Case Sunstein | Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do

Professor Cass  Sunstein

Professor Cass R. Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University.  He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. He is a recipient of the Holberg Prize, sometimes described as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for the humanities and social sciences. From 2009 to 2012, he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Professor Sunstein is the author of many books, including the international bestseller Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler, 2008), The World According to Star Wars (2016), and Campus Free Speech (2024). Join us as he discusses the research underpinning his most recent book “Imperfect Oracle: What AI can and cannot do.” Named as of the “10 must-read tech books of 2025” by Forbes, Professor Sunstein will draw on his previous work in behavioural science to explore how we can use AI to meaningfully improve human judgment and decision-making at an individual and institutional level.