Wendell Wallach

Wendell Wallach
AI for Good Global Summit 2017
Born (1946-04-21) April 21, 1946 (age 78)
Torrington, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
EducationWesleyan University, Harvard University
Employer(s)Scholar at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Websitehttp://wwallach.com

Wendell Wallach[1] (born April 21, 1946) is a bioethicist and author focused on the ethics and governance of emerging technologies, in particular artificial intelligence and neuroscience.[2][3] He is a scholar at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics,[4][1] a senior advisor to The Hastings Center,[5] and a Carnegie/Uehiro Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs,[1] where he co-directs the "Artificial Intelligence Equality Initiative" with Anja Kaspersen.[6] Wallach is also a fellow at the Center for Law and Innovation at the Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law at Arizona State University.[2] He has written two books on the ethics of emerging technologies.:[2][1] "Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong" (2010)[7] and "A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control" (2015).[8] Wallach discusses his professional, personal and spiritual journey, as well as some of the biggest conundrums facing humanity at the wake of the bio/digital revolution, in this podcast published by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (CCEIA).[9]

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  2. ^ a b c "Wendell Wallach". www.itu.int. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  3. ^ "Wendell Wallach | Biography". Wendell Wallach. 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  4. ^ Shelton, Jim (2016-02-15). "Shaping tomorrow's smart machines: Q&A with bioethicist Wendell Wallach". YaleNews. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  5. ^ "Wendell Wallach". The Hastings Center. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  6. ^ "Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative | AI Ethics | Carnegie Council". www.carnegiecouncil.org. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  7. ^ Wallach, Wendell (June 3, 2010). Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199737970.
  8. ^ Wallach, Wendell (June 2, 2015). A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465058624.
  9. ^ "All Audio, Video, Transcripts | Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs". www.carnegiecouncil.org. Retrieved 2021-08-30.