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AI in public policy

Opportunities and challenges

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What’s on offer?

This panel discussion reflects on the consequences of using AI in public policies and explores how it might be used in the future. The talk will be followed by a Q&A inviting questions from the in-person and online audience.

What’s it about?

In a world increasingly shaped by digital transformation, AI and data science present new opportunities to change policymaking. Yet the capabilities of these emerging technologies are still unfolding and need to be better understood.

This event marks the publication of the most recent issue of the LSE Public Policy Review on the use of AI in public policy. You will hear about current applications of AI in policymaking, the potential consequences, and possible futures for AI in the sector, and will consider questions about regulation, transparency, accountability and ethics.

Who’s leading the event?

  • Helen Margetts, Professor of Society and the Internet at the University of Oxford and Programme Director for Public Policy at The Alan Turing Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
  • Andrew Murray, Professor of Law at LSE and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). 
  • Kate Vredenburgh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at LSE.
  • Chaired by Ken Benoit, Dean and Professor of Computational Social Science at the School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University.

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Event Booking details

This public event is free and open to all. This event will be a hybrid event, with an in-person audience and an online audience.  For the in-person event, no ticket or pre-registration is required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.