In this lecture, Violet Chen introduces the AI ethics landscape and examines how principles of fairness, transparency, privacy, and accountability apply in real-world business decisions. She focuses specifically on algorithmic fairness, a well-established field in machine learning and optimization that has gained renewed urgency in the current era of artificial intelligence, as the rise of Generative AI and autonomous agents introduces new complexities in how we define and pursue equity. She also discusses the taxonomy of fairness, the lifecycle of fair AI-supported decision-making, and emerging equity challenges. The lecture concludes by framing responsible AI not as a constraint, but as a strategic prerequisite for sustainable business success.
About Business+AI Faculty Lecture Series
The Business+AI Faculty Lecture Series is a special opportunity to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of business across industries and disciplines. Featuring Stevens School of Business faculty, the series highlights emerging ideas, practical applications, and timely conversations at the intersection of business, technology, ethics, finance, entrepreneurship, and data.