Seminar “Algorithmic inequality: Governance, representation and rights in Artificial Intelligence”

Artificial Intelligence has penetrated in our societies increasingly making decisions about our daily lives. Algorithmic decision-making systems deployed in public administration are already automating governmental tasks or identifying profiles, challenging the legitimacy and even rationality of institutional decisions in a society governed by new centers of power.

The future of technology is intertwined with the future of democracy. Machine learning technologies and AI have raised complex questions about the trade-offs between freedom of expression, privacy, citizens safety, and even the nature of truth and authenticity.

This experts seminar wants to promote analysis and discussion on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on governance and citizens’ rights, but also explore how to ensure a democratic AI system and the protection of equality and human rights in the digital sphere.

Participants

• Inés Arco, Researcher, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
• Carme Colomina, Senior Research Fellow, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
• Marta Galceran, Research Fellow, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
• José Luís Martí, Professor of Philosophy of Law and Politics, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF); member of the AI Advisory Council, Barcelona City Council
• Pol Morillas, Director, CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs)
• Hadrien Pouget, Associate Fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Alberto Quintavalla, Assistant Professor, Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam
• César Rosales, Technology and democracy Consultant for multilateral organizations; Director of ethics and rights, CIVICAI
• Núria Tria Parareda, PhD in Anthropology; Associate Professor, University of Barcelona (UB)
• Alexandra Wudel, Co-Founder and Managing Director, FemAI – Center for Feminist Artificial Intelligence