Interviews
Meet Founding Member Jane Compson, Teaching Buddhist Thought and Applied Ethics at UW Tacoma
Hi Jane. Please tell us about your academic background and interests. Hello. My academic background is in religious studies and philosophy, with some applied ethics mixed in. I have a Master’s Degree on Religion in the Contemporary World. My PhD was a comparative...
Interview: Thomas Arnold / Theology, AI, and Human-Robot Interaction
Thomas, for someone doing research at the Tufts’ Human-Robot Interaction Lab, you have a rather interesting background. Tell us about that. My academic training is in philosophy, classics, and religious studies, so my research interests have traveled down a little bit...
Interview: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad
Hi Muhammad. Please tell us a bit about your background and what has motivated your interest in AI? I have had a keen interest in foundational questions of life and the cosmos since childhood e.g., why are we here? what is the nature of life? how is intelligent...
Interview: Brian Green / Vatican Conference on AI and the Common Good
First, Brian, please summarize your background for us, especially as it relates to AI. What, particularly, has drawn you to the topic of ethical AI?
I have been working on technology ethics issues, including AI, for about 15 years, starting with my graduate studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, where I had a strong focus on biotechnology and ethics.
Yasmin Ali Talks About Skillspire and the Future of Work
Yasmin Ali is the CEO and Founder of Skillspire, Washington-based social impact organization. Yasmin worked in various technical roles till 2002 before taking a break to raise her children and serve as a leader at her faith congregation, the Muslim Association of...