GENERATIVE AI SYSTEMS – GPT for the Future of YOUR work
Featured Input: Prof Elliott Ash – ETH Zurich

Session Abstract
Discover the potential and problems of AI assistants in this session on, “GPT for the Future of YOUR Work.” In this session, Prof. Ash will offer a quick introduction to the use of Generative AI in diverse work tasks: writing/editing, brainstorming, summarization, marketing, data analysis, coding, and fun. Regardless of your work domain, we will demo tools that can help with some tasks. We will also review the limitations, risks, and open questions about the integration of AI into work.

DESIGNING AI GOVERNANCE
Facilitated by: Robert Trager (Oxford University), Ayisha Piotti (RegHorizon & ETH Zurich), Prof Elliott Ash (ETH Zurich)

Session Abstract
There are many initiatives today around AI governance at local regional and global levels, ranging from voluntary initiatives by large tech companies in the US, to new regulations in China, the proposed EU AI Act in Europe, negotiations within the Council of Europe of a binding treaty on AI and initiatives at the UN level. In this discussion, we will explore the best way forward for AI governance at a national and global level. The session will also tackle the issue of global convergence in AI governance. To guide this discussion, we will have short introductory remarks from selected speakers, which will then be discussed amongst the round table participants.

Featured inputs from:
Prof Stefan Seidel, University of Cologne
Professor Thomas Burri, University of Saint Gallen
Prof Robert Trager, Oxford University
Guillem Martinez Roura, ITU (AI for Good)

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AI IN EDUCATION
Facilitated by: Prof. Abraham Bernstein & Dr. Markus Christen (University of Zurich)

Session Abstract
The use of artificial intelligence in education holds many opportunities, but also entails some risks for teachers and learners alike. To re-imagine possible futures of academia and education, the 2023 Strategy Lab of the Digital Society Initiative at the University of Zurich has conceptualized several possible scenarios. These scenarios are used to distill recommendations on how educational institutions can respond to this rapid development to create a desirable educational future. In this round table, you are invited to reflect on these drafts and share your own perspectives with respect to all learning experiences throughout a person’s life (from kindergarten/school to continuing education) and bring the global perspective into the discussion.

ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS FOR AI IN SOCIETY
Facilitated by: Dr. Pierre Rossel (Inspiring Futures) & Dr. Benjamin Wilhelm Arold (ETH Zurich)

Session abstract:
Developing relevant instruments, adopting measures to regulate and keep in line with human-centric principles to govern AI for public interest, while efficiently integrating AI within the delivery of public services and, at the same time, contributing to explain, educate and protect citizens seems to define an impossible objective for any government. Still, this multi-track, multi-angle capacity-building endeavor, compliant with existing enforcement rules regarding AI, and eventually opening the necessary debate for those coming in, is precisely the learning journey our society is engaged in and for which governments are expected to play a leading role. To guide the discussion, we will have short introductory remarks from selected speakers, which will then be discussed amongst the round table participants.

Featured inputs from:
Dr. Kerstin Johansson Baker, Swiss Federal Statistics Office
Dr. Ekkehard Ernst, International Labor Organization (ILO)
Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk, EPFL and President of Swiss Science Council
Alexander Barclay, Canton of Geneva (TBC)