First Austrian IFIP Forum “AI and future society” The first Austrian IFIP AI Forum, organized by TC12 in collaboration with BMVIT (Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology, Austria) took place in the building of BMVIT, Vienna May 8-9, 2019. It was devoted to various aspects of Artificial Intelligence and its positive and negative impacts on Society. After the welcome by President Mike Hinchey and Michael Wiesmüller (BMVIT) two invited talks Stephen Ibaraki (IP3) and Prof Sir Roger Penrose presented complementary lighting on AI : first more business oriented and second based on modern physics on the capacities of human and machines.
According to initial objectives the 13 speakers from IEEE, EU- K4I, academia and companies covered a large spectrum of AI with perfect mix of theoretical reflections, trends and operational applications for health care, transportation, retail efficiency, computer games and robotics. Each talk included a discussion on the impact of AI on society in terms of reasoning, assistance, entertainment, influencing behaviors and synergy human-machine. Some perspectives on AI governance and ethics were also addressed and finally we opened a discussion on principles to follow for collaborating safely to build a world empowered by AI. This topic is open for continuous contribution.
It was decided that the next Austrian AI Forum will take place in 2020. Photos from the event here. |