AI and Fundamental Values: From Aspiration to Implementation

An interoperable lesson from comparative studies of AI policies and jurisdictions among international fora (UNESCO, Council of Europe, Hiroshima Proces, OECD, UN AI Governance for Humanity, WIPO) 

Workshop with talks by Olivia J. Erdélyi, Theodore S. Boone and Robert Kroplewski

A fundamental agreement between the EU, US and international organizations is that the use of AI should be ethical, fair, reliable, safe, secure, inclusive, transparent and accountable.
However, this also raises a few questions: 

• How does one actually achieve these goals in a practical sense and what if these goals conflict with each other?
• What laws on AI, if any, are appropriate and how are the EU and the US approaching the legal regulation of AI?
• How are international organizations addressing AI?
• Do AI goals and ESG goals conflict? Does the rise of AI threaten our security?
• How can one best foster AI innovation while protecting core values?

Over the course of this workshop, three expert speakers on the field of AI regulation offer an interoperable lesson from comparative studies of AI policies and jurisdictions across international fora (UNESCO, Council of Europe, Hiroshima Process, OECD, UN AI Governance for Humanity, WIPO). 

Presenters:

Olivia J. Erdélyi: Mercator Visiting Professor, Center for Science & Thought (CST), University of Bonn; Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; In addition to her research activities at the interface of computer science, economics, law and political science, Olivia Erdélyi advises governments and organizations as an expert on AI policy-making and regulation.

Theodore S. Boone: U.S. lawyer and a faculty member at Corvinus University of Budapest focusing on the legal and ethical aspects of AI and information technology; member of the Washington, D.C., and New York Bars, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court Bar; Ted previously served as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and held leadership roles in international law firms and a Big 4 consulting firm. He is a former President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary and currently serves as Of Counsel in the Budapest office of Dentons.

Robert Kroplewski: Attorney and expert in the convergence of new technologies and information society services; served as Plenipotentiary for the Information Society for Poland’s Minister of Digital Affairs (2016-2024) and has held leadership roles at the NASK AIDA Center and the State Treasury Foundation’s Digital Platform of the Industry of the Future; co-author of Poland's AI development policy and several influential AI strategy documents for the European Commission, OECD, and UNESCO.