AI & Marginalized Groups

Generative AI is all the buzz, with individuals across disciplines speculating about its potential benefits and costs. This type of speculation becomes particularly pressing when the interests of already vulnerable populations are implicated. The Duke Law Center on Law, Race & Policy (CLRP) therefore is hosting the AI and Marginalized Groups Symposium focused on the potential effects of generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) on marginalized groups. The symposium is a culmination of a series of events, beginning with a panel held in October 2023.  The symposium is a continuation of October’s discussion and will provide an opportunity for our panelists and others to contribute their works related to the topic. The symposium features a diverse and interdisciplinary panel of scholars and in-field experts, touching on the intersection between AI and journalism, criminal justice, criminal sentencing, employment, entertainment, immigration, media, privacy, and policing, among other areas. The symposium is open to students, faculty, and members of the Duke University community and is sponsored by Duke Law’s Center on Law, Race & Policy and the Duke University Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) Grant Program.

AI AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS SYMPOSIUM      

Friday, September 20, 2024 

Agenda

8 – 9:15 a.m. Breakfast at Duke Law (3rd Floor)

9:15 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions (Duke Law, Room 3043)

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Panel One: Media and Entertainment (Livestream Link)

April Dawson (Moderator), Associate Dean of Technology and Innovation and Professor of Law, NC Central University School of Law

Rahwa H. Ghebre-Ab, Executive Vice President, Chief Ethics and Legal Compliance Officer, Lionsgate

Sonia Gipson Rankin, Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 – 12:15 p.m. Panel Two: AI and the Workplace (Livestream Link)

Trina Jones (Moderator), Jerome M. Culp Distinguished Professor of Law and Director for the Center on Law, Race & Policy, Duke University School of Law

Ifeoma Ajunwa, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Projects and Partnerships, Emory University

Paul S. Grantham, Assistant Vice President for Work Culture and Communication Services, Duke University & Health System

Pauline Kim, Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law

12:15 – 12:30 p.m. Break

12:30 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch Keynote – Charlton McIlwain (Livestream Link) 

Charlton McIlwain, Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development, Professor of Media, Culture and Communications, and Founder of the Critical Race and Digital Studies Program, NYU

1:45 – 2 p.m. Break

2 – 3:30 p.m. Panel Three: Criminal Justice (Livestream Link)

Jessica Eaglin (Moderator), Professor of Law, Cornell Law School

Chaz Arnett, Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Brandon L. Garrett, L. Neil WIlliams, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Wilson Center for Science and Justice, Duke University School of Law

Sarah R. Olson, Forensic Resource Counsel, Office of Indigent Defense Services

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.  Break

3:45 – 5 p.m.  AI and Democracy. A Conversation with Samir Jain. Interviewed by Margaret Hu. (Livestream Link)

Margaret Hu (Interviewer), Taylor Reveley Research Professor and Professor of Law, Director of the Digital Democracy Lab, William & Mary Law School

Samir Jain, Vice President of Policy, Center for Democracy & Technology