We believe that the science of generative AI is the science of human creativity

Understanding generative AI requires a new understanding of human creativity. Generative AI is a class of tools that human creators will use to generate media, but how they will use these tools and to what ends remains an open question. We are a team of intediscplinary researchers who believe that an explicitly human-centered perspective is critical to ensuring the proper use of these emerging technologies. Join us!

Ziv Epstein


Ziv Epstein is a computational social scientist and designer based in Somerville, MA. He studies attention online and developes interventions against misinformation, as well as exploring the role of algorithms such as newsfeed recommenders and generative AI in social interactions online.

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Laura Herman


Laura is a researcher, curator, and specialist in artistic practices involving emerging technologies. Currently, she studies the influence of algorithmic curation on creativity at University of Oxford and researches creative tools at Adobe.

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Robert Maharai


Robert Mahari is a PhD student in the Human Dynamics group and a JD candidate at Harvard Law School. He studies how technology can and should affect the practice of law with a focus on increasing access to justice and judicial efficacy.

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Morgan Frank


Morgan Frank is an Assistant Professor at University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems and the Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship. He Studyies complex systems, AI, and the Future of Work.

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Matt Groh


Matt Groh is an incoming assistant professor of management and organizations at Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. His research examines the dynamics of human-AI collaboration with a focus on misinformation, medical diagnosis, and empathy.

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Hope Schroeder


Hope Schroeder is a PhD student at the MIT Center for Constructive Communication. She investigates how NLP methods can inform social phenomena and facilitate communication on major challenges in the world today.

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Memo Akten


Memo Akten is an Assistant Professor of Computational New Media Art at University of California San Diego Visual Arts. He is an artist creating Speculative Simulations & Data Dramatizations exploring intricacies of human-machine entanglements; the tensions between ecology, technology, science & spirituality; using AI to reflect on the human condition.

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Jessica Fjeld


Jessica Fjeld is a Lecturer on Law and the Assistant Director of the Cyberlaw Clinic at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Her legal practice is focused on supporting the work of creatives, archivists, and advocates, especially as it intersects with emerging technology.

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Hany Farid


Hany Farid is a Professor at the University of California, Berkeley with a joint appointment in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and the School of Information. My research focuses on digital forensics, forensic science, misinformation, image analysis, and human perception. He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and am a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

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Neil Leach


Neil Leach is a Professor & Director of Doctor of Design at Florida International University. His research interests focuses on critical theory and digital design, which largely deals with the impact of importing theoretical tools from critical theory into an architectural arena.

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Sandy Pentland


Sandy Pentland is the Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT. He directs MIT Connection Science, an MIT-wide initiative, and previously helped create and direct the MIT Media Lab. He is on the Board of the UN Foundations' Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, co-led the World Economic Forum discussion in Davos that led to the EU privacy regulation GDPR, and was one of the UN Secretary General's "Data Revolutionaries" helping to forge the transparency and accountability mechanisms in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

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Olga Rossakovsky


Olga Russakovsky is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Princeton University. Her research is in computer vision, closely integrated with the fields of machine learning, human-computer interaction and fairness, accountability and transparency. She has been awarded the PAMI Young Researcher Award, the NSF CAREER award, the AnitaB.org's Emerging Leader Abie Award in honor of Denice Denton, the CRA-WP Anita Borg Early Career Award, the MIT Technology Review's 35-under-35 Innovator award, the PAMI Everingham Prize and the Foreign Policy Magazine's 100 Leading Global Thinkers award. In addition to her research, she co-founded and continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the AI4ALL nonprofit dedicated to increasing diversity and inclusion in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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