Dr. Kiri Wagstaff is an artificial intelligence researcher, educator, and Special Advisor on Artificial Intelligence for the Oregon State University Libraries. She previously served as a principal researcher at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with a focus on deploying machine learning systems that help us explore, understand, and learn about the universe. She recently spent a year as an AI subject matter expert in the U.S. Senate through the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship program, and she is an elected Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University, followed by an M.S. in Geological Sciences (University of Southern California) and an MLIS in Library and Information Science (San Jose State University). She has received the Lew Allen Award for Excellence in Research and two NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medals. She is passionate about empowering people to make informed decisions about when and how to use AI in their daily lives.