Wendell Wallach is the Carnegie-Uehiro fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, where he co-directs 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
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 ...
MAR 16, 2023 • Podcast
From Another Angle: Trailer to the Series, with Host Hilary Sutcliffe
In this new Carnegie Council podcast series, Hilary Sutcliffe, a member of the Artificial Intelligence & Equality (AIEI) Board of Advisors, explores fresh perspectives from some ...
MAR 14, 2023 • Podcast
The Battle for Your Brain, with Nita A. Farahany
Now is the moment to extend human rights to encompass cognitive rights, proposes Duke Law School's Professor Nita A. Farahany in her just-published book "The ...
FEB 23, 2023 • Article
Is Humanity Risking Disaster? The Necessity of Autonomous Weapons System Governance
Expanding on themes discussed at the REAIM Summit in the Netherlands, Senior Fellow Wendell Wallach writes that humanity is risking disaster if governments don't start ...
FEB 7, 2023 • Podcast
Technology Governance and the Role of Multilateralism, with Amandeep Singh Gill
In this AIEI podcast Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach and Senior Fellow Anja Kaspersen are joined by Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Secretary-General Guterres' envoy on ...
JAN 24, 2023 • Article
Now is the Moment for a Systemic Reset of AI and Technology Governance
How can we ensure that the technologies currently being developed are used for the common good, rather than for the benefit of a select few? ...
JAN 4, 2023 • Podcast
Neuroethics: An Ethics of Technology, with Dr. Joseph Fins
In this far-reaching "Artificial Intelligence & Equality" podcast, Weill Cornell's Dr. Joseph Fins discusses with Senior Fellow Wendell Wallach the hype and realities surrounding contemporary neuroscience ...
OCT 25, 2022 • Article
A Manifesto on Enforcing Law in the Age of "Artificial Intelligence"
"A Manifesto on Enforcing Law in the Age of 'Artificial Intelligence'" was recently presented at a gathering in Rome, with a focus of design of ...
OCT 17, 2022 • Article
Recommended "Artificial Intelligence & Equality" Podcasts for Global Ethics Day 2022
These podcasts cover many of the issues that AIEI has been focused on over the past year. On this Global Ethics Day, we encourage you ...
SEP 29, 2022 • Article
Long-termism: An Ethical Trojan Horse
"Long-termism," the idea that the fate of humanity should be our top moral priority, has gained prominence recently in the writings of philosopher William MacAskill ...