Annette Zimmermann
Expert on the ethical & political implications of AI & machine learning; justice, responsibility & democracy in the AI age; US/EU AI policy & governance
Assistant Professor, Philosophy; Affiliate Professor, Statistics; Research Group Co-Lead, Uncertainty & AI group College of Letters and Science School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences Work: 608-263-3700 — Home and cell phones available upon request zimmermann6@wisc.edu Home page Twitter: @DrZimmermann
Topics
- ethics of artificial intelligence and machine learning (including racial/gender bias in AI, algorithmic justice, AI in criminal justice, healthcare, hiring, and credit lending/banking)
- democratizing AI & the democratic legitimacy of AI design, deployment, and investment
- AI policy, governance, and regulation (US & EU)
- concentrations of political & economic power in Big Tech/Silicon Valley; tech companies/workers and their social responsibility
- philosophy of AI, including generative AI & large language models
Achievements
- Human Rights & Technology Fellowship (2020-23), Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Univeristy
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2018-20), Center for Human Values & Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University
- Opening keynote lecture, AAAI/ACM AI Ethics and Society (AIES) conference 2023
- Winner of the 2021 American Philosophical Association Public Philosophy award (for work published in the New Statesman)
- Winner of the 2020 Hastings Center Early Career Essay in Science Ethics and Society Award (for work published in the Boston Review)