The Governance of Artificial Intelligence

While I love working in feminism, I expect AI to rapidly transform our world over the next decade. It’s the most important technological development of this century, and it needs attention. If you’re interested in working in this area, I’m always available for conversations. Reach out.

Within AI governance, I have two projects.

The first is a research project on policies towards building a “Strategic Human Capability Reserve.” The abstract for the research agenda is below.

Artificial intelligence systems are rapidly advancing towards matching or exceeding human capabilities across various domains. This creates vulnerabilities in human societies in the near and short term. As AIs begin to replace human workers, human deskilling and the failure to maintain equal but separate capabilities leave humans dependent on AIs and in a weaker position to respond to potential threats such as AI failure and AI takeover. We advocate for the development of a research agenda for a “Strategic Human Capability Reserve,” in which governments and research institutes determine how best to maintain critical human capabilities in the AI age. In this paper, we lay out three key areas for research: skill and area prioritization, degree of allowable AI assistance, and potential policy responses. 

Second, I designed and taught a rigorous “Governance of Artificial Intelligence” class at Harvard (Spring 2026). My syllabus has been featured on the 80,000 hours policy upskilling recommendation page. You can find the reading list here; I’m happy to share a more detailed syllabus (including research assignments) on request.