CAIS Webinar: A Carative Approach to AI Governance
November 9, 2023
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. PDT
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In recent times, we often hear a call for the governance of AI systems, but what does that really mean?
The USC Center for AI in Society welcomes Kush R. Varshney, distinguished research scientist and senior manager at IBM Research to present on this issue. Varshney will discuss adoption of a control theory perspective to explain governance that determines the reference input via value alignment, data scientists acting as the controller to meet the values in a machine learning system, and facts captured in transparent documentation as the feedback signal.
Varshney will also present on the adoption of a nursing theory perspective to explain how the control theory perspective lacks caring and the need for a carative approach that starts with the real-world problem as experienced by the most vulnerable people.
Within IBM Research, Varshney leads the Trustworthy Machine Intelligence department and the IBM Science for Social Good initiative at the T. J. Watson Research Center.