Director of the Behavioral Economics & Public Policy Program at Harvard Law School; NYT Best-Selling Author; Former Administrator of the White House Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs
Cass Sunstein Biography
Cass R. Sunstein is currently the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. In 2018, he received the Holberg Prize from the government of Norway, sometimes described as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for law and the humanities. In 2020, the World Health Organization appointed him as Chair of its technical advisory group on Behavioral Insights and Sciences for Health. From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and after that, he served on the President's Review Board on Intelligence and Communications Technologies and on the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Board. Sunstein has testified before congressional committees on many subjects, and he has advised officials at the United Nations, the European Commission, the World Bank, and many nations on issues of law and public policy. He serves as an adviser to the Behavioral Insights Team in the United Kingdom.
Sunstein is author of hundreds of articles and dozens of books, including his most recent books: “How to Become Famous: Lost Einsteins, Forgotten Superstars, and How the Beatles Came to Be” (May 2024), “Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There” (Feb 2024), “How to Interpret the Constitution” (2023), “Decisions About Decisions: Practical Reason in Ordinary Life” (2023), “Default Nudges: From People's Experiences to Policymaking Implications” (2023), “Bounded Rationality: Heuristics, Judgment, and Public Policy” (2022), “Nudge: The Final Edition” (2021), “Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do About It” (2021) and “Too Much Information: Understanding What You Don't Want to Know” (2020).
Cass Sunstein Speaking Topics
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Robots Run By Generative AI Are Here – Should They Have Rights?
Generative AI has led to the definition of “sentience” becoming more of a question than a statement. If AI tools can “think,” should they have rights? No more than your toaster should have rights, says Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein, a prominent legal scholar and well-known authority on the U.S. Constitution. Funny and engaging, Sunstein uses accessible metaphors and pop culture references to illustrate what generative AI is, how it works and why, even though it seems humanlike in its interactions, it doesn’t deserve any more rights than a blanket on a bed. Sunstein brings organizations thought-provoking questions that encourage deeper thinking about how to engage with AI technology, no matter how quickly it advances.
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Noise and Bias
Human beings are sometimes “biased,” in the sense that they make systemic mistakes (for example, they might show “optimistic bias”). In addition, human beings are sometimes “noisy,” in the sense that they show unwanted variability (perhaps making different decisions in the morning and the afternoon). The best solution to both noise and bias, says Harvard Law School Professor Cass Sunstein, comes from “decision hygiene,” which can include the use of formal models and algorithms. In this presentation based on his award-winning book “Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement” (2021), Sunstein illuminates concrete ways to reduce or even eliminate widespread “algorithm aversion.”
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Cass Sunstein is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Robots Run By Generative AI Are Here – Should They Have Rights?, Noise and Bias and How to Defuse Polarization and Bridge Divides in Politics, Business and Society. The estimated speaking fee range to book Cass Sunstein for your event is $50,000 - $100,000. Cass Sunstein generally travels from Boston, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Ian Bremmer, Joseph Stiglitz, Jason Schenker, Peter Zeihan and Andrew McAfee. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Cass Sunstein for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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