A better treaty-making model for AI?

This online Harnessing AI Risk Pre-Summit features a range of global experts in the international governance of AI and dangerous technologies, offering their insights on this question: Could an intergovernmental constituent assembly be a better treaty-making model for AI?

The Pre-Summit is organised by the Harnessing AI Risk Initiative, led by Rufo Guerreschi, and will be introduced and moderated by David Wood, Chair of London Futurists.

Members and friends of London Futurists are encouraged to watch the event as it is livestreamed, here, and to post comments and questions in the livestream chat as the event proceeds. These comments and questions will guide the prioritisation of forthcoming London Futurists events and projects.

== Context ==

The remarkable acceleration of AI innovation, and its convergence with poorly regulated digital communications, challenges humanity to come together as never before to build a global governance system for AI that is effective, expert, timely, democratic, and federal.

It is widely recognized that AI brings astounding opportunities to boost human well-being. Nevertheless, it also brings immense risks for human safety and for concentration of power and wealth.

While the challenge of wise AI governance is inherently global in nature, international initiatives by superpowers and intergovernmental organizations appear to be progressing too slowly, and lack sufficient scope, mandate, global representation, and democratic method. Without a change in approach, global citizenry risks standing completely powerless in the face of AI.

What is needed is a better treaty-making process. At least, that is the assertion of the Harnessing AI Risk Initiative, as you can read in the Open Call it has launched, which you are encouraged to sign.

The speakers at the Pre-Summit will be offering and debating their different views as to the strengths and weaknesses of this initiative.

== Program and Speakers ==

(All times below are UK Time)

15.00 -15.20 - Introduction

• Rufo Guerreschi, Executive Director of the Trustless Computing Association.

15.20 - 16.10 - Panel 1:

• Wendell Wallach - Co-director the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Emeritus Chair of Technology and Ethics Studies at Yale University. Founder and Co-lead of the 2018-2021 International Congress for the Governance of Artificial Intelligence.
• Marco Landi - President of the Istitute EuropIA. Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Apple Computers, Cupertino. Member of the Advisory Board of the Trustless Computing Association.
• Ambassador Prof. Muhammadou Kah - Chairman of the UN Commission on Science and Technology Development. Permanent Representative of the Mission of The Gambia to the UN in Geneva. Member of the Advisory Board of the Trustless Computing Association.
• Kay Firth-Butterfield - CEO of Good Tech Advisory. Former Head of Head of AI and Member of the Executive Committee at World Economic Forum.
• Robert Whitfield - Chair of the Transnational Working Group on AI at the World Federalist Movement, the convenor of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. Chair of One World Trust.
• Brando Benifei - Member of the European Parliament for North-West Italy, the Parliament's lead rapporteur on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act.
• Sundeep Waslekar - President of Strategic Foresight Group, an international think tank that has worked with 65 countries on global risks and challenges. Author of ‘A World without War’ by HarperCollins.

16.10 - 16.50 - Panel 2:

• Fola Adeleke, Executive Director of the Global Center for AI Governance, Executive Director of the African Observatory on Responsible Artificial Intelligence.
• Nell Watson - President of the European Responsible AI Office. Chair of the IEEE Human or AI Interaction Transparency Working Group and the IEEE AI Ethics Certification Maestro.
• Patrick S. Roberts - Senior Political Scientist at The RAND Corporation. Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School. Former senior foreign policy advisor in the State Department’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation.
• Jan Philipp Albrecht - President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Former MEP. Former Minister of Digitization of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Member of the Advisory Board of the Trustless Computing Association.
• Jerome Glenn - Renowned futurist. CEO of the Millennium Project, publisher of the State of the Future reports.
• TBA

16.50 - 17.00 - Closing Remarks

== To watch the live stream ==

Visit https://www.youtube.com/live/a6UaQunpdpI