AI Con USA 2025 - AI Safety
Thursday, June 12
Securing the Foundations of AI: Addressing the Past to Safeguard the Future
AI’s future hinges on an ecosystem built on decades of technical debt, fragmented tools, and opaque processes; creating vulnerabilities that threaten the reliability and security of modern applications. In this talk, Peter will examine how the legacy of open-source numerical computing and software supply chains is influencing AI’s trajectory. Drawing from over a decade of leadership in the Python and scientific computing communities, Peter will share strategies for tackling these challenges: improving transparency in data and dependencies, building curated software stacks, addressing...
Empathy in Code: Balancing Emotional Intelligence with Ethical Boundaries in AI
As AI systems increasingly support the social and emotional well-being of humans, the integration of human-like interactions presents both opportunities and significant risks that necessitate the use of trauma-informed principles in design. This session examines the delicate balance between creating emotionally intelligent AI and maintaining essential ethical boundaries. Join Megs to explore critical decisions in AI development: when emotional support should be provided versus redirected to human professionals, how to establish clear limitations in AI capabilities, and methods for...