Primary Job Title Senior Principal Researcher Primary Organization 
Microsoft
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Female Also Known As Mary L. Gray
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Mary is a Fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society and a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research. She holds a faculty position in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering with affiliations in Anthropology, Gender Studies, and the Media School, at Indiana University. She trained in anthropology before
earning her PhD in Communication from the University of California at San Diego in 2004. Her most recent book, "Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass," co-authored with computer scientist Siddharth Suri, explores the lives of people paid to train artificial intelligence or used to deliver on-demand services. Mary is also a leading expert in the field of AI ethics, particularly research that bridges computer and social sciences. She sits on the Executive Board of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R) and Stanford University’s “One-Hundred-Year Study on Artificial Intelligence” (AI100).
