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DESCRIPTION:Prof Andrew McStay (Bangor University\, UK) will present “Aut
 omating Empathy in Human-AI Partnerships: Issues\, Ethics and Governance
 ” at 6pm (UTC+1) / 1pm EDT on 10 September ’24. Click [here to convert
  to your local time](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html
 ?msg=IEEE+SSIT+Lecture%3A+Automating+Empathy+in+Human-AI+Partnerships%3A+I
 ssues%2C+Ethics+and+Governance&amp;iso=20240910T18&amp;p1=78&amp;ah=1).\n\n[IEEE UK an
 d Ireland SSIT Chapter](https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/society
 -on-social-implications-of-technology/) and SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT are coop
 erating with a number of IEEE OUs including: North Jersey Section SSIT Cha
 pter\; Northern Virginia/Baltimore/Washington SSIT Chapter\; Bahrain Secti
 on SSIT Chapter\; Vancouver Section Jt. Chapter\,TEM14/PC26/E25/SIT30\; Ne
 w Jersey Coast Section SIGHT\; New Jersey Coast Section Jt. IM/Computer So
 ciety Chapter\; Southeastern Michigan Section Computer Chapter\; North Jer
 sey Section: TEMS Chapter\, Computer Chapter\, Jt APS/MTT Chapter\, WIE AG
  and SIGHT\; [UK and Ireland Computer Society Chapter](https://www.ieee-uk
 andireland.org/chapters/computer-society/)\; Columbia Section\, Columbia S
 ection Life Member Affinity Group\; Long Island SSIT Chapter and Systems C
 ouncil Chapter\, Phoenix Computer Society Chapter\, Maine Section Joint Co
 mSoc/Computer Society Chapter and Chicago Section Computer Society Chapter
  to organise this SSIT Lecture as a joint Webinar on 10 September ’24.\n
 \nRegistration\n\nIEEE and SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are in
 vited to [Register](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/415613) and participa
 te.\n\nIEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when regis
 tering.\n\nAccess to online Meeting\n\n[Registered participants](https://e
 vents.vtools.ieee.org/m/415613) will be provided with the link prior to th
 e event.\n\nGuest Lecture Focus\n\nThis lecture considers General-Purpose 
 Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) products marketed as ‘empathic partners
 ’\, ‘personal AI’\, ‘co-pilots’\, ‘assistants’\, and related
  phrasing for ‘human-AI partnering’. Open AI\, Inflection\, Google\, M
 icrosoft\, and others\, all promise empathic capacities. Current and nasce
 nt domains of use include work\, therapy\, education\, life coaching\, leg
 al problems\, fitness\, and entertainment. The lecture focuses on the risk
 s and opportunities of empathic human-AI partnering\, what new governance 
 (if any) is required\, and the role that soft law standards may play in le
 ading in supporting hard law.\n\nTo explore empathic human-AI partnering\,
  the lecture will initially provide historical context to these technologi
 es\, case examples\, and a sense of current governance for technologies us
 ed to empathise. With this understanding in place\, the lecture will progr
 ess to consider need to contrast upstream and downstream understandings of
  GPAI\, complexities of this separation for governance\, balancing of shor
 t and long-term risks\, social and ethical questions unique to empathic hu
 man-AI partnering\, issues of global cultural variation regarding empathic
  human-AI partnering\, balancing of interests of ethical diversity and uni
 ty in creation of soft law and standards\, and lessons that can be learned
  from existing and nascent P7000 standards.\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof. Andrew Mc
 Stay\, \n\nAgenda: \n18:00 (UTC+1) / 13:00 (EDT) Welcome and Introduction 
 to Guest Speaker\n18:05 Lecture\n18:45 Questions and Discussions\n\nVirtua
 l: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/415613
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/415613
ORGANIZER:miriam@iimg.com
SEQUENCE:30
SUMMARY:IEEE SSIT Lecture: Automating Empathy in Human-AI Partnerships: Iss
 ues\, Ethics and Governance
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/415613
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 html?msg=IEEE+SSIT+Lecture%3A+Automating+Empathy+in+Human-AI+Partnerships%
 3A+Issues%2C+Ethics+and+Governance&amp;amp\;iso=20240910T18&amp;amp\;p1=78&amp;amp\;ah
 =1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;here to convert to your local time&lt;/a&gt;.
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  UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;SSIT IST-Africa SIGH
 T&lt;/strong&gt; are cooperating with a number of IEEE OUs including: North Jers
 ey Section SSIT Chapter\; Northern Virginia/Baltimore/Washington SSIT Chap
 ter\; Bahrain Section SSIT Chapter\; Vancouver Section Jt. Chapter\,TEM14/
 PC26/E25/SIT30\; New Jersey Coast Section SIGHT\; New Jersey Coast Section
  Jt. IM/Computer Society Chapter\; Southeastern Michigan Section Computer 
 Chapter\; North Jersey Section: TEMS Chapter\, Computer Chapter\,&amp;nbsp\; J
 t APS/MTT Chapter\, WIE AG and SIGHT\; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ieee-ukandirel
 and.org/chapters/computer-society/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;UK and 
 Ireland Computer Society Chapter&lt;/a&gt;\; Columbia Section\,&amp;nbsp\; Columbia 
 Section Life Member Affinity Group\; Long Island SSIT Chapter and Systems 
 Council Chapter\, Phoenix Computer Society Chapter\, Maine Section Joint C
 omSoc/Computer Society Chapter and Chicago Section Computer Society Chapte
 r to organise this SSIT Lecture as a joint Webinar on 10 September &amp;rsquo\
 ;24.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt\; line-height: 
 normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;m
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  as non-IEEE Members are invited to &lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.or
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 \;&quot;&gt;IEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when register
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 normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Access to online Meeting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNorm
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 pose Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) products marketed as &amp;lsquo\;empathic 
 partners&amp;rsquo\;\, &amp;lsquo\;personal AI&amp;rsquo\;\, &amp;lsquo\;co-pilots&amp;rsquo\;
 \, &amp;lsquo\;assistants&amp;rsquo\;\, and related phrasing for &amp;lsquo\;human-AI 
 partnering&amp;rsquo\;. Open AI\, Inflection\, Google\, Microsoft\, and others
 \, all promise empathic capacities. Current and nascent domains of use inc
 lude work\, therapy\, education\, life coaching\, legal problems\, fitness
 \, and entertainment. The lecture focuses on the risks and opportunities o
 f empathic human-AI partnering\, what new governance (if any) is required\
 , and the role that soft law standards may play in leading in supporting h
 ard law.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 6.0pt\; li
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  Roman&#39;\; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos\; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\; col
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 \;&quot;&gt;will initially provide historical context to these technologies\, case
  examples\, and a sense of current governance for technologies used to emp
 athise. With this understanding in place\, the lecture will progress to co
 nsider need to contrast upstream and downstream understandings of GPAI\, c
 omplexities of this separation for governance\, balancing of short and lon
 g-term risks\, social and ethical questions unique to empathic human-AI pa
 rtnering\, issues of global cultural variation regarding empathic human-AI
  partnering\, balancing of interests of ethical diversity and unity in cre
 ation of soft law and standards\, and lessons that can be learned from exi
 sting and nascent P7000 standards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;
 18:00 (UTC+1) / 13:00 (EDT) Welcome and Introduction to Guest Speaker&lt;br&gt;1
 8:05 Lecture&lt;br&gt;18:45 Questions and Discussions&lt;/p&gt;
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