Wendell Wallach Explained

Wendell Wallach
Birth Date:21 April 1946
Birth Place:Torrington, Connecticut
Nationality:American
Education:Wesleyan University. Harvard University,
Employer:Scholar at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs,
Website:http://wwallach.com

Wendell Wallach[1] (born April 21, 1946) is a bioethicist and author focused on the ethics and governance of emerging technologies, in particular artificial intelligence and neuroscience.[2] [3] He is a scholar at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics,[4] [1] a senior advisor to The Hastings Center,[5] and a Carnegie/Uehiro Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs,[1] where he co-directs the "Artificial Intelligence Equality Initiative" with Anja Kaspersen.[6] Wallach is also a fellow at the Center for Law and Innovation at the Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law at Arizona State University.[2] He has written two books on the ethics of emerging technologies.:[2] [1] "Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong" (2010)[7] and "A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control" (2015).[8] Wallach discusses his professional, personal and spiritual journey, as well as some of the biggest conundrums facing humanity at the wake of the bio/digital revolution, in this podcast published by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (CCEIA).[9]

Early life

Wallach was born in Torrington, Connecticut.[10] He received his Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in 1968.[11] In 1971 he received his master's degree in education from Harvard University,[11] [3] and afterwards did a stint in India where he explored spirituality and processes of cognition.[11] In 1978 he published his first book, Silent Learning: The Undistracted Mind (Journey Publications, 1978).[12]

Career

Computer consulting

In the 1980s and 1990s, Wallach worked in computer consulting as founder and president of Farpoint Solutions LLC and Omnia Consulting Inc.[13] [2] [11] These groups served clients such as the State of Connecticut, PepsiCo International, and United Aircraft.[2] [11] He sold his interests in both companies in 2001.[11]

Machine ethics

In 2004 and 2005, Wallach taught undergraduate seminars at Yale University about robot ethics, and in 2005 he became chair of the Technology and Ethics Study Group at Yale University ISPS Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics.[14] In 2009, Wallach published Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong (co-authored with Colin Allen, Indiana University), which discusses issues in AI ethics and machine morality.[15] It is considered the "first book to examine the challenge of building artificial moral agents." In 2015 Wallach became a senior advisor on synthetic biology to The Hastings Center,[16] which is an "independent, nonpartisan, interdisciplinary research institute" focused on "social and ethical issues in health care, science, and technology."[17] Wallach received the World Technology Network award for ethics in 2014.[18] He also won the World Technology Network award for media and journalism in 2015,[19] in recognition of his second book, A Dangerous Master: How to keep technology from slipping beyond our control,[20] which discusses the ethics and governance of various emerging technologies. In this book, Wallach argues that "technological development is at risk of becoming a juggernaut beyond human control," and proposes "solutions for regaining control of our technological destiny." In 2015, he received a grant from Elon Musk and the Future of Life Institute for a project titled "Control and Responsible Innovation in the Development of Autonomous Machines".[21] [22]

Wallach is the editor of the Library of Essays on Ethics and Emerging Technologies,[23] [24] where he co-edited a volume on Robot Ethics and Machine Ethics with Peter Asaro,[25] and a volume Emerging Technologies: Ethics, Law, and Governance with Gary Marchant.[26] He received a Fulbright Scholarship as a Visiting Research Chair at the University of Ottawa for 2015–2016,[27] and in 2018 he was named the Distinguished Austin J. Fagothey Visiting professor at Santa Clara University.[28] Wallach was appointed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) to co-chair the Global Future Council on Technology, Values, and Policy for the 2016–2018 term.[29] He also sits on the WEF AI council (2018–present),[30] and is the lead organizer for the International Congress for the Governance of AI.[31]

