Events

Dialogue between Carissa Véliz and Vicente J. Montes Gan

Privacy, prophecy and power: from ancient oracles to algorithms

La Fundación Rafael del Pino organizó, el día 17 de junio, el diálogo titulado «Privacy, prophecy and power: from ancient oracles to algorithms» in which the following participated Carissa Véliz y Vicente J. Montes Gan to mark the publication of his latest book, *Prophecy: Lessons on the Use and Abuse of Prediction, from Ancient Oracles to AI*, published by Debate

Carissa Véliz is a lecturer at the Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and a Fellow of Hertford College at the University of Oxford. She is the recipient of the prestigious Herbert A. Simon 2021 award for outstanding research in computer science and philosophy. His academic work has been published by Nature, Harvard Business Review, and AI & Society, among others. She has published for the Guardian, Wired, and El País. She is the author of the acclaimed book «Privacy is Power: Data, Surveillance and Freedom in the Digital Age» (Debate) and editor of the Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics. She advises policy makers around the world on privacy and the ethics of artificial intelligence. In Spain, she has been a member of the expert group that advised the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation on the Charter of Digital Rights; she also advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the country's Digital Strategy.

Vicente J. Montes Gan, holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the UAM and a PhD from the Faculty of Law of the UCM. He is a member of the Cuerpo Superior de Técnicos Comerciales y Economistas del Estado and of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts of Salzburg. Officer of the Order of Isabel La Católica, Leão de Oro de la República de Angola (AIA), I Premio de Ensayo Casa África and Medalla al mérito de la Guardia Civil con distintivo blanco. He is Director of the Rafael del Pino Foundation, Vice-President of the Spanish Association of Foundations, Patron of the NGO AMREF Salud Africa, Founder and President of Liberdom and member of the Editorial Board of ICE. His previous professional activities include: Vice-President of the Spanish Network of the United Nations Global Compact; President of the Association of TCEE; Chief Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Spanish Embassies in Angola, Namibia, Congo, D.R. Congo, Sao Tome and Principe and Zambia; Director of Division of ICEX; and Deputy Director General of the Court for the Defence of Competition. He has been Professor of Economic Analysis at the Carlos III University of Madrid and President of the Economic Sciences Section of the Ateneo de Madrid.

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