Penn\u2019s Public Interest Technology initiative hosted a virtual FirePIT chat on potential applications of artificial intelligence on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The discussion \u2014 led by professor of English and Special Advisor for Humanities at the University of Utah Hollis Robbins \u2014 highlighted the implementation of AI in a variety of fields, including its uses in literary analysis and biological sciences. Robbins also discussed the necessity of representing those outside the technology space within AI-related discourse.<\/p>\n
The event was organized by Justin Hurwitz, Academic Director of the Center of Technology, Innovation, & Competition at Penn Carey Law School, in collaboration with Wharton Ph.D. candidate and SNF Paideia Graduate Fellow Ruben Ramirez Salas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hurwitz explained that the objective of the FirePIT chats is to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of the issues they address.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I try and do with these talks is bring folks who have worked at the intersection of engineering and public policy and law to campus via Zoom to chat,\u201d Hurwitz said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Salas hoped that attendees would understand the less obvious dimensions of technological progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are conversations about technology, about policy, but with this ingredient of having the human in the loop,\u201d Salas explained.<\/p>\n