person
Joichi Ito
Former MIT Media Lab director; AI ethics commentator
Former MIT Media Lab director who has written extensively on AI as societal infrastructure. Author of Whiplash and co-founder of Digital Garage.
current President, Chiba Institute of Technology; Co-founder, Digital Garage
past Former Director, MIT Media Lab
Strategy positions
Governance firstendorses
Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesArgues AI requires public-interest framing, not just safety; advocates for AI as designed civic infrastructure.
We need to think about AI as civic infrastructure, designed for the public, not just engineered for users.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.