Artificial
Intelligence is not the future but the present. Predicting its medium-term
evolution and the positive or negative impact it will have, both professionally
and socially, is challenging. However, one fact is clear: this impact will be
drastic - there will be a significant change. Generative AI models, such as
ChatGPT, are a clear example of this. It is time to prepare, both
professionally and socially, and to anticipate and predict possible scenarios
in the near future. The International
Chair, 'Generative AI: Challenges
and Risks,' has been awarded to Universidad
CEU San Pablo, in collaboration with Deloitte and other companies and
universities, both national and international.
The
Chair, with a marked interdisciplinary character, will be led by Idoia Salazar, lecturer at CEU USP and
a specialist in Ethics and Regulation in AI. Through this Chair, comprehensive
and realistic research will be conducted on the challenges and risks of
Generative AI. Specific use cases will be analysed, and efforts will be made to
make plausible short to medium-term predictions to prevent negative or
undesired impacts. The research areas to be developed include the Ethical
Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence, legal issues (responsible use of
AI) arising from the application and use of Generative AI, and the impact on
society of Generative Artificial Intelligence.
On
the other hand, the 'Experimental Development' will focus on creating a suite
for explainability and interpretability of Generative AI, through which the
concepts learned by content generation systems can be monitored. Additionally,
the Chair includes an ambitious dissemination plan with two well-differentiated
aspects: dissemination actions for the general public and actions for the
dissemination of scientific knowledge.
Regarding
the team of researchers associated with the Chair, several fundamental aspects
have been prioritised to achieve objectives: inclusion of a percentage of women
greater than 51%, a multidisciplinary and international team, and active
support from organisations and companies related to the Chair's field.
At
the national level, active collaboration agreements have been signed with the
Observatorio de impacto social y ético de la IA (OdiseIA), HUMAN TRENDS,
Narrativa, Women in a Legal World, Digitales, Microsoft Ibérica, Cenit, Audits
Consulting Management S.L. (ACM), the Instituto de Ética Aplicada de la
Universidad Loyola Andalucía, and the Mutualidad de la Abogacía: Committee on
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (CEIA).
With
respect to international collaboration, formal agreements have been reached
with other universities, research centres, and international associations including
the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), IALAB- UBA: University of Buenos
Aires, Global AI Ethics Institute (France) and Universidad Austral: OCEDIC
Innovation LAB (Argentina).
In
addition, the Chair will have an interdisciplinary advisory committee of
recognised prestige, made up of professionals directly related to the subject
matter of the Chair, such as Dafna Feinholz, Head of Bioethics and Ethics of
Science and Technology at UNESCO, and Leva Martinkenaite, member of the
European Commission's High Level Expert Group on AI (HLEG AI), among others.