Livermore Laboratory Retirees Association

The speaker at our March 10 luncheon will be Caspar Donnison & Cindy Gonzales, LLNL

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AI in Eight Pages: Bridging Technology to Policy through Science

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in partnership with the California Foundation for Commerce and Education (CFCE) and the Livermore Lab Foundation, released in January 2026 'AI in Eight Pages', a policy brief on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in California. The brief is designed to provide California lawmakers with science-based context in the development of AI policy. The report distills complex technical, economic, and societal dimensions of AI into an accessible, unbiased resource to help inform state legislators and government leaders as they navigate the fast-moving public debate.

 

Caspar Donnison is an interdisciplinary scientist and economist at LLNL. His research interests cover environmental economics, energy system decarbonization, and energy and carbon policy. In the 'AI in Eight Pages' report, he assessed the economic risks and opportunities of AI in California, as well as the energy and sustainability implications of scaling AI.

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​Cindy Gonzales is the Deputy Director of LLNL’s Data Science Institute and Group Leader of the Intelligent Detection, Exploitation, and Analysis group within the Global Security Computing Applications Division. Since joining LLNL in 2016, she has worked as a Data Scientist and PI on various projects covering broad topic areas in data science. She currently leads multiple projects focused on leveraging AI for operational transformation and capability assessments to understand the full extent of their relevance and impact to national security. She holds a MS in Data Science from Johns Hopkins University and a BS in Statistics with a minor in Psychology from California State University, East Bay, both of which she completed while working full-time at LLNL.