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
SEP 6, 2022 • Podcast
Ethics, Digital Technologies, & AI: Southeast Asian Perspectives, with Elina Noor
In this Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen is joined by Asia Society Policy Institute's Elina Noor for a talk on how we ...
AUG 18, 2022 • Article
Who Decides Who Decides What Conversations Are Allowed About Artificial Intelligence?
In the development, use, and purchasing of AI systems, it is important to ask questions about who holds power, what conversations we are—and are ...
JUN 15, 2022 • Article
Deus ex machina or Diabolus ex machina?
"Whenever we see or hear something that resembles "deus ex machina," or an inexplicable use of technology that resolves itself too simply or easily, we ...
MAY 25, 2022 • Podcast
New War Technologies & International Law: The Legal Limits to Weaponizing Nanomaterials, with Kobi Leins
In a fascinating podcast, Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen speaks with Kobi Leins about her new book "New War Technologies and International Law: The Legal Limits ...
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
The advent of the age of data is a formidable accelerator of history. As society faces a crisis of politics compounded by the emergence of ...
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 ...