Schedule

Conference Co-Chairs: Ajay Agrawal (CDL, University of Toronto) and Shivon Zilis (CDL, Neuralink)

MC: Sonia Sennik, CDL

INTRODUCTION

Welcoming Remarks

Sonia Sennik (CDL) and Tiff Macklem (Rotman School of Management)

POWER & POLICY

The Disruptive Economics of Power and Prediction

Ajay Agrawal (CDL, University of Toronto)

AI + Equality: Creating a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator

Joshua Gans (CDL, University of Toronto)

AI & Inequality

Mara Lederman (CDL, University of Toronto) - Fireside Chat with Joshua Gans

MACHINE INTELLIGENCE & HEALTH

Precision Public Health

Laura Rosella (University of Toronto)

Machine Learning From Our Mistakes

Marzyeh Ghassemi (CDL, University of Toronto)

The Materials for Tomorrow, Today

Alán Aspuru-Guzik (CDL, University of Toronto)

AI & TRUST

Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust

Gary Marcus, Founder and CEO, Robust.AI

MACHINE INTELLIGENCE & THE ENTERPRISE

AI Strategy Implementation - Transforming the Enterprise

Eric Lamarre (McKinsey)

AI Strategy at Alibaba

Michael Evans (Alibaba) in conversation with Ajay Agrawal

ROBOTS

A Future With Affordable Self-Driving Vehicles

Raquel Urtasun (Uber)

Towards AI for the Physical World

Pieter Abbeel (UC Berkeley)

How Would We Design Robots that Could do All Work?

Suzanne Gildert (Sanctuary)

IMPACTS OF AI

Can We Anticipate the Impacts of AI?

Jack Clark (Open AI)

LIGHTNING ROUND

Shivon Zilis and Jack Clark with Raquel Urtasun, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Pieter Abbeel, Suzanne Gildert, Pedro Domingos, Jim Keller, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Barney Pell, William Tunstall-Pedoe, Gary Marcus

CDL Awards

Presented by Molly Shoichet (Professor, University of Toronto) & Mark Engel (Senior Vice President, Scotiabank)

THE ETHICS, IMPACTS, AND DANGERS OF MACHINE INTELLIGENCE

The Ethical Algorithm

Aaron Roth (University of Pennsylvania)

The Dangers of AI: Real and Imaginary

Pedro Domingos (University of Washington)

AI for Good: What are the Threats?

Shivon Zilis (CDL, Neuralink) in conversation with Pedro Domingos and Aaron Roth

COMPLEMENTS

Not Dead Yet: Moore’s Law and the Future of Computers

Jim Keller (Intel)

The Economic Design Principles of Libra: New Mechanisms for Establishing Trust

Christian Catalini (Calibra)

CLOSING REMARKS

Shivon Zilis (CDL, Neuralink) and Ajay Agrawal (CDL, University of Toronto)

RECEPTION