United Nations

In 2016, Wallach gave testimony at the United Nations (UN) Third Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of Experts on the issue of predictability in lethal autonomous weapons systems,[32] The testimony argued that "while increasing autonomy, improving intelligence, and machine learning can boost the system's accuracy in performing certain tasks, they can also increase the unpredictability in how a system performs overall. Risk will rise relative to the power of the munitions the system can discharge."[32] He later served as a member of the UN Global Pulse Expert Group on Governance and Data of AI in 2019, which called for responsible development of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to reach the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.[33] In addition, he served as an advisor to the Secretary General's Higher-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, and was cited in their 2019 report "The Age of Digital Interdependence."[34]

Personal life

Wallach is married to Nancy Wallach, and they live in Bloomfield, Connecticut.[2] His hobbies include skiing, hiking, and building stained glass windows.[2] [3]

In the media

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wendell Wallach Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. 2021-01-22. www.carnegiecouncil.org. en-US.
  2. Web site: Wendell Wallach. 2021-01-22. www.itu.int.
  3. Web site: 2013-10-21. Wendell Wallach Biography. 2021-01-22. Wendell Wallach. en-US.
  4. Web site: Shelton. Jim. 2016-02-15. Shaping tomorrow's smart machines: Q&A with bioethicist Wendell Wallach. 2021-01-22. YaleNews. en.
  5. Web site: Wendell Wallach. 2021-01-22. The Hastings Center. en-US.
  6. Web site: Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative AI Ethics Carnegie Council . 2023-08-07 . www.carnegiecouncil.org . en-US.
  7. Book: Wallach, Wendell. Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong. Oxford University Press. June 3, 2010. 978-0199737970.
  8. Book: Wallach, Wendell. A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control. Basic Books. June 2, 2015. 978-0465058624.
  9. Web site: All Audio, Video, Transcripts Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. 2021-08-30. www.carnegiecouncil.org. en-US.
  10. Web site: Courant. Hartford. H.G. PETER WALLACH, 56; CCSU PROFESSOR, AUTHOR. 2021-01-22. courant.com. 17 March 1995 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Editor. Magazine. Almost Human. 2021-01-22. Wesleyan University Magazine. 20 January 2009 . en-US.
  12. Book: Wallach, Wendell. The undistracted mind. 1978. Journey Publications. 0-918038-11-1. Woodstock, N.Y.. 4884259.
  13. Web site: Wendell Wallach Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. 2021-01-29. www.carnegiecouncil.org. en-US.
  14. Web site: Technology and Ethics Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics. 2021-01-22. bioethics.yale.edu.
  15. Book: Wallach, Wendell. Moral machines: teaching robots right from wrong. 2009. Oxford University Press. Colin Allen. 978-0-19-537404-9. Oxford. 214322641.
  16. Web site: PRESS RELEASE: 2-17-15 Wendell Wallach Named Senior Advisor to The Hastings Center. 2021-01-22. The Hastings Center. en-US.
  17. Web site: Our Mission. 2021-01-31. The Hastings Center. en-US.
  18. Web site: 2014-08-08. 2014 World Technology Awards Finalists. 2021-01-22. The World Technology Network. en.
  19. Web site: 2015-11-21. 2015 World Technology Awards Winners. 2021-01-22. The World Technology Network. en.
  20. Book: Wallach, Wendell. A dangerous master: how to keep technology from slipping beyond our control. 2015. Basic Books. 978-0-465-04053-7. New York. 908671164.
  21. Web site: Control and Responsible Innovation in the Development of Autonomous Machines. 2021-01-22. The Hastings Center. en-US.
