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Baobao Zhang

Baobao Zhang

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  • CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars 2021-2023
  • Innovation, Equity, & The Future of Prosperity

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Experts and the public alike anticipate that new technologies could make society more unequal. Baobao Zhang’s research focuses on how mass politics can make it hard for governments to address these inequalities, such as the political challenges of enacting policies to help workers harmed by workplace automation.  Zhang also researches the public’s trust in emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and innovations to combat Covid-19. This research could help the public reject untrustworthy tech that disproportionately harms ethnic minorities and women, while promoting the use of tech that improves health and social well-being.

Awards

  • Social Science Research Council Just Tech Covid-19 Rapid-Response Grant
  • OECD Future of Work Fellowship
  • Ethics and Governance of AI Fund Grant
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Relevant Publications

  • Zhang, B., & Dafoe, A. (2020, February). US Public opinion on the governance of artificial intelligence. In Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (pp. 187-193). DOI: 10.1145/3375627.3375827

  • Zhang, B., Kreps, S., McMurry, N., & McCain, R. M. (2020). Americans’ perceptions of privacy and surveillance in the COVID-19 pandemic. Plos One, 15(12), e0242652. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242652

  • Grace, K., Salvatier, J., Dafoe, A., Zhang, B., & Evans, O. (2018). When will AI exceed human performance? Evidence from AI experts. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 62, 729-754. DOI: 10.1613/jair.1.11222

Institution

  • Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
  • Syracuse University

Department

Department of Political Science

Education

  • PhD (Political Science), Yale University
  • MA (Statistics), Yale University
  • BA (Political Science), Yale University

Country

  • United States

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