"Governing the Future: AI, Public Policy, and Democracy" by Alondra Nelson

The Institute for Policy Research (IPR) is an interdisciplinary public policy research institute founded in 1968 at Northwestern University. Our mission is to stimulate and support excellent social science research on significant public policy issues and to disseminate the findings widely—to students, scholars, policymakers, and the public.

Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University

An award-winning scholar who served in the Biden administration, Nelson’s expertise sits at the intersection of science, technology.

Northwestern University

How should we approach the governance of artificial intelligence models and tools to steward their potential public benefit? Do we need new rules, regulations, and standards to accompany each new or emerging technology? Or is there another way?Join us for an enlightening lecture by the renowned scholar Alondra Nelson as she explores these questions and more. This in-person event will happen on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 4 p.m. CT at Northwestern University.In her Distinguished Public Policy Lecture, Nelson will draw on the White House’s “<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/" title="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights</a>,” a cornerstone of President Biden’s historic AI executive order and a recent study from the AI Democracy Projects to discuss how governing for the future paradoxically requires anchoring in long if imperfectly held democratic commitments. These commitments include civil rights and civil liberties, regulating toward prosocial outcomes rather than around technological objects—and doing both while advancing research and policy innovation.Register now for this exceptional event.

The community-wide event is co-sponsored by Northwestern’s <a href="https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu" title="https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Institute for Policy Research</a> (IPR) and the <a href="https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/" title="https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications</a>, with support from the <a href="https://sociology.northwestern.edu/" title="https://sociology.northwestern.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Department of Sociology</a>, the <a href="https://shc.northwestern.edu/" title="https://shc.northwestern.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Science in Human Culture Program,</a> the Klopsteg Lecture Fund, and <a href="https://isgmh.northwestern.edu/centers-programs/connect-program/" title="https://isgmh.northwestern.edu/centers-programs/connect-program/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The CONNECT Program</a>.

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