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In this episode, we were joined by Al Gombis, a senior leader from the United States government, who has spent decades thinking about the integration of technology into our national security, military, and line enforcement operations. Together, we explored the many difficult questions and balancing acts required in figuring out how to ethically bring this technology into the realms of war and national security.
Meet our Speakers:
Host: Gilad Berenstein Is currently working in venture capital in Seattle after founding and leading a successful travel personalization startup and serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2). Gilad holds masters and undergraduate degrees from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
Al Gombis recently retired after a 34-year career as a diplomat for the U.S. Department of State. Over the course of his career, he served in 13 different offices and at three posts overseas. The capstone of his career was to serve simultaneously as the Acting U.S. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Labor, and as the Acting U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice. Mr. Gombis is also a U.S. Air Force Reserve Judge Advocate with 27 years of service (8 on Active Duty). He is currently assigned to the Joint Staff. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science and philosophy from Wheaton College (Illinois), a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, and a master’s degree from the College of Information and Cyberspace at National Defense University.
Views and opinions expressed by podcast guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the view of AI and Faith or any of its leadership.
Production: Pablo Salmones and Penny Yuen
Host: Gilad Berenstein
Guests: Albert T. Gombis
Editing: Isabelle Braconnot
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