As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in industries around the world, how do we ensure the technology reflects the people and cultures it is built to serve?

Dr Kimberly Pam, Theme Lead for Marine and Maritime for the Sustainability Mission at the Alan Turing Institute and Associate Professor at the University of Plymouth, highlights the risk of bias within the datasets used to build AI. In particular, she raises concerns around the “Westernisation” of AI and the need to ensure that the systems being developed are globally relevant and applicable across different regions and cultures.

Dr Pam will be joining us at Intent Communications and Consulting’s Demystifying AI in Maritime Summit on 6 October at the Chicago Booth Conference Centre in London. The one-day summit will bring together experts from maritime and other sectors, including technology, road, rail, aviation, commercial law, healthcare, and finance, to examine what AI adoption means in practice for the maritime industry.

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