Leader Lens: Avriel Epps ’25 Wants AI to Work for Justice, Not Against It

<h5><strong><em>&#8220;It feels a little bit like political theater, ‘We&#8217;re doing something to save the children!’ But what are you actually doing; how are you going to [do it]?”</em></strong></h5> <p>Although her full assessment is more nuanced, to <a href="https://fellows.echoinggreen.org/fellow/avriel-epps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2025 Fellow Avriel Epps</a>, the recent flurry of social media bans for children “are not the best idea”—and often, these regulations don&#8217;t even have the right target.</p> <p>In our latest <a href="https://echoinggreen.org/news/category/leader-lens/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leader Lens</a> feature, the <a href="https://www.ai4.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI4Abolition</a> founder and computational social scientist and assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside spoke about the misguided approach several nations and institutions have taken to protect minors from social media, the internet, and technology generally. Avriel also explained why many people’s fears amid the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) are misplaced and shared which meeting she looks forward to each week.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://echoinggreen.org/news/avriel-epps-wants-ai-to-work-for-justice-not-against-it/">Leader Lens: Avriel Epps ’25 Wants AI to Work for Justice, Not Against It</a> appeared first on <a href="https://echoinggreen.org">Echoing Green</a>.</p>