Governing in the Age of AI: Lessons from Recoding America

How can government keep pace with technology that changes faster than the rules meant to guide it? Jennifer Pahlka — author of Recoding America — looks at what artificial intelligence means for democracy and the future of public institutions. Building on her book’s insights, this lecture will explore how outdated systems hold us back, and what it will take to build government that is more responsive, resilient, and ready for the digital age.

Jennifer Pahlka is a co-founder and board chair of the Recoding America Fund, an executive in residence at the Johns Hopkins University School of Government and Policy, a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center, and a senior advisor to the Abundance Network. She served as deputy chief technology officer of the United States under President Obama and a member of the Defense Innovation Board under both Obama and Trump. She founded the award-winning nonprofit Code for America, which she led for ten years. Pahlka is the winner of a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and was selected by Wired magazine as one of the people who have most shaped technology and society in the past twenty-five years. 

Sponsored by the Tanner Lecture Series on Ethics, Citizenship, and Public Responsibility and cosponsored by the Hicker Family Professorship in Renewing Democratic Community. This lecture will be recorded and provided for future viewing from the Campbell Institute website at a later date.