Biography
Professor Kevin Frazier leads the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School of Law and is a Senior Fellow at the Abundance Institute. He also serves as an adjunct research fellow at the Cato Institute. Born and raised in Beaverton, Oregon, he is a graduate of the University of Oregon, UC Berkeley School of Law, and Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to joining the legal academy, he clerked for the Montana Supreme Court and conducted a research fellowship on AI. His research focuses on how to reform bureaucracies and update regulations to facilitate innovation. Frazier has testified before Congress on topics ranging from artificial intelligence to undersea cables; he regularly advises state and federal policymakers on how to accelerate adoption of emerging technologies. You can listen to his two cents on all things tech policy via the Scaling Laws podcast.
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