The Ethical AI User

**Mary Jones** is a technology ethicist and educator with over fifteen years of experience in the fields of responsible AI and digital rights. She holds a Master’s in Science, Technology, and Society from Stanford University, where her research focused on the intersection of algorithmic bias and civil rights. Mary has worked as a senior policy advisor at the Center for Democracy & Technology, where she led initiatives to embed fairness requirements into federal procurement guidelines for AI systems. She has also consulted for several Fortune 500 companies on developing bias‑detection frameworks for their consumer‑facing products.

In addition to her policy and industry work, Mary teaches an undergraduate course on AI ethics at the University of Washington, where she is a visiting lecturer. Her writing has appeared in *Wired*, *The Guardian*, and the *Harvard Business Review*, and she is a frequent speaker at conferences such as the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT) and RightsCon. Mary’s first book, *The Ethical AI User*, grew out of her belief that everyday users—not just engineers—hold the power to demand a more just technological future. She lives in Seattle and, when not scrutinizing algorithms, enjoys hiking in the Cascade Mountains with her dog, Pixel.