The Promise and Perils of Artificial Intelligence for People With Disabilities

SESSION 3:

Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Disabilities Studies presents

THE PROMISE AND PERILS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Artificial intelligence enables assistive technologies that help people with disabilities read, communicate and navigate the built environment. AI can ameliorate shortages of human caregivers, develop the social skills of people on the autism spectrum, and aid college students living with communication impairments. Some AI-driven assistance in higher education, though, raises pedagogical and ethical questions. Institutional and individual instructional responses to those questions can create disabling environments for some students. Moreover, AI can empower disability discrimination, if it reproduces and normalizes biases or omissions in the data sets used to train it.

Panelists:

Joseph Bartolotta, Associate Professor of Writing Studies and Composition
Michael Ford, Class of 2023 and finalist in the 2023 Hofstra Digital Remedy Challenge
Arshia Khan, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota at Duluth
Mary E. MacDonald, Professor of Special Education and Director of Applied Behavioral Analysis
Craig M. Rustici, Director of Disability Studies

Moderator: Andrea Nerlich, Professor of Counseling and Mental Health Professions

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