Marc Aidinoff
Incoming Assistant Professor, Harvard University & Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Advanced Study
Conference on the Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence
Convened by the GETTING-Plurality Research Network, a project of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, housed at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
In-Person Event
9:00 am – 6:00 pm EDT
Related Programs
The Political Economy of AI Conference is convened by the GETTING-Plurality Research Network, a project of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, housed at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
This conference will convene multi-sector and multidisciplinary experts and practitioners to explore and examine topics such as:
- The political and economic structures, incentives and motivations for frontier AI model development and deployment of AI systems
- Alternative models from the history of technological innovation
- Current AI policy
- The political implications of the economic dynamics driving AI
- Different potential pathways for AI advancement and innovation that reliably and sustainably serve the public interest
Inquiries
For any inquiries, please reach out to Sarah Hubbard at sarah_hubbard@hks.harvard.edu.
Agenda
Speakers
Danielle Allen
James Bryant Conant University Professor
Noman Bashir
Computing & Climate Impact Fellow, MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium
Yochai Benkler
Professor, Harvard Law School & Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Sharon Block
Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School & Executive Director, Center for Labor and a Just Economy
Susannah Glickman
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University
Yvonne Hao
Secretary of the Executive Office of Economic Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Janet Haven
Executive Director, Data & Society
Rebecca Henderson
John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard Business School
Amba Kak
Co-Executive Director, AI Now Institute
