The Human Cost
Sean PerrymanThe Human Cost is a newsletter by Sean Perryman, an AI policy expert, attorney, and AI ethics professor, examining the quiet, compounding toll of artificial intelligence on human connection, dignity, and society.
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AI Constitutions and “Tokenocracy”
I joke that Professor Kevin Frazier is the most charming man in AI policy. Watch him get a room laughing, about agent swarms, of all things, or about our fragmented approach to AI regulation, and you’ll understand why. He has a rare ability...
A New Season of Misalignment
I took the summer off from this Substack. Before I left, I flagged five stories to watch while I was gone.
One of them has turned out to be the most consequential story of the summer, and possibly of this era. Here is what I wrote on July...
New York Hits Pause
Last week Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order imposing the country’s first statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. For up to a year, New York will not issue state environmental permits for facilities drawing 50 mega...
Sharon Goldman on the AI Beat: Hype, Power, and the Policy Whiplash from Biden to Trump
Technology failed us. Well, technology failed me. Which is a strange way to begin an interview about what technology is doing to the rest of us.
I sat down with Sharon Goldman, one of the sharpest reporters on the AI beat for the last four...
The Law of AI vs. The AI of Law
This week on The Human Cost, I sit down with Professor , the co-director of the , which is the first of its kind at a U.S. law school. We have a refreshingly grounded conversation about AI and the legal profession.
Cat draws a sharp distin...
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Sean Perryman is an AI policy expert, attorney, and professor. He runs Perryman Consulting & Advisory. He previously served as Uber’s first Global Head of AI Policy, teaches at Vanderbilt Law School, and previously advised Congress on emerging tech.
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