ZOOM WEBINAR
As artists, composers, and other “content creators” and intellectual property owners use generative AI tools or decry their development, many legal and ethical issues arise. In this panel discussion, a copyright law expert, an AI researcher who is also a composer and music performer, and a multi-disciplinary visual artist (all of whom teach at Santa Clara University) will address some of those questions–from training data collection to fair use, impact on creativity and creative labor, the balancing of various rights, and our ability to assess and respond to fast-moving technologies.
This event is part of the “IT, Ethics, and Law” lecture series, co-sponsored by the High Tech Law Institute and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
Dr. Maya Ackerman is a world renowned researcher in generative AI, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Santa Clara University, and CEO of generative AI startup WaveAI. A pioneer in the space, Ackerman has been researching generative AI models for text, music, and art since 2014. She has over 50 peer reviewed research publications, is a member of the Steering Committee of the Association on Computational Creativity, and was named “Woman of Influence” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
Prof. Kathy Aoki is a multi-disciplinary visual artist who uses satire to critique the value systems that dominate gender, pop culture, and politics. Her printmaking work can be found in major collections including the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. She has been an artist-in-residence at numerous venues and has completed commissions for the San Francisco Arts Commission, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, and the San Jose Museum of Art, and she teaches Studio Art at Santa Clara University.
Prof. Tyler Ochoa is a recognized expert in copyright law and rights of publicity. He joined the Santa Clara University School of Law in 2003; prior to his academic work, he served as a clerk for the Honorable Cecil F. Poole of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and as an associate with the law firm of Brown & Bain, where he specialized in copyright and trade secret litigation involving computer software. He is a co-author of a leading copyright casebook titled Copyright Law, and the author of annual updates to a comprehensive treatise titled The Law of Copyright.
Irina Raicu, the panel’s moderator, is the director of the Internet Ethics program at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
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