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Verso University Presents: AI & Us: A Civic Symposium
AI & Us is a community-centered symposium exploring the implications of artificial intelligence across legal, civic, creative, business, healthcare, and technological spheres. Designed for broad public engagement, the event will offer multiple perspectives — from policymakers and technologists to journalists and academics.
Each session includes an audience Q&A, fostering open dialogue and public insight.
About Verso University
Verso University is The Westport Library’s lifelong learning and education initiative. Verso U functions as a year-round series of high-level classes, workshops, and lectures designed to further education and learning — and above all, learning for a lifetime.
Offerings run the gamut of educational opportunities to take your learning to the next level, ranging from one-time lectures to ongoing courses to classes that meet weekly or perhaps monthly. And they will cover a wide variety of topics, with classes and courses to appeal to all ages and interests, from our younger patrons to our most experienced.
Verso University programs are made possible by the generous support of the Nancy J. Beard Lifelong Learning and Education Fund.
12-1:30 pm: Opening Keynote Conversation with Yale Prof. Scott Shapiro on AI, Law, and Cybersecurity
Scott Shapiro, Yale Law School professor and author of Fancy Bear Goes Phishing, will discuss AI’s role in legal reasoning, government ethics, and cybersecurity, drawing from his experience at Yale and the Department of Homeland Security.
2-3:30 pm: Panel: AI and Its Impact in Connecticut
A cross-sector conversation about how AI is shaping the state’s innovation landscape, higher education, healthcare, workforce, and legislation.
4-5:30: Closing Reflections with Kate Crawford on the Politics of AI
Join one of AI’s leading scholars of artificial intelligence and its material impacts. Kate Crawford is a research professor at the University of Southern California, senior principal researcher at Microsoft Research New York, and author of Atlas of AI. TIME100 named her as one of the world’s most influential people in AI.
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