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March 25, 2025
The Energy Demands of the Data-Driven Future: Challenges and Solutions
Event Summary On March 25, AEI hosted a conference on the challenges of balancing energy constraints with the rapid growth of AI and data centers. AEI’s L. Lynne Kiesling opened the event and moderated the first panel, which examined the evolving energy demands of AI infrastructure. Brian George (Google), Arne Olson (Energy and Environmental Economics),…
March 19, 2025
AI and Jobs: Measuring Impact and Building New Assessment Tools
Event Summary On March 19, AEI’s Brent Orrell and Shane Tews hosted a panel discussion featuring Alex Tamkin, an AI researcher at Anthropic, and Jason Owen-Smith, a sociologist at the University of Michigan, on how AI is shaping the labor market and workforce development policy. The conversation was moderated by Axios reporter Ashley Gold. The…
March 6, 2025
Like Silicon from Clay: A Book Event with Michael M. Rosen
Event Summary On March 4, AEI’s Matthew Continetti and Michael M. Rosen gathered to discuss Mr. Rosen’s new book, Like Silicon from Clay: What Ancient Jewish Wisdom Can Teach Us About AI. The conversation began by exploring centuries-old Jewish legends of golems, dybbuks, and maggids, delving into their humanlike characteristics. Mr. Rosen then transitioned to…
February 5, 2025
Dignity and Dynamism: The Future of Conservative Technology Policy
The era of Big Tech, artificial intelligence, Donald Trump, and the United States’ great-power competition with China has thrust technology policy to the center of our national politics. Are new technologies helping or harming the American family? How should our society balance economic dynamism with the preservation of communities and institutions? And what is the…
January 29, 2025
On the Front Porch with Brent Orrell and Tony Pipa: A Conversation with Benji Backer and Michelle Moore
Event Description The tensions between development and sustainability and production and conservation, combined with the ongoing debate over energy sources, have taken center stage in recent years. Join us for the next installment of the “On the Front Porch” series as AEI’s Brent Orrell and the Brookings Institution’s Tony Pipa talk with Michelle Moore of…
January 22, 2025
How Would Changes to Infrastructure Permitting Affect the US Economy?
Event Summary On January 21, AEI’s Michael R. Strain and James W. Coleman welcomed two panels of experts to discuss the policies and regulations for building physical infrastructure in the US. The first panel analyzed the trajectory for when new infrastructure building projects and permitting requirements such as environmental impact surveys will interact in terms…
December 23, 2024
What Comes Next in the Information Wars?
Event Summary On December 5, AEI’s Christine Rosen hosted a conference on understanding the shifting conception of truth in the media, especially as it relates to political culture and social cohesion. Dr. Rosen moderated the first panel, which featured the Data & Society Institute’s Alice E. Marwick and Jon Askonas of the Catholic University of…
December 9, 2024
“Propertizing” Privacy: Evaluating the Merits of a Property-Based Approach to Personal Data Protection
Decades into the Information Age, privacy continues to bedevil policymakers and businesses. Does treating personal information as common-law property offer a framework for thinking about privacy protection and maximizing consumer welfare? Or have experiments with injecting property into privacy legislation already proven it inapt? Recent law review articles fall on each side of the issue,…
October 8, 2024
A Conversation with Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar
Event Summary On October 8, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar joined AEI’s Chris Miller for a conversation about how the federal government can increase the United States’ research and development (R&D) capabilities across the public and private sectors. The discussion focused on how the past several decades have seen…
September 11, 2024