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
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 ...
AUG 30, 2022 • Article
The Big Picture
From Ukraine to the U.S. Supreme Court, the news has been full of stories to get enraged about, many with connections to emerging technology. ...
AUG 18, 2022 • Podcast
How Real is Virtual Reality? with David Chalmers
Might the world we live in be a simulation? Are the virtual environments being created real or illusions? What are the prospects for creating artificial ...
JUN 22, 2022 • Podcast
Is AI Upending Geopolitics? with Angela Kane
In this episode of the "Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative" podcast, Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach is joined by Angela Kane, a chair of the United Nations ...
MAY 13, 2022 • Article
Ethics As We Know it is Gone. It's Time for Ethics Re-envisioned.
Given the troubling state of international affairs there is reason to be greatly concerned about how ethics is framed or co-opted. To meet this moment, ...
MAY 10, 2022 • Podcast
Making Decisions When Values Conflict or Are Prioritized Differently, with Paul Root Wolpe
In this Artificial Intelligence & Equality podcast, Carnegie-Uehiro Fellow Wendell Wallach sits down with Emory University's Professor Paul Root Wolpe for a thought-provoking conversation about the ...