Speaker 1

Jason Crawford, Roots of Progress

Speaker 2

Amba Kak, AI Now Institute

Speaker 3

Brian McGrail, Center for AI Safety Action Fund

Speaker Bio

Jason Crawford

Jason Crawford is the founder of the Roots of Progress Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to building a culture of progress for the 21st century. He is the author of The Techno-Humanist Manifesto, forthcoming from MIT Press, and the host of the Progress Conference. Previously, he spent 18 years as a software engineer, engineering manager, and startup founder.

 

Amba Kak

Amba Kak has spent the last fifteen years designing and advocating for technology policy in the public interest, ranging from network neutrality to privacy to algorithmic accountability, across government, industry, and civil society – and in many parts of the world. Amba brings this experience to her current role co-leading AI Now, a US-based research institute where she leads on advancing diagnosis and actionable policy recommendations to tackle concerns with artificial intelligence and concentrated power. Amba recently completed her term as Senior Advisor on AI at the Federal Trade Commission. Prior to AI Now, she was Global Policy Advisor at Mozilla; and also previously served as legal advisor to India’s telecommunications regulator (TRAI) on net-neutrality rules.

 

Brian McGrail

Brian McGrail leads CAIS AF's policy work. He brings legal and policy expertise to the CAIS Action Fund, drawing on his experience at the Department of Commerce and distinguished academic background as a Truman and Rhodes Scholar.

Host

Berkman Klein Center

Contact

Jessica Weaver

Email

jweaver@law.harvard.edu