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Arvind Narayanan is a professor of computer science at Princeton and the director of the Center for Information Technology Policy. He co-authored a textbook on fairness and machine learning and is currently co-authoring a book on AI snake oil. He led the Princeton Web Transparency and Accountability Project to uncover how companies collect and use our personal information. His work was among the first to show how machine learning reflects cultural stereotypes, and his doctoral research showed the fundamental limits of de-identification. Narayanan is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), twice a recipient of the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Award, and thrice a recipient of the Privacy Papers for Policy Makers Award.


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AI Snake Oil

AI companies are pivoting from creating gods to building products. Good.

Turning models into products runs into five challenges.

What mistakes have AI companies made, and what challenges should they anticipate?

Aug 19, 2024
AI Snake Oil

AI safety is not a model property

BKC Faculty Associate Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor argue that current safety efforts are limited because AI safety is not a model property.

Mar 12, 2024