‘The AI genie is out, but who will it serve?’ Lord Simon Woolley returns to Leicester for public lecture on equality and artificial intelligence
Lord Simon Woolley receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Leicester in 2023.
Leicester-raised equality campaigner Lord Simon Woolley will return to the University of Leicester later this month for a public lecture examining whether artificial intelligence can benefit people fairly across society.
As part of the University of Leicester’s Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, Lord Simon Woolley will explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the way we live, learn and work, who stands to benefit from these changes, and how its opportunities can be shared fairly across society.
Lord Woolley will draw on his extensive experience as an educator, campaigner and public leader to consider the challenges and possibilities AI presents for education, employment, democracy and social justice.
Lord Simon Woolley grew up in Leicester and founded Operation Black Vote in 1996 to address the democracy deficit in the UK. He entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher in 2019.
Since 2021, Lord Woolley has been the Principal of Homerton College at the University of Cambridge. In 2023, Lord Woolley was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Leicester.
‘The AI genie is out, but who will it serve?’ with Lord Simon Woolley, part of the Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, will take place on Monday 12 October, from 6pm to 8pm, at the University of Leicester’s Sir Bob Burgess Building.