AI Policy Expert Amba Kak Warns of Tech Power Imbalance, Lack of Diversity in New Report
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Amba Kak is the executive director of the AI Now Institute, where she helps create policy recommendations for addressing AI concerns. She has previously worked on technology policy issues for over a decade.
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Kak co-authored the 2023 AI Landscape report, which pierced through the AI hype to highlight issues like the concentration of power in big tech and AI's potential impacts on society.
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Kak worked as a Senior Advisor on AI at the Federal Trade Commission, influencing key enforcement actions in the AI space.
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Kak frames the lack of diversity in AI not just as a "white dude problem" but as a deeper issue of power imbalance and "solutionism" in tech.
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Kak advises women and other underrepresented groups entering AI to stand their ground and claim expertise on technology's societal impacts.