Wendell Wallach was the Carnegie-Uehiro fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, where he co-directed the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative (AIEI).
He is also Emeritus Chair of Technology and Ethics Studies at Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, a scholar with the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics, a fellow at the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technology, and a senior advisor to The Hastings Center.
Previously, Wallach was founder and president of two computer consulting companies, Farpoint Solutions and Omnia Consulting Inc. He is the author of A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control and, along with Colin Allen, he is co-author of Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong.
You can find him on Twitter, @WendellWallach
Featured Work
JUN 3, 2024 • Podcast
The Intersection of AI, Ethics, & Humanity, with Wendell Wallach
In this wide-ranging discussion, Carnegie Council fellows Samantha Hubner & Wendell Wallach discuss how thinking about the history of machine ethics can inform responsible AI development.
MAY 9, 2024 • Podcast
The State of AI Safety in China, with Kwan Yee Ng & Brian Tse
In this "AIEI" podcast, Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach speaks with Concordia AI's Kwan Yee Ng & Brian Tse about coordinating emerging tech governance across the world.
APR 18, 2024 • Article
A Dangerous Master: Welcome to the World of Emerging Technologies
In this preface to the paperback edition of his book "A Dangerous Master," Wendell Wallach discusses breakthroughs and ethical issues in AI and emerging technologies.
MAR 22, 2024 • Podcast
Two Core Issues in the Governance of AI, with Elizabeth Seger
In this "Artificial Intelligence & Equality" podcast, Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach and Demos' Elizabeth Seger discuss how to make generative AI safe and democratic.
NOV 28, 2023 • Podcast
AI and Consumers, with Helena Leurent
In this far-reaching conversation, Consumer International's Helena Laurent and Senior Fellow Wendell Wallach outline the challenges that AI poses to consumers.
SEP 29, 2023 • Article
Envisioning Modalities for AI Governance: A Response from AIEI to the UN Tech Envoy
This submission details ways to enact an AI governance framework that builds on existing resources and can have an immediate effect.
JUL 27, 2023 • Podcast
Ways to Influence AI Policy and Governance, with Merve Hickok and Marc Rotenberg
Merve Hickok & Marc Rotenberg of the Center for AI and Digital Policy, a hugely impactful initiative for AI governance, join this AIEI podcast.
JUL 7, 2023 • Article
Achieving an International Framework for the Governance of AI
Senior Fellows Wendell Wallach and Anja Kaspersen argue in favor of a robust framework for the international governance of AI.
JUN 5, 2023 • Article
Are We Automating the Banality and Radicality of Evil?
Current iterations of AI are increasingly able to encourage subservience to a non-human master, telling potentially systematic untruths with emphatic confidence.
MAY 24, 2023 • Article
Silicon Valley is knowingly violating ethical AI principles. Society can’t respond if we let disagreements poison the debate.
With criticism of ChatGPT much in the news, we are also increasingly hearing about disagreements among thinkers who are critical of AI, writes Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow ...