Hello! I’m Mike McKenna (he/him 🌈).
I run an AI auditing practice at Adjust AI. Since 2022 I’ve worn the hat of Data Ethicist to Services Australia (e.g. Centerlink and Medicare).
Before starting Adjust AI, I was Director of Data Science at Parity (doing Responsible AI work), and before that, I led CVS’s Covid-19 vaccine demand forecasting and design data-driven equity initatives under Operation Warp Speed.
Some other work I’m proud of includes
- foundational contribution to alignment for generative AI
- Cellophane, a toolkit to measure algorithmic bias under uncertainty
- organizing to hold Google accountable for mistreating its ethical AI team
I have spent most of the last decade in housing co-operatives. This webseries really captures the good, the bad, and the downright weird, of the experience.
To relax, I snuggle with Nina the mutt, train for marathons, make zines, and play too much bullet (find me on lichess).
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