Imagine a world where children can't dream of becoming pilots, judges, accountants, builders... not because of who they are, but because of WHAT they are.

Humans.

In this dystopian future, the Labour Ban Act prevents humans from doing work that can be done autonomously by machines, for "our own good".

But what happens when humans turn the tables on machines?

Join Ali Hossaini, Luca Viganò, Oya Celiktutan and Shama Rashman as they discuss what could happen in a future where machines do all the work, and what it might mean if humans fought back.

The panel discussion will be loosely based around Ali and Luca's short film, The First, which a coproduction of UKRI TAS Hub, RUSI and National Gallery X. It was produced as a keynote for Trusting Machines?, a conference on how to develop trustworthy AI.

Attendees are encouraged to watch the film before the panel.

Speakers:

Ali Hossaini is ‘a biochemist turned philosopher turned television producer turned visual poet’ (New York Times). Hossaini serves as co-director of National Gallery X, a King’s partnership that explores the future of art and cultural institutions.

Luca Viganò is a Professor at the Department of Informatics of King's College London. He is the head of the Cybersecurity (CYS) group, which studies design, modelling, analysis, verification and testing of networks and systems in order to tackle cybersecurity and privacy problems that are important to industry, society and everyone living in a technologically dependent world.

Oya Celiktutan is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Centre for Robotics Research (CoRe) Group within the Department of Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom, where I am the Head of Social AI and Robotics (SAIR) Lab. Her research interests computer vision and machine learning applied to human behaviour understanding, human-computer interaction, and human-robot interaction.

Shama Rahman is an entrepreneur, scientist, explorer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor and storyteller. She completed a multi-disciplinary PhD exploring the Neuroscience and Complex Systems of Creativity and Innovation frameworks. She is also CEO and Founder at NeuroCreate Ltd- startup at the junction of AI, Neuroscience and Cognition.

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