Can law and policy make AI safe, secure, and trustworthy in our democracy? On the heels of an Executive Order from the Biden Administration attempting just that, AI expert Sarah Kreps, a political science professor at Cornell, joins Julie and Zephyr to break down the perils and promise of AI for democracy and how policymakers should think about regulating it.
Sarah Kreps is the John L. Wetherill Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University and Director of the Cornell School of Public Policy's Tech Policy Institute. She has presented her research to PCAST (the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology) and authored five books, including, most recently, Social Media and International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2020). Other books include Taxing Wars: The American Way of War Finance and the Decline of Democracy (2018), Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know (2016), Drone Warfare (2014) and Coalitions of Convenience: United States Military Interventions after the Cold War (Oxford 2011).
Read Sarah' Kreps latest:
How to Systematically Think About AI Regulation (with Adi Rao, Brookings, Nov. 6, 2023).
How AI Threatens Democracy (with Doug Kriner, Journal of Democracy, Oct. 2023).