AI for a Post-Pandemic World with Sacha Alanoca

Welcome to the Policy People Podcast. In this conversation, I discuss AI policy in the post-pandemic paradigm with Sacha Alanoca. We discuss how the pandemic has accelerated AI adoption, the key players of the AI policy space, whole-of-society approaches to AI policy, the importance of human agency, emerging AI governance mechanisms and the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, how national data laws impede AI solutions for global health, the social acceptability of anti-vaccine sentiment analysis tools, how national data laws impede AI solutions for global health, why AI is the perfect field for inter-disciplinary thinkers, learning to code as a policy researcher and many more topics. You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app” — which will connect you to the show’s feed. Alternatively, you can click the icons below to listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you enjoy this conversation and would like to help the show, leaving us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts is the easiest way to do so.Thank you to Jaime Christiansen for leaving this review this week…To give us a review, just go to Policy People on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘Write a Review’.Sacha Alanoca is Senior AI Policy Researcher & Head of Community Development at The Future Society. Before joining The Future Society, Sacha worked across several think tanks in South America as well as at the OECD in Paris. Her work revolves around international initiatives for trustworthy AI adoption, AI ethical guidelines, the development of independent AI audits and civic empowerment platforms. Her most recent work a report titled “Responsible AI in Pandemic Response” is the most comprehensive study of COVID-era AI initiatives to date and was done in partnership with the Global Partnership on AI, the world’s leading multilateral forum on AI governance. You can discover The Future Society and its’ work at thefuturesociety.org or follow the think tank on Twitter at the handle @thefuturesoc. You can also connect with Sacha on LinkedIn or follow her on Twitter at the handle @SachaAlanoca. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit policypeople.substack.com