Penn State to launch Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence seeking to answer ethical questions

This spring, Penn State's Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence will open to study the societal impacts of artificial intelligence and promote its use to solve social issues. The center will be open to students, faculty and staff members of all colleges. It will be located in the College of Information Sciences and Technology. Prasenjit Mitra, associate dean for research and a professor for the College of IST, will serve as the inaugural director of the center and will help guide its future direction, with the help of the executive committee. "The goal of the center is to bring together scholars from all disciplines and figure out how artificial intelligence technologies should be designed in a socially responsible manner and how artificial intelligence technologies can be used to change society for the better," Mitra said.