Nada Lavrač

Nada Lavrač is a Professor at the University of Nova Gorica and Research Councillor at the Department of Knowledge Technologies, Jožef Stefan Institute. She contributes to AI ethics and societal impact research.

Research Focus

Her work emphasizes tangible risks of AI, including algorithmic bias, behavioral manipulation, privacy violations, and societal inequality. She advocates prioritizing immediate challenges like climate change mitigation and regulatory frameworks over speculative existential threats.

Article Trends

Recent publications analyze generative AI systems (e.g., GPT models), highlighting issues such as data transparency, worker exploitation, and carbon footprint while critiquing the diversion of attention to hypothetical superintelligence risks.

Collaborations

She collaborates with the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS), focusing on responsible AI development and policy-making.