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    2020 Oct 29

    Advocating for the Rights of People on the Move: A conversation with Refugee Community Leaders

    Registration Closed 1:30pm to 2:30pm

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    Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice.

    Join us for a conversation with refugee community leaders on economic justice and migration. Abid Shamdeen, co-founder of...

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    AI Principle Proliferation as a Crisis of Legitimacy
    Mark Latonero. 9/30/2020. “AI Principle Proliferation as a Crisis of Legitimacy.” Carr Center Discussion Paper Series, 2020-011. See full text.Abstract

    While Artificial Intelligence is a burgeoning field today, there is a growing concern about the mushrooming of proposed principles on how AI should be governed.

    In his latest Carr Center discussion paper, fellow Mark Latonero posits that human rights could serve to stabilize AI governance, particularly if framed as an anchor to guide AI usage that could avert both everyday and catastrophic social harms.

    Read the full document here. 

    Aidan Houston

    Research Assistant, Nonviolent Action Lab
    Aidan is an MTS student in Religion, Ethics, and Politics at the Harvard Divinity School. His research centers primarily on cross-cultural ethics of war and... Read more about Aidan Houston
    Aimee Hwang

    Aimee Hwang

    Summer Grant Recipient
    Aimee Hwang is a Master in Public Policy student at the Harvard Kennedy School.  Aimee earned her B.A. from the University of Chicago, where she majored... Read more about Aimee Hwang
    2020 Oct 16

    Algorithms of Oppression: A Conversation with Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble

    Registration Closed 3:00pm to 4:00pm

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    Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century is a talk series organized by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy featuring prominent scholars, business and technology leaders, public interest technologists, and activists who address the ethical and rights implications of the impact of Artificial Intelligence on society and human life. The title of the series draws inspiration from the title of Max Tegmark’s book, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

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    Op Ed

    Americans have more in common than you might think

    September 16, 2020

    In his latest op-ed for the Boston Globe, John Shattuck describes findings from his team's national survey, noting that Americans have a more expansive view of their rights and freedoms. 

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