A selection of invited lectures, conference presentations, university talks, and public engagements on artificial intelligence, technology governance, democratic institutions, and responsible innovation.
Governing AI Infrastructure
London School of Economics
As AI systems become embedded in public infrastructure, technical failures become institutional failures. This talk explores what happens when governments adopt AI systems without preserving the human discretion necessary to respond when those systems fail.
The Responsible AI Workforce
University of California, Berkeley
An overview of NSF-funded research examining the emergence—and transformation—of the workforce responsible for governing artificial intelligence, including Responsible AI, Trust & Safety, AI governance, and public-interest technology.
The Technological Grotesque
San Diego State University
An introduction to the central argument of my forthcoming MIT Press book: that technological societies have become increasingly sophisticated at building technologies while progressively less capable of asking what those technologies are for, whom they serve, and what kinds of societies they produce.
AI Governance Beyond Compliance
CENIC
Why organizations struggle to move beyond ethics as compliance, and what institutional governance requires instead.
Technology, Democracy, and Human Judgment
Professors & Pints
Why the central questions raised by artificial intelligence are ultimately questions about institutions, democratic governance, and public responsibility rather than technology alone.
Invite Me to Speak
I regularly speak with universities, technology companies, nonprofit organizations, public institutions, and professional associations about artificial intelligence, institutional governance, responsible technology, and democratic accountability.
Deb Donig, PhD 