AI for Science and Society: Director's Lunch with James Manyika

Please join the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs for a conversation with James Manyika, President of Research, Labs, Technology and Society at Google and Alphabet. Drawing on a recent issue of Daedalus, edited by Manyika and titled AI & Science: What Is the Future of Discovery?, he will discuss the frontier of artificial intelligence applications for science and the implications for society. 

Manyika focuses on advancing Google, Google DeepMind and Alphabet’s most ambitious innovations in AI, computing and science and on their potential for broad beneficial impact on people and society. He also leads Google Research, Google Labs, Learning & Sustainability and Technology & Society. He was Vice Chair of the US National AI Advisory Committee and Co-Chair of the UN Secretary-General’s AI Advisory Body, Vice Chair of the Global Development Council at the White House and member US Secretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Distinguished Fellow of Stanford’s AI Institute, and a Distinguished Fellow in Ethics in AI at Oxford University. A Rhodes Scholar, James has a DPhil, MSc and MA from Oxford in AI and robotics, mathematics, and computer science, and a BSc in electrical engineering from the University of Zimbabwe.

The seminar will be moderated by Belfer Center Director Meghan O'Sullivan, the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. 

Attendance is in-person and for HUID holders only. Space is limited so please only RSVP if you plan to attend. This event is off-the-record. 

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