Brookings/GovAI Conference on the Governance of Transformative AI
Agenda, Monday, September 26, 2022
Venue: The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
8:30am Breakfast and Registration
9:00am Opening Remarks by Amy Liu (Interim President, Brookings)
Introduction by Anton Korinek (Brookings/GovAI)
Session 1: Perspectives on the governance of transformative AI from government, think tanks, research, and labs
9:15am Panel discussion: Tantum Collins (OSTP), Ben Garfinkel (GovAI), Jade Leung (OpenAI), Chris Meserole (Brookings)
10:15am Coffee break
Session 2: AI arms races and national security
10:35am Keynote by Jane Pinelis (Chief of AI Assurance, DoD CDAO)
11:05am Presentations:
Saif Khan (NSC): Semiconductor supply chains and national security
Greg Allen (CSIS): Current and future military applications of AI
Robert Trager (GovAI): international governance regimes for emerging technologies
Paul Scharre (CNAS): Arms control and confidence-building measures
12:25pm Lunch
Session 3: Regulating increasingly advanced AIs
1:15pm Keynote by Jack Clark (Co-Founder, Anthropic)
1:55pm Presentations on advanced AI regulation:
Markus Anderljung (GovAI): Regulating increasingly advanced AI systems
Alex Engler (Brookings): Regulating AI - Lessons from Europe
Richard Ngo (OpenAI): Alignment for increasingly advanced AI systems
2:30pm Coffee break
Session 3 (continued): Regulating increasingly advanced AIs
2:50pm Presentations on advanced AI regulation (continued):
Baobao Zhang (Syracuse): Understanding AI governance through surveys: TAI timelines and public attitudes
Andrew Trask (GovAI): Towards global infrastructure for understanding algorithmic outcomes
3:25pm Presentations on governing recommender systems:
Chris Meserole (Brookings): Policy options for recommendation models
Matt Sheehan (CEIP): Chinese regulations on recommender systems
4:05pm Coffee break
Session 4: Economic governance of transformative AI
4:25pm Presentations:
Anton Korinek (Brookings/GovAI): TAI and income distribution
Katya Klinova (PAI): How to advance shared prosperity
Andy Berg (IMF): Effects of TAI on developing countries
5:30pm End of conference
6:30pm Conference dinner
ala (Levantine cuisine) - 1320 19th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
Participants:
Gregory Allen, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Jeff Alstott, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Markus Anderljung, Centre for the Governance of AI
Georg Arndt, Centre for the Governance of AI
Andre Barbe, World Bank
Andrew Berg, International Monetary Fund
Emma Bluemke, Centre for the Governance of AI
Alexis Carlier, Fathom Radiant
Jack Clark, Anthropic
Tantum Collins, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Tom Davidson, Open Philanthropy
Noemi Dreksler, Centre for the Governance of AI
Sharon Du, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Alex Engler, The Brookings Institution
Ben Garfinkel, Centre for the Governance of AI
Lennart Heim, Centre for the Governance of AI
Lewis Ho, DeepMind
Joseph Keller, The Brookings Institution
Saif Khan, National Security Council
Katya Klinova, Partnership on AI
Anton Korinek, The Brookings Institution and Centre for the Governance of AI
Jade Leung, OpenAI
Lucy Lim, DeepMind
Amy Liu, The Brookings Institution
Chris Meserole, The Brookings Institution
Richard Ngo, OpenAI
Cullen O'Keefe, OpenAI
Abigail Olvera, Center for the Future and Rethink Priorities
Matt O'Shaughnessy, Carnegie Endowment
Sanjay Patnaik, The Brookings Institution
Jane Pinelis, DoD CDAO AI Assurance
Daniel Rock, University of Pennsylvania
Paul Scharre, Center for a New American Security
Max Schnidman, University of Virginia
Jonas Schuett, Centre for the Governance of AI
Matthew Sheehan, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Sarah Shoker, OpenAI
Melanie Sisson, The Brookings Institution
Siddarth Srinivasan, The Brookings Institution
Eoghan Stafford, Centre for the Governance of AI
Rayan Sud, The Brookings Institution
Don Suh, University of Virginia
Robert Trager, UCLA Centre for the Governance of AI
Andrew Trask, Centre for the Governance of AI
Baobao Zhang, Syracuse University
Remco Zwetsloot, Center for Strategic and International Studies