Atlanta, October 2 The Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Institute of Technology has announced a four-part AI & Society Series to examine the real-world trade-offs of artificial intelligence, beginning with ‘We, the People, and AI: The Future of Data, Energy, Health, and Human Rights’ on October 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Walter G. Ehmer Theater of the John Lewis Student Center. The opening event will explore AI’s physical infrastructure, including data centers and energy consumption, and its societal impacts, featuring panelists Wendy H.
Wong, Professor at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus, whose research on global governance, technology, and human rights includes the book We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age, winner of the 2024 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy; Caroline Gwynn Monagle, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at R1 RCM, a healthcare technology and services company and Georgia Tech alumna; and Marilyn A.
Brown, Regents and Brook Byers Professor in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, whose expertise spans energy policy, electricity systems, clean-energy technologies, and resilience, informed by prior leadership roles at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and as a presidentially appointed member of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board.
Subsequent events in the series are: ‘AI and Academic Research: The Future of Discovery’ on November 4, 2026, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center Grand Ballrooms; ‘AI, Human Empathy, and Relationships: Is AI a Better Partner?’ on February 10, 2027, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Historic Academy of Medicine; and ‘AI and Creativity: Creative Industries in Flux’ on April 14, 2027, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. in the Walter G. Ehmer Theater.
The series is organized to bring together scholars, practitioners, industry leaders, and the Georgia Tech community through an interdisciplinary liberal arts lens to address consequential questions about AI’s role in research, human relationships, and creative industries. Amand Murdie, Dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, emphasized that understanding and mitigating AI’s challenges is necessary despite its potential for positive transformation. Contact for the series is Megan McRainey at [email protected].
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