{"id":107015,"date":"2025-01-17T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=107015"},"modified":"2025-01-15T11:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:37:36","slug":"tech-talk-talking-tech-with-umang-bhatt-on-algorithmic-resignation","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/insights\/tech-talk-talking-tech-with-umang-bhatt-on-algorithmic-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Talk: Talking Tech with Umang Bhatt on Algorithmic Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-04-26-CDT-Tech-Talk-logo-refresh-1500x-1024x536.png\" alt=\"Graphic for CDT's podcast, entitled &quot;CDT's Tech Talks.&quot; Hosted by Jamal Magby, and available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Dark grey text and app logos, as well as light blue text, on a white background.\" class=\"wp-image-104319\" width=\"840\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-04-26-CDT-Tech-Talk-logo-refresh-1500x-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-04-26-CDT-Tech-Talk-logo-refresh-1500x-640x335.png 640w, https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-04-26-CDT-Tech-Talk-logo-refresh-1500x-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-04-26-CDT-Tech-Talk-logo-refresh-1500x-1536x804.png 1536w, https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024-04-26-CDT-Tech-Talk-logo-refresh-1500x.png 1584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graphic for CDT&#8217;s podcast, entitled &#8220;CDT&#8217;s Tech Talks.&#8221; Hosted by Jamal Magby, and available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Dark grey text and app logos, as well as light blue text, on a white background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s episode, we tackle a fascinating question: What happens when an AI system deployed by a company decides to &#8220;resign&#8221;\u2014stopping its recommendations or restricting access to its outputs? Can such actions help mitigate reputational or legal risks for organizations? To help us explore this, we\u2019re joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/umangsbhatt.github.io\/\">Dr. Umang Bhatt<\/a>, Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow at the Center for Data Science at New York University, CDT Non-Resident Fellow, and co-author of the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2402.18326\"><em>When Should Algorithms Resign?: A Proposal for AI Governance<\/em><\/a>, which delves into this thought-provoking concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cdt-tech-talk\/tech-talk-talking-tech-with-umang-bhatt-on-algorithmic-resignation\" class=\"button-shortcode black-offset-button\">Listen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(CDT relies on the generosity of donors like you.&nbsp;<strong>If you enjoyed this episode of Tech Talk, you can support it and our work at CDT by going to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/techtalk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cdt.org\/techtalk<\/a><\/strong>. Thank you for putting democracy and individual rights at the center of the digital revolution.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":104319,"template":"","content_type":[10218],"area-of-focus":[834,10212,6444],"class_list":["post-107015","insight","type-insight","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content_type-podcast","area-of-focus-ai-policy-governance","area-of-focus-cdtresearch","area-of-focus-techtalk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/107015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insight"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/107015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107062,"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/107015\/revisions\/107062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_type?post=107015"},{"taxonomy":"area-of-focus","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area-of-focus?post=107015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}