Public Talk
AI at a Crossroads: Who Shapes the Future?
Professor Katherine Elkins, Kenyon College
Join us for Katherine Elkin’s public talk from 3:30 pm to 5 pm on February 19, 2025 at Hagglund room, Campus Center.
As AI accelerates global change, critical decisions are shaping its development, governance, and impact. Who determines the values these systems reflect? How will multi-agent AI reshape economies, privacy, and human relationships? And can AI remain both innovative and safe? This talk explores the intersection of AI innovation and global responsibility through real-world cases and emerging research. Through concrete examples and forward-looking analysis, AI Researcher Katherine Elkins highlights the dilemmas and opportunities at the heart of AI’s future and offers insight into how these systems will shape the world ahead.
Katherine Elkins is a leading expert on AI, ethics, and society, serving as a Principal Investigator for the U.S. AI Safety Institute and a recipient of the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab award. She is a member of Meta’s Open Innovation AI Research Community and a professor at Kenyon College, where she co-founded one of the first human-centered AI programs. Her work explores the societal impact of AI, from governance and safety to narrative and creativity.
Katherine Elkins
Author, Researcher and Speaker
Speaker Note
“I bring a cross-disciplinary perspective on AI, emotion and language to academia, industry and the public sphere.”
– Katherine Elkins