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
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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
9:00 AM–9:30 AM
Breakfast Available
9:30 AM–10:00 AM
Opening Remarks
10:00 AM–10:50 AM
Lightning Talks: The AI Stack Examined
10:50 AM–11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Panel: Unpacking Motivations Behind AI Innovation
12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Lunch
12:30 PM–1:00 PM
Lunch Session: Democratic Control of the Means of Prediction
1:00 PM–1:15 PM
Break
1:15 PM–2:00 PM
Panel: Alternative Models of Technological Innovation in History
2:00 PM–2:45 PM
Panel: AI in the Public Interest – Federal & State Perspectives
2:45 PM–3:00 PM
Break
3:00 PM–3:45 PM
Panel: Building a Political Economy of AI for our Shared Future – Imagining Alternatives
3:45 PM–4:00 PM
Closing Remarks
4:00 PM–6:00 PM
Reception
Speakers
Danielle Allen
Professor of Public Policy, HKS;
James Bryant Conant University Professor, FAS
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
Ami Fields-Meyer
Former Senior Policy Advisor to the Vice President of the United States, The White House
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
Mar Hicks
Associate Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia
Amba Kak
Co-Executive Director, AI Now Institute
Maximilian Kasy
Professor of Economics, University of Oxford
Julius Krein
Editor, American Affairs
Alexander Pascal
Senior Fellow, Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation
Andrew Russell
Interim Provost, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Nathan Sanders
Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Jason Snyder
Secretary of the Executive Office of Technology Service and Security & Commonwealth CIO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Allison Stanger
Senior Fellow, Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation;
Co-Director and Co-Investigator, GETTING-Plurality Research Network
Glen Weyl
Research Lead, Microsoft Research, Plural Technology Collaboratory & Founder, RadicalxChange Foundation
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