The SIDGE AI Panel is designed to explore the profound implications of AI on human welfare.

Esteemed experts and thought leaders from diverse fields convene to examine the transformative influence of AI technologies.

During the AI Panel, attendees engage with leading thinkers in a dynamic discussion regarding the impact of AI on various aspects of human life, from healthcare and education to ethics and social equity. The conversation delves into the challenges present in the AI ecosystem and the vital importance of more diverse voices centering AI development and deployment.

This panel is a platform for fostering a deeper understanding of AI's potential to help and to harm human welfare and the ethical considerations that must guide its integration into society. It serves as a catalyst for collaboration, inspiring attendees to weigh in on their own future in the areas of fairness, transparency, and ethical principles in AI advancements.

Safiya Umoja Noble is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is the Director of the Center on Race & Digital Justice and Co-Director of the Minderoo Initiative on Tech & Power at the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2).  She currently serves as Interim Director of the UCLA DataX Initiative, leading work in critical data studies for the campus. Professor Noble is the author of the best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic harm in commercial search engines, entitled Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (NYU Press), which has been widely-reviewed in scholarly and popular publications. In 2021, she was recognized as a MacArthur Foundation Fellow for her ground-breaking work on algorithmic discrimination. 

Latanya Sweeney pioneered the field known as data privacy, launched the emerging area known as algorithmic fairness, and her work is explicitly cited in government regulations worldwide, including the U.S. federal medical privacy regulation (known as HIPAA). She is a recipient of the prestigious Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Award, the American Psychiatric Association's Privacy Advocacy Award, and has testified before government bodies worldwide. She earned her PhD in computer science from MIT in 2001; the first Black woman to do so.

Katy Knight is President and Executive Director of Siegel Family Endowment, a foundation focused on the nexus of technology and society. Under her leadership, equity, flexibility in grantmaking, and systems-level thinking have been key touchstones for the organization. Since joining as Deputy Executive Director in 2017 she has pioneered an inquiry-driven approach to philanthropy, grounded in the scientific method, and centered on reframing big questions and learning alongside grantees.