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Listen to an interview with renowned bioethicist and AI ethicist Wendell Wallach. He discusses how he became involved in the ethics of emerging technologies, the connection between bioethics and AI ethics, and his ideas for ways to improve contemporary discourse on the ethics of emerging technologies. Including his new work on what he calls “trade-off ethics” and “the silent ethic.”
Meet our Speakers:
Host: Brian Green is the Director of Technology Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and teaches AI ethics and space ethics in the school’s Graduate School of Engineering. His work focuses on the ethics, philosophy, and theology of technology. He is author, co-author, or co-editor of six books including, with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education, Encountering AI: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations. He holds doctoral and master’s degrees in Ethics and Social Theory from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, and an undergraduate degree in genetics from Univ of California, Davis. Green has been quoted in media including The New York Times, National Geographic, and The Wall Street Journal.
Guest: Wendell Wallach has an international reputation as an expert on the ethics and governance of emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence and biotechnologies. While semi-retired, he continues to consult and accepts speaking engagements. From 2020-2024, he was Carnegie/Uehiro Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (CCEIA) where he founded and co-directed (with Anja Kaspersen) the AI and Equality Initiative. He is also senior advisor to The Hastings Center and a scholar at the Yale University Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics where he chaired Technology and Ethics studies for eleven years. Wallach’s latest book, a primer on emerging technologies, is entitled, A Dangerous Master: How to keep technology from slipping beyond our control. He co-authored (with Colin Allen) Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong. The World Technology Award for Ethics was awarded to Wendell in 2014 and for Journalism and Media in 2015, He was appointed Fulbright Research Chair at the University of Ottawa in 2015-2016. The World Economic Forum appointed Mr. Wallach co-chair of its Global Future Council on Technology, Values, and Policy for the 2016-2018 term.
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Production: Pablo Salmones and Penny Yuen
Host: Brian Green
Guest: Wendell Wallach
Editing: Isabelle Braconnot
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