UBC experts on AI safety and regulation
Representatives for OpenAI, the company that runs ChatGPT, have been called to Ottawa following reports the Tumbler Ridge shooter was banned from using the chatbot.
UBC experts are available to comment on AI safety and regulation.
Dr. Moira Aikenhead, PhD, LLM, JD
(She/Her/Hers)
Lecturer, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Email: aikenhead@allard.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- technology-facilitated gender-based violence
- AI deepfakes
- legal regulation of online intermediaries
*Unavailable Wednesday noon-2 p.m.; available Thursday between 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Friday.
Jon Festinger
(He/Him/His)
Lecturer, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Email: festinger@allard.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- AI Law, ethics and regulation
*Unavailable until 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, and until noon Friday
Kevin Leyton-Brown
(He/Him/His)
Professor, Dept. of Computer Science
Email: kevinlb@cs.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- AI risks to democracy
- AI predictions of human behaviour
- AI adoption in Canada
- AI and the economy
*Unavailable Friday 27 Feb – Monday 2 March
Alan Mackworth, BASc, AM, DPhil
(He/Him/His)
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Computer Science
Email: mack@cs.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- AI technology, safety, regulation, and ethics
Julie Robillard, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
Associate Professor
Email: jrobilla@mail.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English, French
Expertise:
- AI and companionship
- AI and mental health
- benefits and drawbacks of AI chatbots and social robots.
Dr. Vered Shwartz
(She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science
Email: vshwartz@cs.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- technical limitations of content moderation
*Unavailable 9:30-11 a.m. Thursday
Dr. Chris Tenove
(He/Him/His)
Research Associate & Instructor, School of Public Policy & Global Affairs
Email: chris.tenove@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- AI and politics
- AI and online harms
- generative AI regulation
*Unavailable Fridays
