Madeleine Clare Elish is a cultural anthropologist whose work examines the social impacts of machine intelligence and automation on society. Currently a researcher at Data & Society, she leads the Intelligence and Autonomy Initiative, which develops social science research and insights in order to inform the design, evaluation, and regulation of AI-driven systems. She will complete her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University in 2017, and previously earned an M.S. at MIT.