AI and the Public Interest
How Competition Policy Can Help Protect Democracy, Safety, Property, and Innovation
November 15, 2023
In-person and online | WASHINGTON, D.C.
Please join the Open Markets Institute and the AI Now Institute on November 15 in Washington for a wide-ranging discussion about how to understand the promise, threats, and practical regulatory challenges we face in managing the advent of large scale AI.
Since bursting into public debate a year ago, the recent wave of AI has been celebrated by many as a technological breakthrough that promises huge boosts in productivity and innovation. Others however, loudly warn that AI poses considerable threats to the wellbeing of individuals and the stability of our democracy and society. A third group claims AI gravely endangers national security, fueling an arms race against the Chinese state. Meanwhile, writers and artists fear AI will further undermine their ownership of what they create, devalue their skills, and ultimately destroy their careers.
We will also examine large scale AI in relation to the already existing powers, structures, and behaviors of the corporations that control these technologies and the computing systems on which they depend. And we will ask whether antitrust and other competition law and policy can play a role in protecting democracy, individual health and wellbeing, the properties of creators, and open and competitive innovation.
The event will bring together leading policymakers, law enforcers, technologists, entrepreneurs, writers, musicians, policy experts, and academics, from the United States and Europe.
Speakers to be announced - stay tuned!
