Frank Pasquale Brooklyn Law School J.D. (Yale), M.Phil (Oxford), B.A. (summa cum laude, Harvard )

Speaker Bio:

Frank Pasquale is an expert on the law of artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms, and machine learning. He is an internationally recognized and prolific scholar whose work has addressed the regulation of technology in several contexts.

Pasquale’s book, The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information (Harvard University Press, 2015), has been recognized internationally as a landmark study on information asymmetries. It is cited in fields ranging from law to computer science to sociology to literature. The book develops a social theory of reputation, search, and finance, while promoting pragmatic reforms to improve the information economy.

Pasquale’s latest book, New Laws of Robotics: Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI (Harvard University Press, 2020) analyzes the law and policy influencing the adoption of AI in varied professional fields. Pasquale has also co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI (Oxford University Press, 2020). Pasquale’s work on “algorithmic accountability” has helped bring the insights and demands of social justice movements to AI law and policy.