AI policy, strategy, ethics and risk
How is AI affecting society, how do we want it to, and how can we get there?
Affective Computing
Advising, multi-stakeholder convening, and research leadership:
Led international, multi-stakeholder project towards the development of affective computing and ethics industry best practices and policy guidance
Managed 100+ external relationships across big tech, startups, civil liberties orgs, news media and academia
Led affective computing and ethics convenings in London and Boston
Advised international NGO leaders on AI, affective computing, ethics and human rights
Directed research on affective computing, data protection, privacy, and California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA)
Co-led, with technical field's founder, the introduction of first ethics programming at ACII conference in Cambridge, UK
Writing and editing:
AI Governance Multi-stakeholder Convening, The Oxford Handbook of AI Governance. Oxford University Press
Co-guest editor, Ethics in Affective Computing Special Issue in the IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, forthcoming
Guidelines for Assessing and Minimizing Risks of Emotion Recognition Applications. ACII
Speaking:
Affective computing and the misuse of “our” technology/science (panel). 8th International Conference on Affective Computing & Intelligent Interaction, Cambridge, U.K.
Tech and public purpose master class: Surfacing AI ethical risk in emotion recognition applications. Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Insights on emotion recognition, face recognition, and AI governance. BBC Research, London, U.K.
Emotion recognition and ethics - structuring the search for questions. Partnership on AI All Partners Meeting, London, U.K.
Affective computing, ethics, law, and policy. Guest lecturer. MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA
Face and emotion recognition, AI, ethics and governance. Guest lecturer. Penn State Law School, University Park, PA
The ethics of AI and emotional intelligence. BBC Research, London, U.K.
Affective computing and ethics. Senseable City Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA