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Jordan Harrod

Creator and host, Jordan Harrod

  • Creator and host, Jordan Harrod (YouTube channel)23
  • Founder of consulting practice, Harrod & Co2
  • Co-owner, Nebula2

Jordan Harrod is an AI researcher and educator whose YouTube channel, started in 2018, explores how people interact with artificial intelligence, algorithms, and other new technologies, through explainers and essays about how AI works. Jordan also writes a newsletter, teaches a live course called AI IRL, runs workshops, and advises organizations on AI decisions and communication through the consulting practice Harrod & Co. Jordan co-owns Nebula, a creator-owned streaming platform, and is developing a book titled How It Actually Works about AI governance. Jordan holds a PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program.123

At a glance

Current roles
Creator and host +2 more
Sector
Independent
Education
Cornell, Harvard, MIT
Work listed
2
Honors
1
Sources cited
4
Profile reviewed

Channel and publications

Harrod started a YouTube channel in the summer of 2018 with the aim of making AI understandable to people outside the rooms where decisions about it are made. The channel's explainers and essays look at how AI works and how people experience it.23

Harrod has given a TEDx talk on AI literacy and contributed an essay on algorithmic fairness to a 2022 anthology from St. Martin's Press. Harrod is developing a book, How It Actually Works, about the governance of AI through existing democratic institutions.2

Teaching and advising

Harrod teaches AI IRL, a seven-session live course that offers a framework for understanding AI, and runs standalone workshops such as "Craft Your AI Manifesto". Through the consulting practice Harrod & Co, Harrod reviews AI decisions before launch and advises on communication strategy for organizations including YouTube/Google, which brought Harrod in for 20 months.2

Harrod's PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, applied causal inference methods to large-scale health datasets. Harrod also co-owns Nebula, a creator-owned streaming platform and talent agency.2

Work and contributions

  • Jordan Harrod (YouTube channel) Show, channel or publication

    Makes explainers and essays about the ways people interact with AI, algorithms, and other new technologies every day.31

  • AI IRL Show, channel or publication

    Teaches a seven-session live course meant to give people a framework for understanding AI.2

Timeline

  1. Created the Jordan Harrod YouTube channel, according to its about page.4
  2. Published an essay on algorithmic fairness in an anthology from St. Martin's Press.2

Honors and recognition

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship · U.S. National Science Foundation2

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References

4 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026

  1. Jordan Harrod, PhDJordan Harrod · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  2. About - Jordan Harrod, PhDJordan Harrod · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  3. Jordan Harrod - YouTubeYouTube · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  4. Jordan Harrod — YouTube channel about pageYouTube · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026