AI & TECHNOLOGY POLICY · WASHINGTON, D.C.
Making the case for a future of technological abundance.
Director of Federal Government Affairs at the Abundance Institute.
FEATURED
ARTICLE
The Right to Compute Explained
Why the freedom to build and use computing power deserves legal protection.
RESEARCH
Beyond the Screen: Wearable AI and Federal Policy
A policy framework for the next hardware wave, coauthored with Neil Chilson, Head of AI Policy at the Abundance Institute.
OP-ED
AI Can Help Fix What’s Broken in Foster Care
How AI tools can serve the most vulnerable kids in the system, coauthored with child welfare expert Maureen Flatley.
THE DOCKET — RECENT WORK
Video: The case for nuclear power, history’s most misunderstood energy source
September 19, 2024
I narrated a recent Abundance Institute nuclear energy explainer video. Watch here.
Blog Post: Net Neutrality: A Costly Solution in Search of a Problem
May 28, 2024
I am privileged to be a Senior Fellow at the Beacon Center of Tennessee, Tennessee’s leading thinking tank. Read the article here.
Interview: Can Scarlett Johansson Stop AI Sounding Like Her? Free Press
May 22, 2024
Excerpt: For an argument about the use of cutting-edge technology, the Johansson-Altman bust-up evokes a case from the 1980s, says Taylor Barkley, director of public policy at the Abundance Institute, a think tank that specializes in AI and other emerging technologies. In the 1980s, Ford wanted to use Bette Midler’s voice in an advertisement. When
Research: The AI Technopanic and Its Effects
May 18, 2024
The Abundance Institute published a long form analysis I wrote with Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt and Adam Thierer examining the panic over AI in the media and the negative effects that has and could have on policymaking. Read the full paper here.
New York Post Op-ed: New privacy laws may hurt small businesses most
May 4, 2024
“‘Privacy’ is a fashionable term among both federal and state lawmakers because it is one of the few policy objectives that generally curries favor on both the left and the right. For this reason, the grandly named American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) has momentum in Congress. If approved, APRA would erect a complicated new web
ABOUT
Technology has made human flourishing possible. Policy decides what comes next.
I lead federal government affairs at the Abundance Institute, a think tank creating the legal and cultural space for emerging technologies to develop and thrive. My work covers AI policy, energy and compute infrastructure, and children’s online safety.
I also write about theology, culture, and why Christians have every reason to face the technological future with hope rather than fear.
BEYOND THE OFFICE
Called to Freedom
A book on liberty and the Christian life — exploring how faith and freedom belong together.
The Radical Optimism Podcast
Conversations with my wife on faith, family, culture, and life.
Speaking Event: Optimism and Opportunity: Faithful Perspectives on Technological Advancement
November 8, 2024
Abundance Institute sponsored a briefing on Capitol Hill where I discussed Christian perspectives on technological progress. I had the privilege of being interviewed by my wife Rachel! For more on this topic, see our summary in our newsletter Radical Optimism.