Prophecy: a conversation with Carissa Véliz and Roy Bahat

​Join us for a private conversation with author Carissa Véliz, in conversation with Roy Bahat of Bloomberg Beta.

​What if the future isn't something that happens to you, but something being decided for you? In Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI, Oxford professor Carissa Véliz delivers a look (starting with ancient prophets, and up through modern technology) into the algorithms, statisticians, and self-styled oracles quietly determining who gets the job, the loan, the apartment, and the transplant. She asks what it would mean to finally take that power back.

​📚 We will also give pre-order copies of the book to attendees, so you can receive the book on the day it comes out (officially launching Apr 21).

​About the author
Carissa Véliz is an associate professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute for Ethics in AI, as well as a tutorial fellow at Hertford College, at the University of Oxford. Her first book, Privacy Is Power, was an Economist book of the year and has been published in seven languages. She is also the author of The Ethics of Privacy and Surveillance and the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics.

​Moderator
Roy Bahat is the head of Bloomberg Beta, an early stage VC fund focused on investing in the future of work.