Matt Murphy works on making ethics in technology a reality.
Matt is a technology and AI ethicist. He researches, writes, and consults on how to align AI with human values.
Matt has a master’s degree from Duke University in Technology Ethics & Policy. His research and career focus on creating tools that translate ethical principles into practice for developers and technologists. His past research has focused on fairness and explainability in AI/ML applications, surveillance and privacy, data ownership, and online platform accountability.
As an AI Governance Specialist, he helps organizations implement Responsible AI, including the implementation of AI governance guardrails and risk frameworks. Matt has advised executive clients at a myriad of private companies and government agencies, including national security organizations in the US intelligence community, on implementing robotics, AI/ML, and other emerging technologies. His other work has focused on technology scouting, futures analysis, and software development.
Recent Publications
Introduces an easy, usable framework for increasing objectivity during the evaluation of AI risks.
Book Chapter
The Quiet Displacement of Social Values in AI Policy
Examines how technology corporations are rewriting AI ethics standards by fusing with the American state.
IASEAI ‘26
Making AI Risk Assessment More Objective: Addressing Sociotechnical Challenges (Forthcoming)
Introducing
Structured Ethical Techniques™
A new way to build ethical technology, help comply with global regulations, and empower development teams
“It would be a mistake to assume that this desire to destroy and exploit personal time ends at the doors of the workplace.”
From The Baffler - No Days Off
Some Essays
“…mischief models have the potential to make a fresh hell out of the unrestrained internet.”
From Slate - The Dawn of A.I. Mischief Models