Co-Opting AI: Quantum
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This will be a completely virtual event.
Quantum computing is arriving into institutions, supply chains, and geopolitical formations shaped by AI—this event will examine what that inheritance means for how quantum computing develops as a technological and social phenomenon.
Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, and best-selling author. His work focuses on the origin and very early stages of the universe, the quantum properties of black holes and the nature of time. He is Regents’ Professor and Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, and co-Director of the Cosmology Initiative, at Arizona State University. His latest book is Quantum 2.0: The Weird Physics Driving a New Revolution in Technology. Asteroid 6870 Pauldavies bears his name.
Mauritz Kop is a CIGI senior fellow and the founder of the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology (Stanford RQT). A technology lawyer and legal scholar by training, he is a co-founder of the European deep-tech enterprise Daiki, having previously directed its strategic quantum-AI frameworks. He is a guest professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy, serves as a quantum ecosystem expert on the von Neumann Commission, holds a patent in AI and founded AIRecht.
Mona Sloane is an Assistant Professor of Data Science and Media Studies at the University of Virginia (UVA). As a sociologist, she studies the intersection of technology and society, specifically in the context of AI design, use, and policy. She also convenes the Co-Opting AI series and serves as the editor of the Co-Opting AI book series at the University of California Press as well as the Technology Editor for Public Books. At UVA, Mona runs Sloane Lab which conducts empirical research on the implications of technology for the organization of social life. Its focus lies on AI as a social phenomenon that intersects with wider cultural, economic, material, and political conditions. The lab spearheads social science leadership in applied work on responsible AI, public scholarship, and technology policy. More here: monasloane.org.
The Co-Opting AI event series is convened by Mona Sloane. It is hosted by NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, UVA’s Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, and Sloane Lab.