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Lewis of the <span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, the Brazilian perspective was presented b</span>y Ronaldo Lemos<span> </span><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">of the Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro, one of the movers behind the<span> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Civil_Rights_Framework_for_the_Internet" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Marco Civil</a>, China was represented by Profess</span>or Liangang Sun of Peking University, an out and out visionary artist, who nevertheless forcefully asserted, via a translator, that science via AI + blockchain would assuredly absolutely empower the common people. They would dispose of much if not all of government's traditional (and corrupt) functions. When one audience member enquired if he could say the same thing if our session were in Peking not NYC, he said yes, of course, but joked everybody who attended would immediately be arrested! 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2018</strong><span> </span>at<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold">10am EST</strong><span> </span>(15:00 UTC) the<strong style="font-weight:bold"><span> </span><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ai" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Internet Society Livestream Channel</a></strong><span> </span>will webcast<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial-intelligenceimplications-for-governance-and-public-policy-tickets-42698818315#" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Artificial Intelligence:Implications for Governance and Public Policy</a></strong><span> </span>– a panel last Friday at the<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="https://sipa.columbia.edu/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">School of International and Public Affairs</a></strong><span> </span>(SIPA), Columbia University. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its associated technologies offer enormous promise for future economic and social development, but also raise thorny ethical and public policy issues that are not easily resolved. Experts from the US, China, and Brazil provided varying perspectives on this very timely topic. </p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Speakers:<span> </span></p><p style="margin:0.7em 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;line-height:1.4em;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-weight:bold">Robin J. Lewis</strong>, Co-Chair, Worldview Global Culture Alliance and former Associate Dean, SIPA;<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"></strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong style="font-weight:bold"></strong></div><strong style="font-weight:bold">Ronaldo Lemos</strong>, Visiting Professor, SIPA;<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div>Liangang Sun</strong>, Professor, Peking University; Artificial Intelligence Innovation Strategist.<span> </span><br><br>Co-sponsors:<span> </span><strong style="font-weight:bold"><a href="http://cgeg.sipa.columbia.edu/briclab" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none">Columbia University BRIC Lab</a>, Center on Global Economic Governance</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><a href="https://www.worldviewglobal.com/" style="color:rgb(52,120,227);text-decoration:none"><strong style="font-weight:bold">Worldview 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