Technology for the public interest: preventing capture and promoting welfare

In this lecture, Padmashree Gehl Sampath compares the trajectories of two critical technology-driven sectors, pharmaceuticals and artificial intelligence, to show how weak policy and regulatory oversight can lead to technology capture and reduce the public interest benefits from technological innovation.

Gehl Sampath will propose ways to arrive at new common – regional and global - approaches to promote technology for the public interest.

In this lecture, Padmashree Gehl Sampath compares the trajectories of two critical technology-driven sectors, pharmaceuticals and artificial intelligence, to show how weak policy and regulatory oversight can lead to technology capture and reduce the public interest benefits from technological innovation.

Gehl Sampath will propose ways to arrive at new common – regional and global - approaches to promote technology for the public interest.