Kay Firth-Butterfield

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Kay Firth-Butterfield
Known forArtificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
International Relations
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Sussex (B.A.)
St. Mary's University (M.A., LL.M.)
Academic work
InstitutionsWorld Economic Forum
University of Texas at Austin

Kay Firth-Butterfield is a lawyer, professor, and author specializing in the intersection of artificial intelligence, international relations, and AI ethics. Since 2017, she has been the head of AI and machine learning at the World Economic Forum.[1][2] She was an adjunct professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin.[3]

Firth-Butterfield has written two books, including Human Rights and Human Trafficking[4] and Laws on Human Trafficking,[5] the latter co-authored with Tina Miranda. Also she has authored many articles and given many speeches on the topics of AI, law, international relations, AI ethics and AI for business and government transformation

Education[]

Firth-Butterfield graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in law and social science from the University of Sussex. She attended St. Mary's University for her further studies, where she received a Master's degree in international relations and a Master of Laws.[6]

Career[]

Firth-Butterfield started her career as a barrister and part-time judge in the United Kingdom.[7] Over time, she began to research more topics about the future of law, including the impact of AI, and specialized more at the intersection of AI and policy.[8] More recently, she has served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin, where she co-founded the AI-Austin initiative with the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law.[3][9] Firth-Butterfield is currently an Associate Fellow at the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge and heads the AI and machine learning executive committee at the World Economic Forum.[10][11]

She has advised governments, think tanks, and nonprofits about artificial intelligence law, ethics, and policy. She established an AI ethics advisory panel at Lucid.ai in 2014, which has since included AI experts like Murray Shanahan, Max Tegmark, and Derek Jinks.[2][12] Since 2015, she has served as the Executive Committee Vice Chair of IEEE's Global Initiative on Ethical Considerations in the Design of AI and Autonomous Systems.[13][14] She has also served on Lord Chief Justice’s advisory panel on AI and law, the advisory board for UNESCO's International Research Centre on AI, and AI4ALL's advisory board.[15]

Selected Awards and Honors[]

  • 2017 - Most Important 25 Women in Robotics[16]
  • 2018 - 12 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics[17]
  • 2020 - VentureBeat Women in AI Awards Responsibility & Ethics of AI Nominee[18]
  • 2020 - 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics Hall of Fame Honoree[19]
  • 2020 - Forbes Women Defining The 21st Century AI Movement[20]
  • 2021 - The New York Times 10 Women Changing the Landscape of Leadership[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Khodabandeh, Sam Ransbotham and Shervin. "Tech and Ethics: The World Economic Forum's Kay Firth-Butterfield on Doing the Right Thing in AI". MIT Sloan Management Review. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  2. ^ a b "World Economic Forum's AI head on how to protect human rights without stifling innovation". VentureBeat. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  3. ^ a b Conn, Ariel (2017-01-27). "Kay Firth-Butterfield Interview". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Firth-Butterfield, Kay (2012). Human Rights and Human Trafficking. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1465201447.
  5. ^ Firth-Butterfield, Kay; Miranda, Tina (2013). Laws on Human Trafficking. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1465201430.
  6. ^ "Kay Firth-Butterfield (Associate) | Doughty Street Chambers". www.doughtystreet.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  7. ^ "Kay Firth-Butterfield". Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. Retrieved 2021-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b "10 Women Changing the Landscape of Leadership". The New York Times. 2021-03-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  9. ^ "AI-Austin Launches to Promote Ethical Uses of Artificial Intelligence". The Strauss Center. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  10. ^ Schenker, Jennifer L. (2021-04-18). "Interview Of The Week: Kay Firth Butterfield, World Economic Forum". The Innovator. Retrieved 2021-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "The 158th GRIPS Forum - "Who or what should govern AI?"". National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). Retrieved 2021-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Lucid Selects New Member To Join Ethics Advisory Panel". Cision. Retrieved 2021-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "IEEE EAD First Edition Committees" (PDF). 2019-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Chatila, Raja (2017-03-29). "IEEE Global Initiative Aims to Advance Ethical Design of AI and Autonomous Systems". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved 2021-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Girl Trouble: Breaking Through The Bias in AI". UNESCO. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "25 women in robotics you need to know about – 2017". RoboHub. October 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Dand, Mia (2019-10-10). "12 Brilliant Women in Artificial Intelligence & Ethics to Watch in 2018". Medium. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  18. ^ "Announcing nominees for the second annual Women in AI Awards". VentureBeat. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  19. ^ "Hall of Fame". 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  20. ^ Minevich, Mark. "The Women Defining The 21st Century AI Movement: Part 1 Of 2". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
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