About Me
In my professional life, I run a consultancy where I deal with ethical, legal, technical and policy issues around autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence. I also work with a variety of organizations that are trying to prevent catastrophic and existential risks, especially those risks associated with artificial intelligence, climate change, and nuclear weapons. I am an expert advisor for the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military, and I was listed as one of 2023’s 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics.
I started out my career life with a degree in English and I worked in marketing and advertising for a few years, which included creating a “got milk?” commercial and serving as the managing editor at astrology.com. I ended up going back to school for degrees in physics and geophysics, and after a brief stint as a seismologist, I merged my backgrounds to become a science communicator. This work has since morphed into a combination of communications, ethics and policy advising, and project management.
Over the years, I’ve interned or worked with such organizations as NASA, the Idaho National Laboratory, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Virginia Tech, the Future of Life Institute, MIT, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, and the IEEE Standards Association. I’m an invited speaker to events around the world on topics including autonomous weapons, AI policy and ethics, global catastrophic risk, climate change, and more. And I’ve even given statements about autonomous weapons on the floor of the United Nations.
I live in beautiful, sunny Colorado with my husband and two dogs.
