Truth, Trust and Hope

Nobel Prize Summit

Danaë Metaxa

Danaë Metaxa is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Computer and Information Science department, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication.

Danaë Metaxa is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Computer and Information Science department, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. In their research, Metaxa studies bias and representation in algorithmic systems and content, focusing on high-stakes social settings like politics and employment, and in particular on the experiences of maginalised people. Along with Andrew Head, they are the co-founder of the Penn HCI group.Prior to joining Penn, Metaxa was a postdoctoral scholar with the Stanford Center of Philanthropy and Civil Society’s Program on Democracy and the Internet, and a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at Stanford University.

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Summit talks: technology and ethics

I’m not afraid. You’re afraid.

A thought-provoking talk by technology ethicist Tristan Harris, on the race between technology creators and our regulation on AI and our ever-increasing addiction to social media.

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Summit talks: history of disinformation

Manipulating the marginalised.

Watch researcher and scholar Rachel Kuo chart the history of how misinformation and disinformation has been used against the disenfranchised across different racial and religious groups and what we can do collectively to combat it.

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A message from the summit organisers

“I don’t think the truth has ever mattered more”

Watch Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation and Marcia McNutt, President of the US National Academy of Sciences, discuss the upcoming Nobel Prize Summit.

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“With the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit we will promote the scientific method, critical thinking, and constructive dialogue.”

Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation and Marcia McNutt, President of the US National Academy of Sciences.

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Nobel Prize Summit 2021

Our Planet, Our Future

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