Resources

A community-sourced list of AI & society resources on campus, including organizations, courses, and event series, compiled from suggestions by our members. If you would like to add a resource to this list, please contact the organizing team.

Organizations, centers, and initiatives

• Berkeley Algorithms, Data, and Society (ADS): community of Berkeley CS/EECS researchers whose work considers the effects of algorithms on societal problems and vice versa — automated decision systems, algorithmic fairness and justice, and the repercussions of data collection and algorithmic interventions
• BASIS — Berkeley AI Safety Initiative: a community of students interested in building robust, transparent, and controllable AI systems
• BASIS AI Policy Group: introduces students to the political frameworks and interventions being explored to shape the future of AI development
• Responsible & Equitable AI Initiative (RE-AI): an initiative housed in BAIR driving critical research, innovation, and collaboration towards responsible AI
• Berkeley AI Research (BAIR): campus AI research lab
• UC Berkeley AI Community: campus-wide AI community and mailing list
• AFOG — Algorithmic Fairness and Opacity Group: interdisciplinary working group on algorithmic fairness and opacity
• BESI technology network: the technology research network of the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative
• Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing: theory of computing institute; hosts AI/law fellows
• Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT): law and technology center; Berkeley Law also offers an emphasis and curriculum on AI policy
• Berkeley Technology Law Journal (BTLJ): student-run technology law journal
• Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic (GRIL): a multidisciplinary client-driven lab clinic exploring the intersection of human rights advocacy and digital technologies
• Script Encoding Initiative (SEI): research in the Department of Linguistics toward encoding historic and modern minority scripts in the Unicode Standard, advancing digitization of the world’s writing systems
• Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society (CSTMS): research center hosting the STS graduate Designated Emphasis and undergraduate minor
• Human Technology Futures (HTF): proposed department for CDSS; website forthcoming
• Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM): an interdisciplinary research center that studies and shapes media transition and emergence, cultivating technological equity and fairness in classrooms, communities, and on the internet
• Computational Precision Health (CPH): joint UC Berkeley–UCSF program in computational precision health
• PIT-UN — Public Interest Technology University Network: network of universities building the public interest technology field
• CITRIS Tech Policy Initiative: organizes AI and tech policy events across the CITRIS campuses
• D-Lab: social science data lab offering training and community
• AI Risk Symposium: campus symposium and reading groups on AI risk
• ML@Berkeley: student-run machine learning nonprofit
• Berkeley Institute of Design (BiD) Seminar Series: seminar series where many talks concern HCI in relation to AI
• Stiles Hall: non-profit organization serving Berkeley students

Courses

• Data 104 — Human Contexts and Ethics of Data: backbone Data Science undergraduate course on data science, algorithmic decision systems, AI, and society
• SOCIOL 273L and SOCIOL 273M: graduate courses on computational methods in social science
• SOCIOL 190-007: undergraduate seminar on the societal impacts and implications of AI
• EDUC C260: machine learning in education
• Law and Governance of AI: Berkeley Law course
• The Ethics of AI: student-led DeCal

Speaker series and public programs

• Coffee Break with Irene Liu: free Berkeley Law webinar series that often addresses AI-related topics
• Sunrise Lectures on Film and Media: German Department lecture series that also covers AI and culture
• Deb Donig: I School faculty lecturer speaking and organizing on AI and ethics