"What Could Go Wrong?" by Cennydd Bowles

Technology ethicist and interaction designer, Cennydd Bowles, comes to the University of Washington for a guest lecture. After a range of embarrassing and sometimes dangerous slip-ups, technology companies have been quick to defend themselves. These impacts weren’t intentional, they argue: they were mere unforeseen side-effects of innovation. Perhaps. But technologists weren’t exactly looking too hard. The industry's resolute faith in progress has meant the few voices of internal dissent have often gone unheeded. Now a dramatic AI leap forward poses even greater opportunities and dangers. Can designers and technologists anticipate the social and ethical impacts of their work before they occur? And are we ready for what they might find?

Cennydd Bowles is a technology ethicist and interaction designer, author of Future Ethics, and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Elon University, North Carolina. Cennydds views on the ethics of emerging technology and design have been quoted by Forbes, WIRED, and The Wall Street Journal, and he has spoken on responsible innovation at Facebook, Stanford University, and Google.

Video Chapters
00:00 Introduction
04:10 Tech Policy and Governance
10:07 Issues in Contemporary AI
17:03 Issues in Future AI
25:10 Three Approaches to Risk Mitigation
25:18 Regulation
29:46 Internal Change
41:18 Public Engagement

The Simpson Center for the Humanities is a proud co-sponsor of this event. Captioning was provided through 3Play Media services. Video editing was provided by Communications Manager at the Simpson Center, Yasi Naraghi.

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