Hi all,
Given the importance of multilingual large language models to political and other communications this event might be relevant to this group. We are co-organizing an in-person symposium in Washington DC with an option for remote participation. Please join us!
The Multiracial Democracy Project and the Bernard Center for Law & Technology at the George Washington University Law School along with the Center for Democracy & Technology are co-hosting a half-day symposium that will examine the capabilities and limitations of multilingual large language models; how these technologies affect civil rights, opportunity, and dignity; and the policy and governance approaches needed to support a multilingual and multiracial democracy. We will explore these issues with two panel led discussions:
Panel 1 - Equal Access and the Limitations of Multilingual AI models:
- David Broniatowski — Professor, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering and Computer Science (by courtesy); Deputy Director, NIST-NSF Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law and Society (TRAILS), George Washington University
- Camille Harris — Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of San Francisco
- Aditya Vashistha — Assistant Professor of Information Science; Director, Cornell Global AI Initiative, Cornell University
- Gloria Washington — Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Howard University.
- Aliya Bhatia, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Democracy & Technology (Moderator)
Panel 2 - Advancing Language Equity and Civil Rights with LLMs
- Roy Austin — Director, Howard Law Artificial Intelligence Initiative, Howard University School of Law
- Roberta Braga — Founder and Executive Director, Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas
- Elizabeth Laird — Director, Equity in Civic Technology, Center for Democracy & Technology
- Thema Monroe-White — Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Policy, Schar School of Policy and Government and Department of Computer Science, George Mason University
- Dhanaraj Thakur, Director, Fair Technology Initiative, Multiracial Democracy Project, George Washington University Law School (moderator)
take care,
Dhanaraj