As a senior fellow at Carnegie Council of Ethics and International Affairs, Anja Kaspersen co-chairs the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI). She is also a director for Global Markets Development, Frontier Technologies at the IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization.
Kaspersen is the former director of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva and Deputy Secretary General of the Conference on Disarmament. Previously, she held the role as head of strategic engagement and new technologies at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Prior to joining the ICRC she served as a senior director for geopolitics and international security and a member of the Executive Leadership Committee at the World Economic Forum.
Kaspersen is a former Norwegian diplomat and has had a rich diplomatic, private sector, and academic career. She is a published author and global speaker. Kaspersen is an alumni International Gender Champion, a co-founder of the IEEE Life Science Innovation and AI Industry Connections Program, and a member of the Council of the International Military Council on Climate and Security.
Featured Work
MAY 9, 2022 • Podcast
Any Progress in Building Moral Machines? with Colin Allen
Much has been said about the inability of tech and AI developers to grapple with ethical theory and inherent tension. Similarly, philosophers are often criticized ...
APR 26, 2022 • Podcast
The Promise & Peril of Brain Machine Interfaces, with Ricardo Chavarriaga
In this "Artificial Intelligence & Equality" podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen talks with Dr. Ricardo Chavarriaga about the promise and peril of brain-machine interfaces and cognitive ...
APR 19, 2022 • Podcast
Why Democracy vs. Autocracy Misses the Point, with Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Senior Fellow Anja Kapsersen is joined by Professor Jean-Marie Guéhenno for a conversation about virtual communities and the advent of the age of data.
APR 5, 2022 • Podcast
AI & Collective Sense-Making Processes, with Katherine Milligan
In this "Artificial Intelligence & Equality" podcast Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen and Katherine Milligan, director of the Collective Change Lab, explore what we can learn from ...
MAR 29, 2022 • Podcast
Can You Code Empathy? with Pascale Fung
In this riveting and wide-ranging conversation, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen is joined by HKUST's Professor Pascale Fung to discuss the symbiotic relationship between science fiction ...
FEB 23, 2022 • Podcast
Can You Code Gut Feeling? with Francesca Rossi
Dr. Francesca Rossi, the AI Ethics Global Leader for IBM, joins Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen for a riveting "Artificial Intelligence & Equality" podcast. Rossi speaks about ...
FEB 18, 2022 • Podcast
International Policing, Ethics, & the Use of AI in Law Enforcement, with Interpol's Jürgen Stock
In this episode of the "Artificial Intelligence & Equality" podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with Dr. Jürgen Stock, secretary general of the International Criminal ...
FEB 17, 2022 • Article
Mapping AI & Equality, Part 5: The AI (De-)Legitimation & Distribution Crises
Humanity has entered an inflection point in human history. The convergence of crises caused by climate change, pandemics, structural inequality, and destabilizing technologies all contribute ...
FEB 16, 2022 • Podcast
The Trinity of AI, Yoga, & Tensors, with Anima Anandkumar
In this "Artificial Intelligence & Equality" podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen sits down with Caltech's Professor Anima Anandkumar, also director of machine learning research at NVIDIA, ...
FEB 10, 2022 • Article
Mapping AI & Equality, Part 4: Justice, Fairness, & Equal Opportunity
To date, much attention has been directed at ways in which AI can reinforce existing forms of bias including those around race, gender, and disabilities ...