Wendy Chun
New Tier 1 CRC in Critical Algorithmic Studies
AI offers the potential to improve public health and increase productivity, but researchers and public figures across disciplines and political perspectives warn of job loss and technical and cultural homogenization. Many of today’s most widely used AI systems concentrate power in the hands of a few organizations, even as they draw heavily on public and private data and resources.
Chun will establish Data Fluencies for Multivocal Futures, bringing together insights, methods, and researchers from the humanities, social sciences, computer science, and the arts. Her program will develop humanities-driven, multivocal AI projects that reshape how and where we understand, design, and use AI—while advancing new models for public dialogue that support healthy, democratic societies. Learn more.