person
Kamala Harris
Former US Vice President
Led the Biden administration's work on the October 2023 AI Executive Order and founded the US AI Safety Institute. Delivered the first US national AI safety speech at the UK AI Safety Summit.
Profile
expertise
Policy / meta
Specialises in AI policy, regulation, governance, philanthropy, or movement strategy. Reads the technical literature but does not produce it.
Former US Vice President. Led Biden-era AI safety summits convening. Head-of-government operator.
recognition
Household name
Name recognition outside the AI/CS community. Featured by mainstream press, a Wikipedia page in many languages, a published bestseller, or holds a position the lay public knows.
Globally recognised political figure.
vintage
Post-ChatGPT
Entered the AI strategy debate in or after 2023. ChatGPT was already public when their voice became influential. Often shaped by Pause letter, AISIs, AI 2027.
Led Biden-era AI summits 2023-2024. AI engagement post-ChatGPT.
Hand-classified. See the board for the criteria and the full grid.
Strategy positions
Governance firstendorses
Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesFramed US AI policy around both 'existential' and 'present' risk concerns, establishing the US AI Safety Institute.
“When a woman is threatened by an abusive partner with explicit deepfake photographs, is that not existential for her?”
Context: Speech at the UK AI Safety Summit. The Vice President used the quote to broaden the concept of 'existential' beyond extinction framings.
Closest strategy neighbours
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Record last updated 2026-04-24.