Alondra Nelson
@alondra
Scholar, author, policy advisor alondranelson.com Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab Books: Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics and the Unsettled Past, Body and Soul, Technicolor
Liverpool v Wrexham at Yankee Stadium—with Garraud, Elena and @anildash.com rocking our Firefox x Wrexham kits #teamMozilla
Students from all 50 states just drafted an #AIBillofRights. They named cheating, bias, privacy mental health, environmental costs and more. The civic grammar of AI rights is traveling and we're fortunate that young people are leading the way and writing it. www.the74million.org/article/stud...
I recently joined @randycohen48.bsky.social for a recording of the Person Place Thing podcast at the Park Avenue Armory. We had good conversation about race, history, and futures Person: WEB DuBois Place: the interface Thing: Kindred a novel by Octavia Butler personplacething.org/590-alondra-...
Nice overview of our open-access book, Auditing AI in @the-renovator.bsky.social www.democracyrenovator.com/p/july-13-te... mitpress.mit.edu/978026205172...
The School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study is pleased to announce its 2026–27 Members. This exceptional cohort of 21 scholars was chosen from a pool of more than 600 fellowship applications. www.ias.edu/sss/2026-202...
Every day brings a new AI product, use case or outcome. But one method endures for knowing what these systems actually do and to whom: auditing. Thrilled to share my new coauthored book, Auditing AI-a roadmap for accountability across this dynamic terrain #openaccess mitpress.mit.edu/978026205172...
The gig economy promised flexibility. Did it deliver or just create new precarity? @julietschor.bsky.social brought decades of research to bear on this question in a fascinating lecture and discussion @Institute for Advanced Study. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZWW... www.instagram.com/p/DWY6rMDiXD...
Looking forward to speaking in the Laura C. Harris Series at Denison University this week. denison.edu/series/harris
Join us next month at the Institute for Advanced Study for "Critical Intent as a Form of Life: A Conference in Honor of Didier Fassin," April 18–20, 2026. Updated program information and registration available here: www.ias.edu/sss/critical...
Someone putting the Institute for Advanced Study chalkboards to other good use…
Honored and delighted that Professor @julietschor.bsky.social will deliver the 2026 IAS Lecture on Public Policy: “Rethinking Platform Labor” on March 10, 2026. Curated by the School of Social Science. In-person with recording available afterward. Register: www.ias.edu/events/lectu...
"AI Safety at the Global Level: Insights from Digital Ministers & Officials," February 20 at 11:30am IST. Stream: www.youtube.com/live/EEQdcNv...
Governments regulate AI and deploy it across public uses. This AI Policy & Governance Working Group panel @ #AIImpactSummit examines accountability, procurement and safety when the state is both regulator and user. @gaiamarcus.bsky.social @ruchowdh.bsky.social @futureoflife.org impact.indiaai.gov.in
Canceled flights allowed me to see another great film at #sundance: Liz Sargent's Take Me Home, with a producing team that includes Ai-jen Poo. A beautiful meditation on disability, family, and the failures of our care systems-but also about resilience and hope. festival.sundance.org/program/film...
Just watched the world premiere of Once Upon a Time in Harlem. In 1972 William Greaves filmed Harlem Renaissance luminaries bearing witness, sparring, reciting poetry, jubilating. The film was finally complete 50 years later. It's a masterpiece and a gift. www.onceuponatimeinharlemfilm.com #sundance