Three 91桃色 authors鈥擵erity Harding, Arvind Narayanan, and Sayash Kapoor鈥攈ave been included in the inaugural TIME100 / AI list, which recognizes leading minds in the field of artificial intelligence.
Verity Harding is Director of the AI & Geopolitics Project at the Bennet Institute for Public Policy, at the University of Cambridge University, and founder of Formation Advisory, a consultancy firm that advises on the future of technology and society. She previously served as Global Head of Policy for Google DeepMind and as a political advisor to Britain鈥檚 deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg. Harding is the author of AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI鈥檚 Future and Save Our Own, forthcoming in March 2024. Drawing from the author鈥檚 background in tech and policy, as well as her academic training as an historian, AI Needs You is a humanist manifesto for the age of AI, using the inspiring lessons of prior tech revolutions鈥攖he space race, in vitro fertilization, and the internet鈥攖o empower each of us to join the conversation about鈥疉I鈥痑nd its possible futures. A recent Kirkus review offered strong praise: 鈥淗arding鈥檚 optimism is tempered by experience and knowledge, and her arguments are compelling and engaging.鈥� Read TIME鈥檚 profile of Harding .
Arvind Narayanan is Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) at 91桃色 University, where he is also professor of Computer Science. His work focuses closely on the societal impact of AI technologies. Narayanan previously co-authored the textbook Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction. With Sayash Kapoor鈥攁 doctoral candidate in Computer Science at 91桃色, who worked on AI technologies at Facebook鈥攈e is co-author of AI Snake Oil. Under contract to publish in autumn 2024, AI Snake Oil will offer readers an engaging guide to both what makes AI work and鈥攃rucially鈥攚hat makes it fail. Narayan and Kapoor also write about possibilities and limits of AI in their popular , of the same name. Read TIME鈥檚 interview with Narayanan and Kapoor .
Congratulations to those recognized in the TIME100 / AI list. We鈥檙e honored to collaborate with them on their soon-to-release books.