Will AI Make Geoengineering a Viable Response to Climate Change?

The workshop opens with a short keynote from Dr Koji Tachibana highlighting the ethical dimensions of geoengineering (eg carbon removal and stratospheric aerosol injection), followed by a Q&A session. Audiences will then explore three short perspective contributions on the ethics and practicalities of AI-guided geoengineering.

The ethical objections to geoengineering have typically focused upon the difficulties of adopting a control approach to complex Earth systems; the likelihood that such a response will lack international assent, and the worry that it may encourage an abandonment of behavioural change.

At some point, however, we may run out of good options and geoengineering may become the 'least worst' option. This workshop will consider whether the potential of AI to deal with large volumes of data about complex systems may be a game changer.

You do not need any prior knowledge of AI to enjoy this event.

Speakers

Dr Tony Milligan is a Research Fellow in the Philosophy of Ethics in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King’s. Tony is part of the King’s (China) team and the University of Manchester (Russia) team within the Cosmological Visionaries project. Tony is also an Affiliate of the Lau China Institute.

Dr Koji Tachibana is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Humanities, University of Chiba and studies ancient Greek philosophy, contemporary virtue ethics, Japanese Philosophy, and applied ethics.

King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence

This event is part of the King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence. Running from Tuesday 20 May to Saturday 24 May, the free, five-day festival brings together a diverse line-up of experts to consider critical questions about artificial intelligence in the context of healthcare, education, sustainability, policy, and creativity.

If you are interested in this event, you may also want to join us for:

• Building Awareness Towards Greener AI
• AI and Sustainability in Business: Balancing Opportunity and Risk
• Building the Data Infrastructure to Help Us Achieve Net Zero
• AI for Market-Based Finance for Net Zero

Festival events will take place across several King’s venues, so please check carefully where the event is taking place. Festival event times may be subject to change. Any changes will be communicated to attendees via Eventbrite emails.

Please note, King's events are free, which means we routinely overbook to allow for no-shows and avoid empty seats. Admission is on a first come, first served basis, so please arrive in good time to avoid disappointment. We will not be able to admit those without tickets or latecomers.