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<p>Colleagues,</p>
<p>the UCR Graduate Division is organizing a series of three webinars titled "Charting the Landscape of Ethical AI". The series is co-sponsored by the RAISE@UCR Institute and the Office of Research and Economic Development. The third and final webinar on the series will be on May 16th, 9-10:30am.</p>
<p>Please find below details about the webinar and the Zoom registration.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>V. Tsotras</p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">Please join us for the next presentation in the 2024-2025 seminar series Charting the Landscape of Ethical AI.<span class="v1apple-converted-space"> </span></span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">We are delighted to welcome Dr Emma Ruttkamp</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">-<span style="color: #212121;">Bloem as our final speaker in the seminar series. Dr. Ruttkamp-Bloem is a philosopher of science and technology, an AI ethics policy advisor, and a machine ethics researcher. She is the Chairperson of the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST). She is an expert advisory board member for the Global Commission on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain and recently joined the WEF's Global Future Council on Autonomous Systems. She is an associate editor for the Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics, and a full member of the International Academy for the Philosophy of Science. Currently, she is the Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria, and leads the AI ethics group at the South African Centre for AI Research (CAIR).</span></span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">Dr Ruttkamp Bloem will be presenting<span class="v1apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>May 16th, 9-10:30am</strong>, on<span class="v1apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Responsible AI: For – or against – social justice?</strong>.<span class="v1apple-converted-space"><strong> </strong></span><strong> </strong></span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">She will start with a brief introduction to the notion of intergenerational justice as a driving concept of AI ethics, and will mention its interpretation as value in AI policymaking but will concentrate on real life applications of its embeddedness in AI ethics in the context of algorithmic colonialism. She will conclude with an analysis of the value of combining intergenerational justice with notions of design and data justice for realizing social justice objectives as part of reflection on what the notion of 'responsible AI' could possibly mean.</span><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;"> </span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">The presentation is based on the material developed here [freely available]:</span></em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal" style="font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="v1outlook-search-highlight"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">Ruttkamp-Bloem</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">, E.B. 2025. African AI Ethics: Relationality and Data Justice for Trustworthy AI Practices in Africa. In: Damian Eke, Simisola Akintoya, George Ogoh and Kutoma Wakanuma (eds.) Trustworthy AI: African Perspectives. Springer Nature.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;"> <a title="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-75674-0" href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-75674-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: #0078d7;">https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-75674-0</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emma-Ruttkamp-Bloem/publication/374691294_Intergenerational_Justice_as_Driver_for_Responsible_AI/links/65293bd30e4a1710e5072bb0/Intergenerational-Justice-as-Driver-for-Responsible-AI.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emma-Ruttkamp-Bloem/publication/374691294_Intergenerational_Justice_as_Driver_for_Responsible_AI/links/65293bd30e4a1710e5072bb0/Intergenerational-Justice-as-Driver-for-Responsible-AI.pdf</a></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #212121;">Pl<span class="v1outlook-search-highlight">e</span>as<span class="v1outlook-search-highlight">e</span><span class="v1apple-converted-space"> </span>r<span class="v1outlook-search-highlight">e</span>gist<span class="v1outlook-search-highlight">e</span>r for this w<span class="v1outlook-search-highlight">e</span>binar h<span class="v1outlook-search-highlight">e</span>r<span class="v1outlook-search-highlight">e</span>:<span class="v1apple-converted-space"> <a href="https://ucr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P0PJT8k8ShmaBpdiHoZoKg#/registration" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ucr.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P0PJT8k8ShmaBpdiHoZoKg#/registration</a></span></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Copperplate; color: black;">Dena Plemmons, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Copperplate; color: black;">Director</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Copperplate; color: black;">Research Ethics Education Program</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="v1MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Copperplate; color: black;">Graduate Division</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></p>
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