Kay Firth-Butterfield
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Kay Firth-Butterfield | |
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| Known for | Artificial intelligence Machine learning International relations |
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| Alma mater | University of Sussex (BA) St. Mary's University (MA, LLM) |
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| Institutions | World 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 is the writer of two books: Human Rights and Human Trafficking[4] and Laws on Human Trafficking,[5] the latter co-authored with Tina Miranda. She also wrote articles and gave 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
- ^ 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 August 23, 2021.
- ^ a b "World Economic Forum's AI head on how to protect human rights without stifling innovation". VentureBeat. April 29, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ a b Conn, Ariel (January 27, 2017). "Kay Firth-Butterfield Interview". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Firth-Butterfield, Kay (2012). Human Rights and Human Trafficking. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1465201447.
- ^ Firth-Butterfield, Kay; Miranda, Tina (2013). Laws on Human Trafficking. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1465201430.
- ^ "Kay Firth-Butterfield (Associate) | Doughty Street Chambers". www.doughtystreet.co.uk. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ "Kay Firth-Butterfield". Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "10 Women Changing the Landscape of Leadership". The New York Times. March 5, 2021. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ "AI-Austin Launches to Promote Ethical Uses of Artificial Intelligence". The Strauss Center. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ Schenker, Jennifer L. (April 18, 2021). "Interview Of The Week: Kay Firth Butterfield, World Economic Forum". The Innovator. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The 158th GRIPS Forum – "Who or what should govern AI?"". National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). Retrieved August 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Lucid Selects New Member To Join Ethics Advisory Panel". Cision. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "IEEE EAD First Edition Committees" (PDF). January 1, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Chatila, Raja (March 29, 2017). "IEEE Global Initiative Aims to Advance Ethical Design of AI and Autonomous Systems". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Girl Trouble: Breaking Through The Bias in AI". UNESCO. February 22, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "25 women in robotics you need to know about – 2017". RoboHub. October 10, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Dand, Mia (October 10, 2019). "12 Brilliant Women in Artificial Intelligence & Ethics to Watch in 2018". Medium. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- ^ "Announcing nominees for the second annual Women in AI Awards". VentureBeat. July 15, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics™. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ Minevich, Mark. "The Women Defining The 21st Century AI Movement: Part 1 Of 2". Forbes. Retrieved August 23, 2021.