UiB AI #12: Aligning AI with Human Values. Challenges and Solutions

The event aims to bring together experts, researchers, and industry professionals to explore, discuss, and advance our understanding of the challenges and solutions related to aligning artificial intelligence systems with human values and goals.

The objectives and expected outcomes of this seminar are as follows:
- Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the challenges associated with AI alignment, including biases, interpretability, and value misalignment.
- The workshop will facilitate interactive discussions to develop concrete solutions and strategies for addressing AI alignment challenges.
- Participants will have the opportunity to network with leading experts and build connections that can lead to ongoing collaborations and partnerships

This event is a collaboration between Universitetsfondet and UiB AI.

Programme:

09:00-09:30: Registration and coffee

09:30-09:40: Introduction by moderator Samia Touileb, Department of Information Science and Media Studies at University of Bergen

09:40-10:15: How can we prevent LLMs from behaving badly? Jan Broersen, Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University

10:15-10:50: Value aware AI. Nardine Osman, Tenured Scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) (presentation by Zoom)

10:50-11:05: Coffee break

11:05-11:40: AI alignment of LLMs: a simple case study on detecting deceptive designs. Davide Liga, Post. Doc. at the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, Université de Luxembourg

11:40-12:15: Human Interactions and their Implications for Ethical and Responsible Robotics and AI. Dr. Emily C. Collins, Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Fellow at the Department of Computer Science, The University of Manchester.

12:15-12:45: Lunch (included)

12:45-13:20: Towards a Critical Political Economy of Generative AI. Vinit Ravishankar, Independent researcher with a PhD in multilingual language technology

13:20-13:55: Enabling Responsible AI with Humans. Nadin Kokciyan, Director of the Human-Centered AI Lab (CHAI Lab) at the University of Edinburgh

13:55-1410: Coffee break

14:10-14:45: News in AI age: alignment with editorial values and ethics. Anastasiia Klimashevskaia, PhD candidate, MediaFutures: Research Centre for Responsible Media Technology & Innovation

14:45-15:20: Machine ethics and alignment. Marija Slavkovik, Professor at Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the University of Bergen

15:20-15:40: Wrap up and discussions