Writing
Essays, commentary, and analysis
I write about AI governance, institutional design, and the choices that will determine whether technological progress serves public purpose. My work has appeared in TIME, Nature, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and more than 40 other publications.
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44 pieces of writing
The United Nations has a narrow window to shape the governance of AI before the technology outpaces the institutions designed to govern it.
The concentration of AI development in a handful of companies is not inevitable. It is a policy choice, and it can be reversed.
The countries that invest in governance alongside compute capacity will shape the terms of AI development for everyone else.
Cities that outsource their AI infrastructure to private vendors are not governing. They are accepting terms set by others.
On AI governance, the UN's role, and what philanthropy owes the public interest in the age of generative AI.
AI can optimize operations, but fiduciary responsibility, and the judgment it requires, cannot be automated.
with Jade Lin
Co-authored with Jade Lin. AI has the potential to transform home care, one of the most undervalued professions in America, if we build it right.
India's digital public goods approach offers a model for AI governance that the rest of the world should study.
The choices being made right now about AI governance will determine whether this technology serves the public or concentrates power.
DeepSeek's emergence challenges the assumption that AI leadership requires massive concentrated capital. That's good news for everyone.
Health system boards face a governance challenge unlike any they've encountered: AI systems making consequential decisions faster than oversight can follow.
India's approach to AI, building public digital infrastructure rather than relying on private platforms, offers lessons for every country.
with Yolanda Botti-Lodovico
The window for building responsible AI governance is open, but it will not stay open indefinitely. 2024 is a pivotal year for the choices that will define the next decade.
Banning AI tools from schools does not protect students. It leaves them unprepared for a world where AI is infrastructure. The answer is design, not prohibition.
The pandemic exposed the structural failures of academic publishing. The crisis is an opportunity to build something better.