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International House of JapanTokyo, JapanTuesday, 15 October, 7-9 p.m.

China Plate and Staatstheater Mainz present Talking About the Fire, written and presented by Chris Thorpe, award-winning UK playwright. This is part of a series of events marking the 50th anniversary of the Program on Science and Global Security. Includes themes of nuclear warfare and strong language. Sponsorship of an event…

This event is part of SPIA's weekly DEI Dinner programming.Join us in celebrating SPIA's diverse communities. All are welcome.

CITP Book Discussion“AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t and How to Tell the Difference” by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash KapoorThe discussion will be followed by a reception from 4 – 5 p.m. in the CITP open space.The book is available to purchase online and at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street.

SpeakersCharles Kupchan

Open source AI models can play a vital role in promoting transparency, competition, and experimentation in AI. Two-thirds of recent foundation models were released openly, and popular repositories now boast over a million open models – spanning everything from robotics and climate prediction to text, image, and voice generation…

Abstract: We employ an at-scale randomized experiment to evaluate how one of the world's largest citizen-led monitoring efforts, India's ``social audits'' initiative, impacted corruption and access to social protection in one of India's poorest states. A unique feature is the program's reliance on female auditors drawn from…

What cumulative impacts needs is a simple solution to a complex problem, or at least a simplified approach if solution is a too ambitious goal. A solution implies that they would cease to exist, yet cumulative impacts are a part of everyone’s everyday lives. The question remains whether a feasible, standardized approach can be…

In this talk, Dr. Munyikwa, an anthropologist and practicing clinician, will present cases that help understand how social differences and their structural consequences permeate the clinical space in ways which exceed our existing language to describe them.

This event is part of SPIA's weekly DEI Dinner programming. Join us in celebrating SPIA's diverse communities. All are welcome.