Pondering AI What AI Values with Jordan Loewen-Colón
Jordan Loewen-Colón values clarity regarding the practical impacts, philosophical implications and work required for AI to serve the public good, not just private gain.
Jordan and Kimberly discuss value alignment as an engineering or social problem; understanding ourselves as data personas; the limits of personalization; the perception of agency; how AI shapes our language and desires; flattening of culture and personality; localized models and vernacularization; what LLMs value (so to speak); how tools from calculators to LLMs embody values; whether AI accountability is on anyone’s radar; failures of policy and regulation; positive signals; getting educated and fostering the best AI has to offer.
Jordan Loewen-Colón is an Adjunct Associate Professor of AI Ethics and Policy at Smith School of Business | Queen's University. He is also the Co-Founder of the AI Alt Lab which is dedicated to ensuring AI serves the public good and not just private gain.
Related Resources
- HBR Research: Do LLMs Have Values? (paper): https://hbr.org/2025/05/research-do-llms-have-values
- AI4HF Beyond Surface Collaboration: How AI Enables High-Performing Teams (paper): https://www.aiforhumanflourishing.com/the-framework-papers/relationshipsandcommunication
A transcript of this episode is here.