"Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era
of Artificial Intelligence" (Brookings Press, 2020) (co-author: John R. Allen)
With the advent of increased computing power, machine learning, and data analytics, artificial intelligence is becoming more common. Despite its potential benefits, AI is widely feared by the larger public and has given rise to concerns about a dystopian world of increased inequality, declining privacy, and a broad threat to humanity itself. In this book, the authors discuss the opportunities and risks posed by artificial intelligence and how near-term policy decisions will determine whether the technology leads to utopia or dystopia. Drawing on in-depth studies of major AI uses in healthcare, education, transportation, e-commerce, and defense, they detail how the technology works and outline a policy and governance blueprint for gaining AI's benefits. Praise
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C-SPAN TV Show "The Communicators" discussion of AI book, April 27, 2021 (30 minutes)
Brookings AI Book Talk with John R. Allen and Darrell M. West, moderated by
Sanjay Patnaik, April 21, 2021 (60 minutes) VIDEO Lawfare Podcast, "John R. Allen and Darrell M. West on Artificial Intelligence",
moderated by Ben Wittes,
July 17, 2020 (48 minutes)
Forbes Book Review, August 13, 2020
German Marshall Fund Book Talk, "Policymaking
in the Era of Artificial Intelligence," October 2, 2020 (50 minutes)
Concordia College, "AI and Future of Work," March 23, 2021 (90 minutes) University of Maryland Computer Science Workshop talk
December 11, 2020 (31 minutes) American Enterprise Institute podcast, "Policymaking in the Era of
Artificial Intelligence", January 27, 2021 (29 minutes)
Ed Hand's Unpublished Ottawa, "AI and Politics," February 21, 2021 (starts 31 minutes
into the video and lasts about 10 minutes) TechCrunch, "How COVID Is Exposing Inequities and What Can Be Done
To Address Them", (co-author: John R. Allen), October 27, 2020 Toronto Global News Radio, "John Oakley Show," September 25, 2020 (10 minutes)
TechTank, "Congressional Hearing Reveals Tech Firms Will Face Greater Oversight," July 29, 2020
The Hill, "Why America Needs a National Innovation Plan Right Now",
(co-author: John R. Allen), July 16, 2020 Legal Talk Network, "AI and the Workforce," January 27, 2021
(27 minutes) U.S. House Budget Hearing, "AI and the Workforce,"
September 10, 2020 (150 minutes) (starts 49 minutes in) Hack4Impact, "Technology, Disinformation, and
Elections," October 28, 2020, (60 minutes)
Matt Perault of Duke University, Technology By Design podcast, "The Turning Point of
Artificial Intelligence", August 26, 2020 (45 minutes) TechTank, "Brookings Glossary of AI and Emerging
Technologies", (co-author: John R. Allen), July 13, 2020 David Cornelison, Missouri Public Radio,
"Stem Spots," September 10, 2020 (19 minutes) TechTank, "Questions for Technology CEOs Testifying
Before Congress", July 14, 2020
CNBC, "Hyperwar Is Coming: America Needs to Bring AI into the Fight to Win - With Caution",
(co-author: John R. Allen), July 12, 2020
The Hill, "How AI Is Redefining Work," September 23, 2020 (10 minutes)
National Institute for Standards and Technology, "Bias in AI Workshop", August 18, 2020,
(90 minutes) Los Angeles Review of Books Q & A, July 3, 2020
Caroline Stokes's Lead Forward, "Humanizing AI," September 4, 2020 (15 minutes) Stewart Baker's Cyberlaw Podcast, July 21, 2020, (starts 40 minutes in and lasts 30 minutes) Go Local Prov Video, "Public Policy Is Crucial in AI Moving Forward: West on
New Book 'Turning Point'", July 22, 2020, (13 minutes)
