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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Woodrow Hartzog\n\nAbstract: Civic institutions—the 
 rule of law\, universities\, and a free press—are the backbone of democr
 atic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies encoura
 ge cooperation and stability\, while also adapting to changing circumstanc
 es. The real superpower of institutions is their ability to evolve and ada
 pt within a hierarchy of authority and a framework for roles and rules whi
 le maintaining legitimacy in the knowledge produced and the actions taken.
  Purpose-driven institutions built around transparency\, cooperation\, and
  accountability empower individuals to take intellectual risks and challen
 ge the status quo. This happens through the machinations of interpersonal 
 relationships within those institutions\, which broaden perspectives and s
 trengthen shared commitment to civic goals.\nUnfortunately\, the affordanc
 es of AI systems extinguish these institutional features at every turn. In
  this talk I will make one simple point: AI systems are built to function 
 in ways that degrade and are likely to destroy our crucial civic instituti
 ons. The affordances of AI systems have the effect of eroding expertise\, 
 short-circuiting decision-making\, and isolating people from each other. T
 hese systems are anathema to the kind of evolution\, transparency\, cooper
 ation\, and accountability that give vital institutions their purpose and 
 sustainability. In short\, current AI systems are a death sentence for civ
 ic institutions\, and we should treat them as such.\n\nBio: Woodrow Hartzo
 g is the Andrew R. Randall Professor of Law at Boston University School of
  Law. He is also a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Inter
 net & Society at Harvard University\, a Non-resident Fellow at The Cordell
  Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law at Washington University\, and an 
 Affiliate Scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law S
 chool. He is the author of Privacy’s Blueprint: The Battle to Control th
 e Design of New Technologies\, published in 2018 by Harvard University Pre
 ss\, and the co-author of Breached! Why Data Security Law Fails and How to
  Improve It\, published in 2022 by Oxford University Press.
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LOCATION:Rogers Hall\, 226
SUMMARY:How AI Destroys Institutions
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