The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Era: Opportunities and Challenges

A very timely discussion with Dr. Sahar Khamis and her guests Dr. Nader Kabbani and Dr. Courtney Radsch in the program "The Bridge" on how AI is changing our world today, its different usages and applications, its economic, social, technological, and educational impacts, and all the opportunities it brings and the threats it poses. Dr. Nader Kabbani is Senior Fellow and Director of Research with the Middle East Council on Global Affairs and a Research Fellow with the Economic Research Forum. Previously, Kabbani was a Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution and Director of Research with the Brookings Doha Center. A development researcher and practitioner with over 20 years’ experience, Kabbani served in leadership positions the Silatech Foundation and the Syria Development Research Center at the Syria Trust for Development. He also served on the faculty of the American University of Beirut and the research staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California State Senate. Kabbani regularly consults for international organizations and serves on the advisory boards of several social enterprises and non-profit organizations. Kabbani holds a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Courtney C. Radsch, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute. In this role, Dr. Radsch produces and oversees cutting-edge research into news media market structures and helps design smart policy solutions to protect and bolster journalism’s financial and editorial independence. Dr. Radsch is journalist, scholar and advocate focused on the intersection of technology, media, and rights. Previously, she was a fellow at UCLA’s Institute for Technology, Law & Policy where her research focuses on media sustainability and the platformatization of journalism; AI governance and information ecosystems; and the evolving socioeconomic and technopolitical effects of media and technology. She is the author of Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt: Digital Dissidence and Political Change (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2016)