In episode 17 of The Gradient Podcast, we talk to Miles Brundage, Head of Policy Research at OpenAI and a researcher passionate about the responsible governance of artificial intelligence. Miles is a researcher and research manager, and is passionate about the responsible governance of artificial intelligence. In 2018, he joined OpenAI, where he began as a Research Scientist and recently became Head of Policy Research. Before that, he was a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute, where he is still a Research Affiliate).He also serves as a member of Axon's AI and Policing Technology Ethics Board. He completed a PhD in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology from Arizona State University in 2019.

Over the past few weeks, news about various state governments here in the US using facial recognition technology has caused concerns. Not only is it an invasion of privacy but also something that people feel will result in more racially biased profiling. Imagine what it enables government bodies to do when citizens are tracked, in real-time, following their private choices, actions, and behaviors. Some in the New York Police Department want access to the Department of Motor Vehicles database of driver's license photos as it expands facial recognition technology to such matters as identifying missing persons. But privacy advocates are crying foul.