Changing World of Work and Introduction to SkillsFuture Resources. Afterwards, network with other attendees over refreshments and chat with AI Singapore on resources that can benefit your organisation.  Breakdown Fundamentals of AI and Machine Learning AI Ethics AI Use Cases & Applications (e.g. ChatGPT)   Programme Flow 1.30pm Registration begins 2.30pm Commencement of AI Literacy Workshop 4.30pm Sharing by e2i (The Changing World of Work and Introduction to SkillsFuture Resources) 4.45pm Networking over refreshments (Optional) 5.30pm End 19th May event Registration Link (Register by 15 May): https://epoch.aisingapore.org/event/ai-literacy-workshop-networking-physical-19-may/ 24th May event Registration Link (Register by 20 May): https://epoch.aisingapore.org/event/ai-literacy-workshop-networking-physical-24-may/ Best Regards, AI Singapore

HAI Weekly Seminar - Fully Virtual  Understanding Understanding May 10, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT The question of whether machines can really understand. Lovelace and Searle thought not. Turing thought yes. (Ok that’s not totally accurate, but let’s not ruin a good story.) With the advent of LLMs the question has resurfaced in force, again with some strong skeptics such as Bender et al. In this seminar, Yoav Shoham will share share his views, based mostly on work at AI21 Labs. Spoilers: (1) He’s with Turing. (2) LLMs, as currently built, are necessary but not sufficient. (3) The question is more interesting than the answer.

Join Live at 10:00 am PT

UPCOMING EVENTS

AI and Human Values: A Conversation with Fei-Fei Li and Eric Horvitz May 12, 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm PT Join us for a fireside chat with Tanner Lecturers Fei-Fei Li and Eric Horvitz to hear a discussion surrounding the topics of AI and human values, followed by a reception with the speakers.

Register today

HAI Weekly Seminar The Promise and Perils of AI-Mediated Political Communication May 17, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT In this HAI Weekly Seminar, Sarah E. Kreps will delve into issues surrounding smart replies, writing enhancements, and virtual assistants powered by artificial intelligence language technologies. These have been increasingly integrated into consumer products and everyday experiences. This research explores the potential and risks of AI-mediated communication (AI-MC) technologies such as GPT-4 in the political space through a series of experiments that explore both the potential uses and misuses.

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Creativity in the Age of AI: AI Impacting Arts, Arts Impacting AI May 24, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm PT How is AI impacting the arts, and how are the arts impacting AI? Join us for our Spring Symposium for a conversation among technologists, scholars, and creatives – including both commercial and non-commercial sectors – about creativity in the age of AI from aesthetic, technical, social, ethical and legal perspectives.

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un itu ai summit (webinars free) 6 july Fireside Chat: Solving global challenges with AI and science – a call to action

• 10:15 - 10:45 CEST Geneva Speaker(s): Lila Ibrahim
• Chief Operating Officer DeepMind
• Doreen Bogdan-Martin Secretary-General
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

12:35 - 14:00 CEST Geneva

This roundtable will explore state-of-the-art AI capabilities, as presented by experts from Google and Amazon Web Services (AWS), and how we can all manage a future living with of AI. Specifically, how AI can be governed, how to manage the digital divide, and how AI can help progress the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including SDG 13 on climate action. 

• Speaker(s):
• Doreen Bogdan-Martin Secretary-General (ITU)
• Gabriela Ramos Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Werner Vogels Chief Technology Officer and Vice President
• Amazon
• Lila Ibrahim Chief Operating Officer DeepMind
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AI Powered Metaverse for SDGs

13:15 - 13:30 CEST Geneva

Speaker(s):

• Marcus Shingles Co-Founder and CEO Exponential Destiny
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5:20 - 16:00 CEST Geneva

Speaker(s):

• Sophia
• Most advanced human-like robot
• Hanson Robotics

Moderator(s):

• Frits Bussemaker
• Chair
• Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age (I4ADA)

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• 16:00 – 17:15
• CEST Geneva
• AI FOR GOOD KEYNOTES

Innovation & CreativityDigital Economy

The Singularity is Nearer

16:00 - 16:45 CEST Geneva

Speaker(s):

• Ray Kurzweil
• Inventor, Futurist & Best-selling author of ‘Singularity is Near’
• Kurzweil Technologies
• *remote

Moderator(s):

• Reinhard Scholl
• Deputy to the Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

The next wave of AI for Good - Towards 2030

16:45 - 17:15 CEST Geneva

Speaker(s):

• Doreen Bogdan-Martin
• Secretary-General
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Moderator(s):

• Jennifer Woodard
• CEO
• Insikt Intelligence

all meets free & virtual unless otherwise noted  -world citiizen events of year include - May India think20 May 10-12 (mumbai & virtual); UNGA sept 2023 Inquest on SDGS - going backwards half time 2030-2023

may 9 Microsoft Envisioneer Mike Pell  Nothing in your life will be more impactful than the AI revolution. Join our next Fox Forum as we talk with Mike Pell, the visionary leader of innovation at Microsoft, which is the principal investor in OpenAI, the trailblazing company behind the creation of ChatGPT.

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Pell and Chairman Anthony Lupo will discuss why AI feels like it is intelligent and sentient; the jobs that will be created and destroyed; how we install guardrails to ensure our safety; and the ways AI will transform the health, auto, entertainment, sports, and retail industries.

24/4 (& online replay) "Cyber-Physical Internet (CPI): Sending and receiving manufactured products just like sending and receiving instant messages" will be live in one hour at 10:00 Geneva time CE(S)T!Join us on the AI for Good Neural Network "Stages" area to watch the session live, ask questions, and network with fellow attendees and the speakers after the session!. Kind regards,from UN -AI for Good team ai@itu.int

Discord of the year - openai & chatgpt https://discord.gg/openai

UN Geneva ITU AI for Good session on "Building for the Future: Fostering Intergenerational Collaboration to Create Strong AI Ecosystems" will take place tomorrow April 21st, 2023 at 14:00 Geneva time CE(S)T!

Visit here https://neuralnetwork.aiforgood.itu.int/event/ai-for-good/register?registerAsParticipant=true&externalId=16685 to automatically add it to your AI for Good Neural Network agenda and join us tomorrow in the "Stages" area to

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Building bKash: Enabling an inclusive digital financial ecosystem in Bangladesh

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The Value-Add of Blockchain in Humanitarian and Development Programs: A Learning Agenda

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Emerging Technologies  RSVP HERE for the Global Digital Development Forum on April 26-27, 2023 co-organized by USAID, Chemonics, IBM, Deloitte, DAI, Google, RTI International, Save the Children, Interledger Foundation, Bixal, Palladium, and TechChange.

We are expanding on the virtual GDDF format that spans the globe from 4:00 GMT to 20:00 GMT to include in-person watch parties in Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Brazil, Ethiopia, and Guatemala (with more coming) and an exclusive in-person Washington, DC event.

GDDF 2023 builds on three years of successful global virtual forums that engage over 3,000 participants each time and feature keynote speakers from USAID, tech companies, and across the digital development ecosystem. Do not miss out on GDDF 2023!