Technology for the People is a Society + Technology at UW salon co-hosted with the Department of Communication’s Center for Journalism, Media, and Democracy arranged to showcase empathetic, community-focused engagement with technologies for justice and democracy. Learn more here.
Please join the Tech Policy Lab for our Distinguished Lecture with Alondra Nelson on Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00 PM PDT on the UW campus in Kane Hall 120. Algorithmic Agnotology: On AI, Ignorance, and Power In this lecture, Alondra Nelson examines the exercise of power through agnotology—the strategic production of ignorance—drawing on foundational work […]
The Tech Policy Lab is excited to be hosting the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine! Software and hardware components or building blocks underpin the information technology systems that make up today’s cyberspace. Recent improvements in formal methods and advances in memory safe software and hardware are making it possible to create much more […]
What is cybersecurity in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)? This event brings together experts in computer science, law, adversarial machine learning, and tech advocacy from the University of Washington and the Electronic Frontier Foundation for a riveting conversation on the evolution of research in AI, security, and hacking–and potential impacts on society, policy, and […]
This roundtable brings together artists, legal experts, and cultural historians to discuss pressing issues related to art and intellectual property in the age of artificial intelligence. Kelly McKernan (they/them) is an independent artist based in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They create original watercolor and acryla gouache paintings for galleries, commissions, and their online store. Since early 2023, […]
