Current research

CDT PhD in Designing Responsible NLP

I'm a doctoral researcher aiming to challenge limited perspectives on technology and give greater voice to wider societal stakeholders in its development and use. I study hidden and disregarded technological harms, cultural and societal impacts of technology adoption and the narratives, rhetoric and discourse around new technologies. My disciplines include STS, linguistics and sociolinguistics, media and communications, narratives and narratology, and digital humanities.

Previous work

How have the stories told by the AI industry about AI as a technology influenced the formation of the EU AI Act?

My masters' thesis asks if the narratives that surround AI as a technology, in media reports, interviews and even submissions of evidence to the EU Commission, could have influenced how policymakers thought about what they needed to regulate and how they would do it. In particular, prevailing stories that AI will definitely progress until it reaches general intelligence, that it will lead to either utopia or dystopia, and that it's a zero-sum game, if 'we' don't get there first, someone else wil reap the rewards.

Background

My background

  • MA English Literature, MSc Narrative Futures
  • 15+ years in journalism and content marketing, primarily as an economic, finance and technology specialist.