Dates and location
Hours
Dates and location
Hours
Description
Artificial intelligence. It has become the ubiquitous topic of discussion in offices everywhere. Some see it as important turning point in technology with a wondrous and unlimited potential for good, others see it as a possibly being a “Pandora’s Box” – one filled with mystery about what it might do, how it might change our world and what it’s impacts could be on our work lives.
With A.I. comes a great new power and with that power comes responsibility – one that speaks of being ethically responsibility and ethically aware. A.I. also brings with it a host of emerging challenges such as cyber threats, privacy, and ethical issues as well as around risk management and decision making.
This event is scheduled and hosted for CPA Halton-Peel, Hamilton, London, Waterloo-Wellington assigned members ONLY.
Key Takeaways
During this course:
- We’ll take a broader view of the interplay between A.I. and ethics.
- We will examine how AI might lead to greater dependency on technology.
- Could AI lead to ethical issues around transparency and explainability?
- We’ll look at accountability and the use of AI and who might be liable if things go wrong.
- What would the ethical ramifications be if AI like new technology before it led to job displacement.
Who Will Benefit
This course would be of interest for accountants who not only have an interest in AI (Artificial Intelligence) but are genuinely concerned about the emerging ethical issues that mut be considered and understood. Just as AI is evolving rapidly and becoming more intrusive in our professional lives, this course hopes to reveal areas in which ethics and AI are intertwined and to showcase its most impactful ramifications.
How to Access the Event
An email reminder of this event will be sent out 24 hours prior to the event. If you have not yet received the reminder 4 hours prior to the event, please do not hesitate to reach out. Please check your Junk and Spam folders and ensure membernetwork@cpaontario.ca has been added to your safe addresses.
Speaker(s)
Michael Lewis is Managing Director of Michael Lewis Training, Motivation and Development, a London, Ontario-based training, and development firm that was founded in 1994 and specializes in developing and delivering personal and professional development presentations, seminars, webinars, workshops, and teambuilding facilitation to a wide range of clients. Born in 1961, He graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a B.A. in 1983, began a career in training in the corporate world, and eventually started his own training and development firm. Michael Lewis is a very experienced and popular speaker and trainer. He has spoken and/or presented workshops, seminars, webinars, and team-building sessions over 6300 times to over 741 different clients. And like so many speakers and trainers, he has pivoted himself to delivering live and recorded webinars and virtual presentations. He has spoken and presented seminars and workshops to countless CPAs over the past 30 years at various associations and conferences…and he has come to really know our profession and the various challenges we face daily…and then offer solutions that work!