Arvind Narayanan
Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
About
Arvind Narayanan is a professor of computer science at Princeton University and the director of the Center for Information Technology Policy. He is a co-author of the book AI Snake Oil and a newsletter of the same name which is read by 60,000 researchers, policy makers, journalists, and AI enthusiasts. He previously co-authored two widely used computer science textbooks: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies and Fairness in Machine Learning. Narayanan led the Princeton Web Transparency and Accountability Project to uncover how companies collect and use our personal information. His work was among the first to show how machine learning reflects cultural stereotypes. Narayanan was one of TIME’s inaugural list of 100 most influential people in AI. He is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Summit Participation
What is AI? AI as Normal Technology
There’s so much hype and confusion about AI. In this talk, leading AI scholar Arvind Narayanan will explore artificial intelligence as a “normal technology,” challenging extreme utopian and dystopian visions that treat AI as an all-powerful machine that’s smarter than humans. He will…
Does AI Use Help or Hurt Learning? That’s the Wrong Question
Asking whether AI helps or hurts learning is the wrong question. In this talk, leading AI scholar Arvind Narayanan will discuss how AI’s effect on learning is not an inherent or inevitable property of the technology itself. Instead, he will explore the agency we possess in how we use it, and…