Hi, I’m Polina.

I work at the intersection of responsible AI, human behavior, and technology.

I’m interested in what happens between humans and AI — how we understand it, trust it, evaluate it, and learn to use it responsibly.

What I work on

Writing & Research

I write about responsible AI, human–AI interaction, trust, anthropomorphism, AI evaluation, and the ways AI is changing how we understand technology — and ourselves.

AI Education

I develop workshops and educational programs that help students understand how AI works, where its limitations are, and how to use it critically and responsibly.

AI Book Club

I’m building a Russian-language community for exploring AI and technology through books, research, and thoughtful discussion about their impact on people and society.

How I got here

I have a Master’s degree in Psychology, which gave me a foundation in human behavior, cognition, learning, and how people understand and interact with the world around them.
I spent more than 4 years working in product and UX, including user research and product design. That taught me how technology is built around human needs — and how design decisions can shape behavior, expectations, and experiences.
As more of the products I worked with became AI-driven, I moved into AI evaluation and quality assurance. Working directly with AI systems showed me how much human judgment, ambiguity, and invisible labor sits behind model performance.
That experience pushed me to look beyond individual products and learn more about responsible AI, technology ethics, governance, and the broader relationship between people and increasingly capable AI systems. This eventually brought me to Stanford’s Ethics, Technology, and Public Policy program and to the work I’m doing today.

Learning & Contributing

Stanford Ethics, Technology, and Public Policy

I first joined Stanford’s Ethics, Technology, and Public Policy for Practitioners program as a participant and later returned as a Cohort Leader. The program brings together perspectives from technology, ethics, policy, law, and society to examine how emerging technologies affect people and institutions.

AI & Democracy Hackathon

At the AI & Democracy Hackathon in Mexico City, I worked with a multidisciplinary team exploring how technology could help people assess the credibility of breaking news and online information.

The project combined research, rapid prototyping, and questions around trust, information quality, and democratic participation.