Opening Remarks & Keynote: Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: Emerging Ethical and Risk Management Issues
1 Ethics Credit
11:45am - 12:00pm Opening Remarks
12:00pm - 1:00pm Keynote
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly prevalent in social work to conduct client risk assessments, assist people in crisis, strengthen prevention efforts, record clinical notes, identify systemic biases in the delivery of social services, provide social work supervision and education, and predict social worker burnout and service outcomes, among other uses. This presentation will examine cutting-edge ethical issues related to social workers’ use of AI; apply relevant ethical standards; and outline elements of a strategy for social workers’ ethical use of AI. Dr. Frederic Reamer will examine ethical issues and risks related to informed consent and client autonomy; privacy and confidentiality; transparency; potential client misdiagnosis; client abandonment; client surveillance; plagiarism, dishonesty, fraud, and misrepresentation; algorithmic bias and unfairness; and use of evidence-based AI tools.
Dr. Karen Bullock, PhD, LICSW, FGSA, APHSW-C, President Elect, NASW
Karen Bullock, PhD, LICSW, is the Ahearn Endowed Professor at Boston College School of Social Work. She earned a PhD in Sociology and Social Work from Boston University, master’s degree (MS) in Social Work from Columbia University in New York City and Bachelor of Social Work degree from North Carolina State University. A member of NASW for over 30 years, Bullock has served in major NASW leadership positions including: vice president and president of the NASW CT chapter board; chair of the Mental Health Specialty Practice Committee and is the current chair of National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity. She is a nationally recognized expert in hospice and palliative care. She is a licensed (independent) clinical social worker with more than three decades of clinical experience in outpatient and inpatient settings. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors and most recently received a NASW Social Work Pioneer ® Award.
