Caitlin Begg

Caitlin Begg is the founder of Authentic Social and a sociological researcher - focused on technology's effect on conversation and artificial intelligence. She founded Authentic Social in 2016 after writing her undergraduate Harvard sociology honors thesis on digital communication. Authentic Social (offices in New York and Amsterdam) brings an education-forward approach to sociotechnical systems strategy. She speaks and presents research around the U.S. and Europe, recently at the Responsible Artificial Intelligence Forum in Munich. Her efforts have been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Mashable, and Business Insider. Additionally, Caitlin hosts the Progression to Analog podcast, focused on exploring a more human everyday amidst technological modernity. In her free time, some of Caitlin's other interests include film photography, dérives, vintage collecting (including out-of-print technology and history of the internet magazines), rowing, and editing Wikipedia. Since 5 September 2022 and without exception, Caitlin has begun each day reading nonfiction before any cell phone or computer use.