Recognizing that, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is co-hosting four public workshops on artificial intelligence — the first of them May 24 at the 91̽��. Subsequent events will take place in ; in ; and in .

Put on by the and the 91̽��, the will focus on legal and policy issues around artificial intelligence, or AI.

Speakers include:

• , law school dean and president of the Association of American Law Schools
• , special assistant to the president for economic and technology policy
• , White House deputy U.S. chief technology officer
• , a 91̽��assistant professor of law and co-director of the Tech Policy Lab
• , a 91̽��professor of computer science and engineering and author of “”
• , chief executive officer of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence and a 91̽��professor of computer science and engineering
• , an associate professor in the School of Information at UC Berkeley and co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
• , a principal researcher at Microsoft Research New York City and senior researcher at NYU Information Law Institute
• , a law professor at Yale Law School
• Camille Fischer, policy advisor, National Economic Council
• Terah Lyons, policy advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Etzioni will provide an overview on the current state of artificial intelligence, followed by two panel discussions. The first will examine issues around making decisions in the private or public sector using artificial intelligence.

The second panel will focus on logistical aspects of AI applications, such as when the government might reasonably feel comfortable turning mail delivery over to robots or how safe autonomous flight must be to be used for deliveries.

The aim of the workshops is to look at the advantages and drawbacks of artificial intelligence. As a White House points out, President Obama’s and the will both rely on AI to identify patterns in medical data and help doctors diagnose diseases and determine treatment plans. But others worry the technology will displace human workers, or go so far as to that it could pose a threat to the human race.

The 91̽��workshop, free and open to the public, will be held from 1:30 to 5 p.m. May 24 in the Magnuson Jackson Courtroom 138 at the 91̽��School of Law. A reception follows from 5 to 7 p.m. Registration is available , and the conference will be .

The next in the series, about artificial intelligence for social good, is June 7 in Washington, D.C., followed by a June 28 on safety and control for AI at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and a July 7 in New York City on the social and economic implications of AI.

For more information, contact Ryan Calo at rcalo@uw.edu or 206-543-1580.