Don't Miss THE Scotsman Data Conference 2024!
/Data, Deepfakes and Democracy
Thursday 26th September 2024
The Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
Data and artificial intelligence has played an increasingly prominent role in elections in recent years. 2024 is packed with democratic elections, in countries including the UK, United States and India, but what impact will data and AI have - both positive and negative?
How are rogue actors spreading disinformation and deploying plausible deepfakes to influence elections - and undermine our trust in democracy more generally?
How can democratic societies counter those threats - and more importantly, how can we build better future democracies by regulating and controlling AI and data effectively?
Hear from experts on these and a range of other issues around the complex interplay between artificial intelligence, data and democracy.
Keynote speakers:
Oliver Escobar is Professor of Public Policy and Democratic Innovation at the University of Edinburgh. His work combines research, teaching and practice in the fields of public participation, policy innovation, power inequalities, and the democratic governance of the future. Before academia, he worked in radio, retail, fishing, construction and literature.
Olga Tokariuk is a Chatham House OSUN Academy Fellow, Ukraine Forum. Her professional interests are international affairs and research on disinformation, especially in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. She is a former fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and CEPA non-resident fellow. Olga’s background is in journalism and she has vast experience in Ukrainian and international media.
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