Ohio State Technology Law Journal Symposium

Artificial Intelligence: Regulating the Modern Prometheus

The Ohio State Technology Law Journal presents its 2024 symposium: Artificial Intelligence: Regulating the Modern Prometheus. This event will take place at the Moritz College of Law in Saxbe Auditorium on Friday, March 22, 2024. There will also be an option to watch via Zoom.  The symposium will feature three panels and a keynote speaker which will discuss the risks artificial intelligence technologies pose in varying legal contexts, and how these risks can be addressed with regulation. A tentative schedule of the symposium follows:

Sign In, Coffee, and Networking: 8:30 – 9:00

Welcome and Opening Remarks: 9:00 – 9:15

Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Criminal Justice System: 9:15 – 10:45

This panel, moderated by Professor Sean Hill, will dive into ways the criminal justice system is already using AI technologies and the impacts these implementations are having on the nation’s communities.

• Yeshimabeit Milner, Founder & CEO, Data for Black Lives
• Prof. Ngozi Okidegbe, Moorman-Simon Interdisciplinary Career Development Associate Professor of Law and Assistant Professor of Computing & Data Sciences, Boston University

Uses and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 11:00 – 12:15

This interdisciplinary panel, moderated by Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby, will discuss how AI technologies have begun to be used by medical professionals, the different ways these technologies can help doctors diagnose and treat patients, and the ways these technologies can entrench discrimination in the healthcare field.

• Dr. Crystal Grant, Senior Technology Advisor, Federal Trade Commission
• Dr. Judy Gichoya, Associate Professor of Radiology, Emory University and co-director of the Healthcare Innovation and Translational Informatics Lab (HITI Lab)
• Dr. William Jordan, Health Equity Policy and Transformation Director, American Medical Association

Lunch Provided for Registrants: 12:15 – 1:15

Comparative Discussion of AI Regulatory Strategies: 1:15 – 2:30

A discussion, moderated by Professor Dennis Hirsch, focused on different regulatory strategies, how those strategies have been successfully implemented in the past, and how those strategies may be applied to artificial intelligence.

• Prof. Gary Marchant, Regent’s Professor of Law and director of the Center for Law, Science, and Innovation, Arizona State University
• Prof. Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science and director of the Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania
• Prof. Richmond Wong, Assistant Professor in Digital Media and director of the Creating Ethics Infrastructures Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology

Keynote Speaker: 2:30 – 3:15

Katherine Lowry, CIO, BakerHostetler, 2022 AI Visionary (Relativity), 2022 Most Innovative Intrapreneur (Financial Times), Fellow-Elect Class of 2022 (College of Law Practice Management)

Closing Remarks: 3:15 – 3:30