Aileen Wu

Aileen Wu

Executive Director of SPRING Virginia

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Aileen is a sophomore at McLean High School in McLean, Virginia. She is interested in computer science, policy, economics, and the medical sciences. Outside of SPRING, Aileen is the captain of McLean's Public Forum debate team and a researcher. She enjoys playing volleyball, piano, reading, and traveling.

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Published on October 5, 2023SPRING artificial intelligence

The Universal Guidelines for AI (UGAI), authored in 2018, was hailed at the time as a needed push for the recognition of rights of all individuals in a world of advancing and continuous AI. In the five years since, many of the principles in the UGAI have been adopted into national law and global forums and frameworks regarding AI governance. Principles of the UGAI have been implemented in the European Union’s landmark AI Act, as well as the White House’s blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, which is expected to be released as an executive order in winter ...

Published on September 22, 2023

The up-and-coming technological development that will define the next few centuries of scientific advancement is not in Artificial Intelligence, but rather our understanding of the sub-atomic: quantum. The quantum revolution leverages new innovative understandings in science theory and engineering capability to create new solutions in diverse spaces from cryptography to physical materials. Quantum computers, which offer the real possibility of replacing classical computers for intensive tasks, have the potential to transform and optimise sectors from agr...

Published on April 8, 2023SPRING right-to-work

Right-to-work laws are detrimental to collective bargaining by requiring dues to be optional, diminishing the power of unions. Consequently, right-to-work laws undermine workplace safety, healthcare coverage, and lower wages. Thus, we urge the ratification of the H.R.842 Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (PRO Act), repealing right-to-work laws from all 26 states currently enacting these laws, and strengthening modern labor laws such as increased minimum wage....