AI Talk Live
Cross-Cultural Cooperation

AI Talk Live

Mission

UNESCO is encouraging member states to foster the development of, and access to, a digital ecosystem for ethical development of Al Systems at the national and international level. Such an ecosystem includes a mechanism for sharing  artificial intelligence (Al) knowledge. To support UNESCO, the mission of AI Talk live is to develop cross-cultural cooperation for a human-centric approach to artificial intelligence and make a better future for all.

AI Talk Live bring together USA, Canada, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean and Latin America (CALA)  to engage and inform academics, policy-makers, governments and private sector leaders on evolving AI technologies impacting CALA relations. It includes concerns of human rights, bias, ethics and the design, development, and deployment of AI systems impacting society.

The Challenges

Development countries are racing to keep up with the dizzying pace of artificial intelligence (AI) advances. On the other hand, many other countries are getting behind.

Many will be impacted by issues of bias, human right violations, and by the lack of resources to design, develop, and deploy (AI) in a trusted, transparent, accountable, inclusive manner and beneficial to all.

Regulatory and investment-oriented approaches are required to mitigate the risks associated with certain uses of AI. Western countries occupy the space in ethics opened by AI and in turn denies cultural diversity, the variety of normative perspectives and, ultimately, the true complexity of ethical analysis.

The Initiative

In collaboration with The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [IEEE] AI Standards contributors and higher education institutions (Founding Fellows),  AI Talk Live alliance seeks to address areas of critical global challenges and shared priorities for the benefit of humanity.

It brings stakeholders together to:

  • Empower organizations to prioritize ethical considerations in the design and development of AI systems
  • Create an environment of collaboration for practical learning and economic development
  • Accelerate the development of trusted AI across countries
  • Develop new partnerships and initiatives to address urgent gaps and needs to support economic development
  • Accelerate the implementation of IEEE standards to develop regulatory approach to mitigate the risks associated with certain uses of AI.

A Call to Action

Cross-cultural cooperation is essential if AI is to bring about benefits globally. It is our responsibility as community leaders to influence the ways in which AI is perceived, implemented, and normalized globally.

Our call to action is to employ a global lens to our core AI assumptions, whether it is the training data, model design and performance, explainability, and fairness of AI systems.

We need to make sure that AI is aligned to humans in terms of our moral values, culture, and ethical principles to fully benefit from the potential.  AI has  to behave in a way that is beneficial to society beyond reaching business goals. This will allow for an elevated level of trust for use of AI in our society.

AI Talk Live Learning Path Framework

Successful Artificial Intelligence (AI) design, development, and deployment depends on more than the technology. AI Talk Live participants will gain practical knowledge how to create an AI holistic (human- centered) strategy to drive long-lasting business impact with these five learning paths:

  1. AI Strategy
  2. AI Governance
  3. AI Technology
  4. AI Organization Culture
  5. AI applications

Events: AI Talk Live Episodes

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Founding Fellows

Abel Pena Fernandez
Abel Pena Fernandez
AI Advisor, AI Talk Live Founder
United States
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Dr. Patricia Ordonez, PhD
Dr. Patricia Ordonez, PhD
Professor, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras
Puerto Rico
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Dr. Ansgar Koene, PhD
Dr. Ansgar Koene, PhD
Global AI Ethics and Regulatory Leader at EY
United Kingdom
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Dr. Carlos Boya, PhD
Dr. Carlos Boya, PhD
Academic Researcher, Universidad Interamericana de Panamá
Panama
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Dr. Fatima Roumate, PhD
Dr. Fatima Roumate, PhD
President of International Institute of Scientifique Research
Morocco
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Dr. Sara Paiva, PhD
Dr. Sara Paiva, PhD
Professor, Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute
Portugal
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Dr. Peter Martey Addo, PhD
Dr. Peter Martey Addo, PhD
Head of DataLab at Agence Française de Développement
France
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Dr. Dorothea Baur, PhD
Dr. Dorothea Baur, PhD
Ethics Consultant
Switzerland
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Dr. Francesco Lapenta, PhD
Dr. Francesco Lapenta, PhD
Director of Institute of Future and Innovation @ John Cabot University
Italy
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Dr. Ernesto Ocampo Edye, PhD
Dr. Ernesto Ocampo Edye, PhD
Professor, Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Uruguay
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Dr. Isabel Pedersen, PhD
Dr. Isabel Pedersen, PhD
Professor, Ontario Tech University
Canada
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Dr. Edmundo Gutierrez, PhD
Dr. Edmundo Gutierrez, PhD
Director, Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics
Mexico
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Gabriela Garay
Gabriela Garay
Secretaría de Coordinación General de Gobierno and IEEE Chair
Honduras
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Dr. Eugenio Vargas Garcia, PhD
Dr. Eugenio Vargas Garcia, PhD
Diplomat, Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Brazil
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Dr. Josephina Antoniou, PhD
Dr. Josephina Antoniou, PhD
Assistant Professor in Computing at University of Central Lancashire
Cyprus
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Oliver Smith
Oliver Smith
Strategy Director & Head of Ethics at Koa Health
Spain
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César Gallegos Chávez
César Gallegos Chávez
Professor, Universidad Autónoma del Perú
Peru
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Hui Xian Chia
Hui Xian Chia
PhD Scholar, Artificial Intelligence and the Law, University of Melbourne
Australia
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Soraj Hongladarom
Soraj Hongladarom
President at The Philosophy and Religion Society
Thailand
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Dr. Omar Costilla Reyes, PhD
Dr. Omar Costilla Reyes, PhD
Vice President, MIT Postdoctoral Association
United States
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Dr. Felipe Llaugel, PhD
Dr. Felipe Llaugel, PhD
Dean of Engineering, Universidad Dominicana O&M
Dominican Republic
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Erica Simmons
Erica Simmons
IEEE Chair
Jamaica
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