Date
What happens when companions chatbots become everyday emotional support figures? What are their long-term effects on our interpersonal relationships and on society as a whole?
Practical information
When
Monday 24th of February from 2:00 till 4:30pm
Where
SPF BOSA (Bora Bora room) / Online
Who
anyone interested in the subject
Please join us for a multi-discplinary session in which experts will give an update on the societal impact of AI companion chatbots. These advanced conversational agents, partially designed for emotional support and everyday assistance, are gaining popularity across all age groups. With this increased usage, major concerns are starting to rise about their addictive nature and long-term effects on human relationships.
Agenda:
- 2:00: Welcome
- 2:30: Welcome by FPS BOSA/AI4Belgium
- Updates of the bad, the ugly and the evil side of the companion chatbots platforms by Mieke De Ketelaere
- Live testimonial by Megan Garcia who filed a lawsuit against a chatbot company
- Updated on the addictive impact of companion chatbots by Axel Cleeremans, neuropsychologist
- Updates of the impact on society by Nele Roekens, Legal Advisor Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunities
- Updates of the legal complaints filed in Belgium
- Insights on the legal lawsuit filed in the US by Camille Carlton, Policy Director in the Center for Humane Technology
- Insights in the current and future protective measures as defined in Europe by András Zsigmond of the European Commission
- Q&A to all content speakers
- 4:30: Closing