Allison Carruth is a Professor in the Effron Center for the Study of America and the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton, where she directs the Program in Environmental Studies. She is the co-founder and faculty director of Blue Lab and was the founding director of UCLA’s Lab for Environmental Narrative Strategies…
2026 Book Talk: The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American FoundingOsita Nwanevu, contributing editor for The New Republic and a columnist for The GuardianThursday, February 12, 2026, from 4:30-5:45 p.m.Louis A. Simpson International Building, Bowl A71
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AI agents are increasingly performing consequential tasks autonomously: writing code, making purchases, and providing advice. But how do we know when to trust them? Current evaluation focuses predominantly on success rates: how often does the agent complete the task? This misses critical questions about how agents behave: Do…
