Education Session: AI in the Context of Advocacy

On Friday, 11 April 2025, from 3:00pm-4:30pm (New York time) JCoR will host special guest Brian Christian to lead us in an education session titled, AI in the Context of Advocacy. This webinar will approach the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and the considerations we should be taking into account when assessing whether/how we should be utilizing AI in our advocacy efforts. View the event flyer here.

Brian Christian is an AI researcher and cognitive scientist at the University of Oxford and the bestselling author of the acclaimed books The Most Human Human, Algorithms to Live By, and The Alignment Problem. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal, his research appears in peer-reviewed journals and leading AI conferences, and his books have been translated into nineteen languages. He has been featured on The Ezra Klein Show and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and has lectured at Google, Meta, Microsoft, Yale, and the London School of Economics, as well as UK Parliament and the US FTC. Christian holds degrees in computer science, philosophy, and poetry from Brown University and the University of Washington, and is currently a Clarendon Scholar at the University of Oxford. He lives in San Francisco.

Additional Resources:

Human and Artificial Intelligence:

Deivis Fernando Rueda, one of JCoR’s coordinators for the region of Latin America and the Caribbean, wrote an article on the “Convergences and tensions between human and artificial intelligence.” The article is available to read in English and Spanish.

Hamburg Declaration on Responsible Artificial Intelligence

The Hamburg Declaration is a global commitment by governments, international organizations, civil society, academia, and the private sector to promote responsible, inclusive, and sustainable use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

AI and the Environment:

AI’s environmental impact goes far beyond carbon emissions and climate change. In this Institute for Science and Ethics 2 minute video, Sophia Falk shares insights from her latest research, revealing how AI development pressures six out of nine critical Earth systems, as defined by the updated Planetary Boundary Framework. From excessive freshwater use in chip production and data center cooling, to habitat destruction caused by land development and mining, and toxic pollution from hazardous chemicals—AI’s hardware lifecycle leaves a significant environmental footprint. Watch to learn why we need to rethink AI’s environmental impact beyond energy consumption.