AI-2023 Forty-third SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND 12-14 DECEMBER 2023


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Panel Session

How is AI going to change society in the coming decade? How do we ensure that change is for the good?

Applied AI is changing, and changing rapidly. There has arguably been a step-change in the capability of applied AI, as demonstrated by the arrival of effective large language models; unarguably applied AI is going to change society, possibly radically. Questions our panel will discuss, and the chamber debate, include:
  • What will those changes be, and who will be affected?
  • What changes would be beneficial, and what would be detrimental, and what changes are likely and detrimental or beneficial according to perspective or context?
  • Is the AI induced change fixed, or can society still steer those changes?
  • If so, how do we do so?


Chair Andrew Lea    

Panel Members will include

Prof Robert Stevens, Manchester University            Rev. Hugh Bourne*, Associate Vicar at All Saints, Lindfield  

Prof. John Naughton (University of Cambridge)            Dr. Giovanna Martinez, University of Nottingham  



* Hugh Bourne has a degree in Internet Computing from Sussex University, and Theology degree from Middlesex University, and has always had a strong interest in where these two disciplines intersect. Alongside his pastoral duties in the Church of England, he is actively exploring what role theological perspectives may play in discussions around technology and especially the ethical and societal implications of Artificial Intelligence. Hugh's desire is to help the church critically engage with technology, neither to embrace unthinkingly or to reject prejudicially. He believes that Christian theology can have a key role to play in helping to frame ethical discussions within emerging technologies, not least because of its unwavering commitment to human flourishing and the lessons of history which so often see Christians taking the forefront in movements of scientific and societal revolution.

AI-2023 Forty-third SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND 12-14 DECEMBER 2023


home | schedule | technical stream | application stream | poster sessions
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call for papers | paper submission and info for authors | accepted papers | walking tour
internet access for delegates

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