Join the Berkman Klein Center and the AI Safety Student Team for a speaker series on AI governance! Snacks wi ll be provided\, RSVP here 🙂
About the Event
In the early 1990 's\, Estonia was a newly re-independent nation after the fall of the Soviet Union with no major industry\, let alone tech industry. Today\, the countr y is well known as a startup and e-government leader which has been an earl y mover on government adoption of AI. This talk will explore how the buildi ng of technical state capacity within the Estonian government was foundatio nal to the development and growth of Estonia's tech sector and look at less ons Estonia's journey may have for AI diffusion in the U.S.
S nacks will be provided.
About the Speaker
Joel Burke is a research fellow at fp21 and the author of the forthcom ing book Rebooting a Nation: The Incredible Rise of Estonia\, E-Government and the Startup Revolution. Previously\, Joel was an AI fellow for Senator Rounds\, a Congressional Innovation Fellow in the House of Representatives\ , led a team for the Republic of Estonia's e-Residency program\, and worked in early stage tech.
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