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Generative AI and the Knowledge Economy Symposium 2023 co-hosted by Imperial College London and The London School of Economics and Political Science

This Symposium is organised as part of DSI Squared

DSI Squared refers to the ongoing partnership between the Data Science Institutes from both Imperial College London and the London School of Economics. 

Find out more about the partnership by visiting the DSI Squared Webpage.

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Event summary

Imperial College London's Data Science Institute is teaming up with its sister institute at The London School of Economics and Political Science to provide an overview of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) and their implications for the knowledge economy and society writ broadly.  

Over two days at Imperial College London and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), we will explore the technical basis, future directions, industry applications, and consequences of generative AI, with particular attention to the knowledge economy and intellectual workers.

This will span why these tools are powerful, whether they are intelligent or just dazzling prediction machines, and what those answers mean for a range of knowledge work. Since we are research-driven educational institutions spanning very technical subjects and specialisations in the social sciences, we will especially consider the consequences for academia and education as tools such as ChatGPT challenge traditional approaches to teaching, assessment, and research. 

Venue details:

Day 1 Venue: G16 Lecture Theatre in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ (You can download a map of our South Kensington Campus here).

Day 2 Venue: Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Lower Ground Floor of the New Academic Building (NAB), 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ (You can download a map here.) 

Registration is open from 12:00pm onwards both days (please keep your nametag and event agenda from the previous day and bring it with you on day 2. 

Keynote Speakers

Wojciech Zaremba

Wojciech Zaremba

Wojciech Zaremba
Co-Founder, OpenAI

Speakers

Idil Balci

Idil Balci, LSE

Idil Balci
3rd Year student of BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics at LSE

Mark Baltovic

Mark Baltovic, LSE

Mark Baltovic
Senior Academic Developer, Eden Centre for Education Enhancement, LSE

Jana Blount

Jana Blount DLA Piper

Jana Blount
Change Maker, DLA Piper

Hayley Fletcher

Hayley Fletcher

Hayley Fletcher
Director, Competition and Markets Authority

Alexander Niederklapfer

Alexander Niederklapfer, LSE

Alexander Niederklapfer
PhD student in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at LSE

Event Agenda

Day 1 at Imperial College London

Day 1 at Imperial College London 

12:00-13:00

Registration and Networking

13:00 – 13:15

Welcome and Introduction: Why are people talking about AGI?

Dr Mark Kennedy, Co-Director of the DSI, Imperial College Londo

13:15 – 13:45

What happened? A Story about Generative AI

Dr Yingzhen Li, Lecturer of Computing at Imperial College London

13:45 – 14:30

How Generative AI is Already Changing Law

Jana Blount, ChangeMaker at LDA Piper

14:30 – 15:00 Conversation Break
15:00 – 15:45

How Do We Scale Large Language Models?

Professor Peter Pietzuch, Professor of Computing at Imperial College London

15:45 – 16:30

Generative AI from Data Analysis to Data Agency

Professor Aldo Faisal, Professor of Computing and Bioengineering at Imperial College London

16:30-17:00

Short Break

17:00-18:00

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility, but for What?

Panel of Speakers, with audience Q&A

18:00-18:30

Conversation Break

18:30-19:45

Keynote: Democratic Inputs to AI

Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder of OpenAI

Follow-up Q&A with Professor Mary Ryan, Vice Provost for Research and Enterprise, Imperial College London

19:45

Drinks Reception

Day 2 at LSE

Day 2 at the London School of Economics and Political Science

12:00-12:45

Arrival & Refreshments

12:45-13:00

Welcome and Introduction

Professor Kenneth Benoit, DSI

13:00-14:15

ChatGPT and the Future of Education: Teaching, Assessing, and Learning

Panel: Dr. Jon Cardoso-Silva, Assistant Professorial Lecturer, LSE DSI (Chair); Professor Bingchun Meng, Department of Media and Communications, Director of the PhD Academy; Mark Baltovic, Senior Academic Developer, Eden Centre for Education Enhancement; Alexander Niederklapfer, PhD student in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at LSE, member of the Working Group on Artificial Intelligence, Assessment and Academic Integrity; Idil Balci, 3rd Year student of BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics at LSE.

14:15-14:30 Break & Refreshments
14:30-15:30

The Challenges of Generative AI for Law and Regulation

Speakers: Professor Lillian Edwards, Professor of Law, Innovation and Society at Newcastle Law School

15:30-15:45 Break & Refreshments
15:45-17:00

Roundtable Discussion: The Consequences of AI for the Knowledge Economy

Dr Mark Kennedy, Co-Director, Data Science Institute, Imperial College London; Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, LSE; Hayley Fletcher, Director, Competition and Markets Authority.

Following the Symposium there will be a separate event in conversation with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, 'How Web 3.0 Technology and Data Policy Combine to Promote Data Sovereignty, Privacy, and Trust'. You can find more details here.