Generative AI: Ethical, Legal, and Technical Questions

Webinar held Tuesday, May 16, 2023.

This panel discussion explores the legal and ethical issues arising from the use of generative AI tools by artists and intellectual property owners. Topics covered include training data collection, fair use, impact on creativity and creative labor, and balancing of various rights.

Panelists:

Dr. Maya Ackerman: Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Santa Clara University

Professor Kathy Aoki: Lee and Seymour Graff Professor/Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Santa Clara University

Professor Tyler Ochoa: Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law

Moderator:

Irina Raicu: Director, Internet Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

As artists, composers, and other “content creators” and intellectual property owners use generative AI tools or decry their development, many legal and ethical issues arise. In this panel discussion, a copyright law expert, an AI researcher who is also a composer and music performer, and a multi-disciplinary visual artist (all of whom teach at Santa Clara University) will address some of those questions–from training data collection to fair use, impact on creativity and creative labor, the balancing of various rights, and our ability to assess and respond to fast-moving technologies.

This event is part of the “IT, Ethics, and Law” lecture series, https://www.scu.edu/ethics/events/it-..., co-sponsored by the High Tech Law Institute, https://law.scu.edu/hightech/ and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
https://www.scu.edu/ethics/.