Trustworthy AI: Large Language Models for Children and Education – WS 03 2023

20 June 2023 | 15:00 - 16:00 EEST | Auditorium A1 |
Consolidated programme 2023 overview / Workshop 3

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Proposals: #63 #65

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Session teaser

With ChatGPT, progress in AI is visible to all. These Large Language Models (LLMs) are trained with large volumes of documents which requires large computing resources and access to proprietary information.

Who will control these systems? How can we ensure that they are reliable and unbiased? How will the current high energy demand for training develop?

Session description

LLMs are a type of statistical learning method that can process and generate human-like language from models pre-trained on large text corpora. The availability of LLMs like ChatGPT has ushered in a new phase of AI pervasion in society and of humans interacting with computers, with many open questions and problems.

This session focuses on the topic of large language models (LLMs) and the consequences of their use by young people and children as well as in the sphere of education. It will draw on experiences and points of view of academia, private industry, civil society, and national and international regulators to discuss the capabilities and limitations resulting from this architecture as well as specific issues regarding the regulation, design, development and use of applications based on such models.

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• Desara Dushi
• Jörn Erbguth
• Minda Moreira

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• Vadim Pak

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• Concettina Cassa

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• Ms Morgan Dee, Director of AI and Data Science at EDUCATE Ventures Research.
• An expert from the 5Rights foundation.
• Mr Guido Scorza, the Italian Data Protection Authority.
• Mr Jascha Bareis, a researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

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• Mr Thomas Schneider, Head of International Affairs in the Federal Office of Communication (Switzerland) and the chair of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe.

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Biographies of participants:

• Ms Morgan Dee is the Director of AI and Data Science at EDUCATE Ventures Research. She leads the Data Science team in using data and AI to extract meaningful insights about human learning. She holds a Master's degree in Data Science with AI from The University of Exeter, where she received recognition for her outstanding academic performance. She also trained as a secondary school Physics teacher at the Institute of Education after completing her Master's degree in Astrophysics from The University of Manchester. With a decade of teaching experience spanning across diverse locations including the UK, Nepal, Malawi, Hong Kong, and Japan, Morgan has developed a deep commitment to the ethical use of AI in Education. Her primary goal is to unlock the full potential of every learner, ensuring their growth and success.

• Jascha Bareis  is a researcher at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) at the Karlsruher Institute for Technology (KIT) and Associate Researcher at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin.

He approaches the topics of AI Regulation and Algorithmic Governance by merging Political Science, Media Studies and Science & Technology Studies. He worked at ITAS for the AI policy advisory project GOAL, “Governance by and through algorithms”, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Currently, he is involved in the project “social trust in learning systems” (GVLS) at ITAS.

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