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Eleanor Drage
Artificial Intelligence
Data and Privacy
Gender Equality
Get crystal clear on ethical, inclusive, and human-centred technology with Dr. Eleanor Drage, Cambridge AI Ethics Expert and Keynote Speaker. Eleanor helps organisations implement responsible AI strategies, navigate regulatory compliance, and eliminate algorithmic bias. Host of the award-winning Good Robot podcast, she consults for Google DeepMind, UN Data Science, and global financial institutions.
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Dr Eleanor Drage is a Senior Research Fellow and Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge who leads a €1.9 million AI ethics initiative. Eleanor creates practical tools for responsible technology development while bridging academic research with real-world application.
Eleanor runs the world's first free EU AI Act compliance tool, co-hosts the award-winning Good Robot podcast with 40,000+ listeners, and has authored multiple books, including The Good Robot: Feminist Voices on the Future of Technology. Her groundbreaking work debunking algorithmic bias in recruitment and policing has been featured by BBC, Forbes, and The Guardian.
Through her research and consulting work with organisations like Google DeepMind, the UN Data Science & Ethics Group, and major financial institutions, Eleanor helps companies navigate the complex ethical challenges of AI implementation. She provides practical frameworks for developing responsible technology that addresses bias, transparency, and accountability while maintaining innovation and competitive advantage. Audiences leave Eleanor's presentations with concrete strategies for ethical AI development, a deeper understanding of regulatory compliance requirements, and practical approaches to building diverse, inclusive technology teams. Her engaging, accessible speaking style makes complex technical concepts understandable for diverse professional audiences.
Book Eleanor for a refreshingly honest perspective that transforms abstract AI ethics discussions into actionable insights your organisation can implement immediately.
Topics, sessions and talks
Can only personal data be debiased? No! Can you 'balance bias'? No! Dr Eleanor Drage tackles the myths about artificial intelligence (AI) and challenges how we currently think about 'bias'.
The words feminist AI might conjure up images of pink robots, but in this presentation, Eleanor Drage shows how feminist ideas about consent, objectivity, and the good life are transforming how we build AI.
Humanity has sought truth through technology for millennia, from tarot cards and microscopes to photographs and fingerprinting. The assumption that the more ‘advanced’ our technologies get, the better we understand the world has led people to believe that artificial intelligence (AI) is omniscient. Speaker Eleanor Drage debunks this myth, offering a realistic understanding of what AI can and cannot do. From Descartes and Da Vinci to AI-powered hiring tools and the MET police’s event detection systems, she offers a broader and more accurate understanding of the opportunities and challenges we face with AI in 2024 and beyond.
Eleanor Drage offers an overview of how artificial intelligence (AI) is affecting your life and work right now, and debunks some common myths about AI. From Prometheus and human augmentation to task automation and social justice, she explores how AI is making us rethink our own humanity.
Dr Eleanor Drage brings unparalleled expertise in AI ethics to your event, offering practical frameworks for responsible technology development backed by her leadership of a €1.9 million initiative at Cambridge and work with organizations like Google DeepMind. Book this award-winning podcast host and published author to transform abstract AI ethics discussions into actionable insights your team can implement immediately.
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Eleanor Drage structures her presentations around myth-busting, using historical case studies — spanning Descartes and Da Vinci through to current AI-powered hiring tools and MET police event detection systems — to reframe audience assumptions about what AI can and cannot do.
Dr Eleanor Drage specialises in AI bias debunking, feminist approaches to AI development, and the politics and limitations of artificial intelligence. She is a Senior Research Fellow and Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge leading a €1.9 million AI ethics initiative, and co-hosts the award-winning Good Robot podcast with over 40,000 listeners.
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