Samir Passi currently works on a critical challenge with increasingly autonomous AI systems: judging whether they do the right things, in the right ways, for the right reasons. He focuses on how people make these judgments and how builders can design systems to support them.

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His broader work examines sociotechnical and organizational topics such as how to make AI transparency useful; how AI is changing professional expertise, work, and identity; and, how organizations can build responsible AI into their development practices. Across his R&D work, Samir develops ways to evaluate and address emerging challenges with modern AI, works closely with development teams to turn research into practical requirements, design features, and frameworks for building, deploying, and using AI responsibly.

Samir works at Kforce, where he is on contract with Microsoft’s AI, Ethics, and Effects in Engineering and Research (AETHER) team. He is also an honorary Affiliate of the Data & Society Research Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Science from Cornell University, an M.Sc. (Research) in Science & Technology Studies from Maastricht University, and a B.Tech. in Information Technology from DA-IICT.