November 19—From Comment to Consensus

Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly shaping decisions in essential services like apartment application screening, lending, mortgage origination, and offers of credit. The rapid pace of this technological shift highlights the urgent need for a national AI policy that protects civil rights.  To build an inclusive national policy we must bring together government, industry leaders, advocacy partners, and the public to reconcile what that vision of civil rights protections in the age of AI looks like. Consensus building can be difficult. That’s why NFHA’s Responsible AI Lab (RAIL) developed the AI Action Consensus Tool (AACT) to streamline that process.  

AACT is an interactive platform that allows policymakers, advocates, and housing and lending corporations to visualize areas of agreement, identify emerging themes, and strengthen coalitions around a shared understanding of responsible AI. NFHA developed the tool in response to the Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP) request for information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan. More than 10,000 organizations and people submitted comments that will ultimately shape the nation’s approach to AI governance. AACT will help bring like-minded teams together to advocate for AI that centers human oversight, explainability, and accountability to protect basic civil rights for all of us.  

Join NFHA and a diverse panel of leaders from government, housing industry, academia, and civil rights for a live demo of AACT.  

Here’s what else we’ll cover: 

• Explore key findings from NFHA’s analysis of the public responses to the AI Action Plan.

• Discuss how the AI Action Plan can advance responsible, inclusive, and civil rights-centered AI.

• Provide valuable insights for policymakers, regulators, researchers, and advocates working to ensure America’s AI future is equitable, transparent, and accountable.

Speakers:

• Michael Akinwumi, Ph.D., NFHA Chief AI Officer
• Janell Byrd-Chichester, NFHA General Counsel
• Christoph Mugge-Durum, MSc., NFHA AI Governance Researcher
• Chuanhai Xu, Former NFHA Math Science Intern
• Pavy Bacon, Esq., Upstart Director and Assistant General Counsel for Responsible AI & Credit 
• Jocelyn Aqua, Esq., AI Trust Foundation External General Counsel 
• Stephen Hayes. Esq., Relman Colfax Co-Managing Partner