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Navigating AI's Ethical Frontier with Fern Halper, Ph.D.

  1. Navigating AI's Ethical Frontier with Fern Halper, Ph.D. Blaine Bartlett 30:41

Join me and my guest Fern Halper, Ph.D., VP of Research at TDWI (https://tdwi.org) and the Founder of the AI Foundations Group (https://aifoundationsgroup.com). Fern is a nationally recognized expert and thought leader on data and AI. She has been recognized as a top 10 thought leader in AI governance and a top 50 Women Thought Leaders, Analysts & Influencers on AI. Her career includes serving as a lead analyst at Bell Laboratories and a partner at industry analyst firm Hurwitz & Associates, as well as teaching at both Colgate University and Bentley University. She has been published hundreds of times and her most recent book is Data Makes the World Go ’Round: The Data, Tech, and Trust Behind AI Success.

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Summary

In this engaging conversation, Blaine interviews Dr. Fern Halper, a leading expert in AI governance and data-driven business strategies. They explore the ethical, societal, and
organizational implications of AI, emphasizing the importance of human judgment, critical thinking, and responsible AI development. 

Key Points

  • AI governance and standards
  • The role of human judgment in AI
  • Ethical challenges and bias in AI
  • The future of work with AI and agents
  • The importance of critical thinking in AI adoption

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Blaine Bartlett consults, advises and coaches globally with leaders, executives, companies, and governments. He is internationally recognized as a leadership development master and through his work has personally delivered programs to and worked with more than 300,00 individuals, directly impacting more than one million people worldwide.

As CEO of Avatar Resources, a global leadership consultancy he founded in 1987, he’s worked with entrepreneurs and leaders of many of the largest (and smallest) companies and organizations on the planet to change the way leadership is used to foster thriving through Compassionate Capitalism.

Blaine is a co-host of Office Hours on AppleTV as well as being featured in the TV series World’s Greatest Motivators and the movie and book Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Beijing University, Managing Director of the Global Coaching Alliance, a Chancellor at Napoleon Hill Institute, a longtime member of the Transformational Leadership Council and serves as a member of the teaching faculty of the American Association for Physician Leadership. Blaine sits on numerous Boards including the Board of Directors of the World Business Academy and the Unstoppable Foundation. In 2012, he was formally invested as a Knight of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta, the world’s oldest humanitarian organization.

Blaine is the author of five books including the #1 international best-seller Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business. His newest book is The Leadership Mindset Weekly.