The Princeton TechSoc Reading Group is dedicated to exploring the interrelationships between technology and society, with an emphasis on IT policy issues. Subscribe here to the email list. TechSoc will meet from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
February 18 – Social Movements, Protests, and Technology, led by Shaanan Cohney
March 3 – AI and Facial Recognition on College Campuses
March 24 – Disinformation, led by Sergey Sanovitch
April 7 – Privacy and Power, led by Ari Ezra Waldman
April 21 – AI and the Future of Work Case Studies, led by Tithi Chattopadhyay
Fall 2019
September 24 – Discussion regarding ethical and policy questions around data brokers, including the proposed Data Broker List Act of 2019.
October 8 – Competition and Big Tech, hosted by Mihir Kshirsagar.
October 22 – Dr. Seth Lazar will join us for a discussion of his scholarship on the social value of explanation in AI.
November 5 – Smart Cities
November 19 – Dr. Finn Brunton will join us to discuss his book Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency.
December 3 – Privacy, Surveillance, and Data Governance in Education