Discussion: Responsibility, Power and Justice in the Age of AI

Join us for a public conversation with faculty from the University at Albany’s AI & Society College and Research Center, a bold initiative launched in 2025 to advance responsible, human-centered approaches to artificial intelligence. This evening offers the public an opportunity to explore how emerging technologies are reshaping democracy, education, and public services. The discussion will highlight the ethical frameworks and lived experiences that shape debates about bias, accountability, and human agency in the context of AI – and will ask how public dialogue itself might change in an AI-mediated world.​ 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 5 Conversation / Q&A University at Albany Multi-Purpose Room, Campus Center West 1400 Washington Avenue Albany NY 12222 Free and open to the public Cosponsored by the New York State Writers Institute, the UAlbany AI & Society College and Research Center, and UAlbany’s Graduate Student Association.​ Panelists: Raymond H. Brescia Associate Dean for Research & Intellectual Life and the Hon. Harold R. Tyler Professor in Law & Technology at Albany Law School. His most recent book is The Private Is Political: Identity and Democracy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism (2025), an exploration of the threats posed by unfettered surveillance to privacy, expression, and democracy itself. Virginia Eubanks Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany and author of Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor (2018). Her work investigates the intersections of data-based discrimination, public services, and poverty in America.​ Jason D’Cruz Director of the AI & Society College and Research Center, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University at Albany, and Civil Discourse Fellow at the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. His research focuses on trust, character, and rationalization. He also serves as Principal Investigator of Trustworthy AI from a User Perspective, a multi-year project funded by the SUNY-IBM AI Research Alliance. Moderator: Elizabeth Gray Associate Director of the AI & Society Research Center at the University at Albany. She leads strategic initiatives and collaborative programming across research, education, and public engagement at the intersection of technology and social impact.

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