FestEVAL24: AI & Machine Learning (day three)

The ‘AI in Evaluation’ Great Debate
For better or worse, AI is here to stay. Already it has achieved prominence in a range of domains, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Evaluation will be no different. Those of us in evaluation have a decision to make - do we adopt or do we reject using AI in our work? Are we willing to accept the constraints or limitations, for the ways it can tackle the more mundane aspects of our work?
If you’re not sure - not to worry! Join us for 'The Great Debate' as intellectual heavy hitters dive in and to make their case in regards to the question:
Do the benefits of AI in evaluation outweigh the risks?
Audience members will vote the winner, but perhaps AI should have also have a voice? After the debate, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A where the audience can ask questions of the debaters.
Debaters: David Fetterman, Kristy Hornby, Erum Rasheed, Gerard Atkinson, Michael Noetel , Saville Kushner
Hosted by Natalie Arthur and Matt Healey
FestEVAL Club
Join us for the closing hour of FestEVAL at FestEVAL Club. This is a relaxed and interactive opportunity to work with others to explore how generative AI can support creative and flexible thinking. Be prepared to practice some of the learnings from the previous sessions and delve into some creativity and storytelling.
Molly Jones is an early-career evaluator working in a specialist family violence and sexual assault setting. Molly
With a diverse professional background in secondary teaching, participatory-focused youth work, community engagement and organising, and design thinking and facilitating, she is interested in multidisciplinary and creative approaches to complex challenges - and how AI can be harnessed as a tool for this.