On April 9 and 10, the inaugural K&L Gates Conference on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) sought to bring to light some of the prevailing issues that surround artificial intelligence, including "effects on the workforce, social justice, fairness, privacy and many other sectors of society," as the conference website states. In 2016, a $10 million donation from Pittsburgh-headquartered international law firm K&L Gates funded the establishment of the K&L Gates Endowment for Ethics and Computational Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University. The conference utilized this endowment to bring together some of the most important thought leaders, academics, industry heads, and others to discuss the boundless implications that come out of technological advances. David Danks, philosophy department head and co-chair of the Steering Committee for the K&L Gates Endowment for Ethics & Computational Technologies explained in a university press release that "computational technologies, particularly AI and robotics, are often developed and deployed without enough public engagement or discussion about their impacts." Because of this, the conference attempts to discuss issues that have a public stake, with the collective good in mind.

On April 9 and 10, the inaugural K&L Gates Conference on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) sought to bring to light some of the prevailing issues that surround artificial intelligence, including "effects on the workforce, social justice, fairness, privacy and many other sectors of society," as the conference …