Panel discussion: Regulating AI—Better safe than sorry?

Savvy governments in Asia are turning their cities into AI hubs. Singapore is promoting itself as a centre for driverless vehicles and fintech. New Zealand is reaching out to companies experimenting with autonomous drone delivery services, and China hopes to revolutionise the way the world works by using automation and smart machines. Nurturing AI-driven industries and business models could lead to tremendous growth.

 

How should governments regulate machine learning, considering the implications for privacy, jobs and traditional industries? Who should accept liability for mishaps? And how should governments use AI in their own functions to shed bureaucracy?

 

Panellists

Leong Tze Yun, director of AI technology, AI Singapore

Naveen Menon, president, South-East Asia, Cisco Systems

Andy Chun, associate professor, City University of Hong Kong

Jennifer Van Dale, partner, Eversheds Sutherland

 

Moderator

Tom Standage, deputy editor, The Economist

 

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