  22. Web site: Tegmark. Max. 12 October 2015. Elon Musk donates 10M to keep AI beneficial. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228042613/https://futureoflife.org/2015/10/12/elon-musk-donates-10m-to-keep-ai-beneficial/. 28 February 2018. Future of Life Institute.
  23. Web site: The Library of Essays on the Ethics of Emerging Technologies: The Library of Essays on the Ethics of Emerging Technologies - Book Series - Routledge & CRC Press. 2021-01-22. www.routledge.com.
  24. Web site: The Library of Essays on the Ethics of Emerging Technologies: 8-Volume Set. 2021-01-22. Routledge & CRC Press. en.
  25. Book: 978-1472430397. Machine Ethics and Robot Ethics. Wallach. Wendell. Asaro. Peter. 2017. Routledge .
  26. Book: Emerging technologies: ethics, law and governance. 2017. Gary Elvin Marchant, Wendell Wallach. 978-1-4724-2844-8. London. 953823263.
  27. Web site: Wendell Wallach Fulbright Scholar Program. 2021-01-22. www.cies.org.
  28. Web site: Kovo. Yael. 2018-03-16. Dr. Wendell Wallach: Minimizing Risks While Maximizing the Benefits of AI and Big Data. 2021-01-22. NASA.
  29. Web site: Wendell Wallach - Agenda Contributor. 2021-01-22. World Economic Forum. en.
  30. Web site: Wendell Wallach. OECD AI Policy Observatory.
  31. Web site: Int'l Congress for the Governance of AI (ICGAI) Virtual Speaker Series. 2021-01-29. Eventbrite. en-us.
  32. Web site: Predictability and Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). 2021-01-30. archive.ieet.org.
  33. Web site: 2014-11-14. Expert Group on Governance of Data and AI • UN Global Pulse. 2021-01-30. en-US.
  34. The Age of Digital Interdependence. UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation. 2019. 17.
  35. Web site: Wendell Wallach on "The Road to Singularity" - YouTube. 2021-01-30. www.youtube.com.
  36. Web site: Redesigning Humanity- The New Frontier Panel - YouTube. 2021-01-30. www.youtube.com.
  37. Web site: LIVING WITH ROBOTS -- Honda - The Power of Dreams (series of short documentaries) - YouTube. 2021-01-30. www.youtube.com.
  38. Web site: Emerging Technology - Hype vs. Reality: Wendell Wallach at TEDxUConn 2013 - YouTube. 2021-01-22. www.youtube.com.
  39. Web site: One. Patrick Tucker, Defense. 2014-05-14. Can the Military Really Teach Robots Right From Wrong?. 2021-01-22. The Atlantic. en.
  40. Web site: Thompson. Cadie. We've reached a tipping point where technology is now destroying more jobs than it creates, researcher warns. 2021-01-22. Business Insider.
  41. News: Wallach. Wendell. 2016-01-08. Who ultimately will have the upper hand: machines or humans?. en-US. Washington Post. 2021-02-15. 0190-8286.
  42. Web site: Can technology lower healthcare costs? - YouTube. 2021-02-15. www.youtube.com.
  43. Web site: Global Ethics Forum: The Pros, Cons, and Ethical Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence - YouTube. 2021-01-22. www.youtube.com.
  44. Web site: China 2016 - Human vs Machine: The Significance of AlphaGo - YouTube. 2021-02-15. www.youtube.com.
  45. Web site: Angels and Demons of A.I. - Wendell Wallach The Open Mind - YouTube. 2021-02-15. www.youtube.com.
  46. Web site: AI Ethics Panel: Russell, Yudkowsky, Tegmark, Wallach, & Petersen - YouTube. 2021-01-22. www.youtube.com.
  47. Web site: Davos 2017 - Shifting Gears to Driverless - YouTube. 2021-01-22. www.youtube.com.
  48. Web site: Dangerous machines Robert Wright & Wendell Wallach [The Wright Show] - YouTube]. 2021-02-15. www.youtube.com.
  49. Web site: Artificial Intelligence Unleashed - YouTube. 2021-01-22. www.youtube.com.
  50. Web site: Control and Responsible Innovation of Artificial Intelligence - YouTube. 2021-01-22. www.youtube.com.
  51. Web site: AI FOR GOOD INTERVIEWS: WENDELL WALLACH, Professor, Yale University - YouTube. 2021-01-31. www.youtube.com.
  52. Web site: Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence in China - YouTube. 2021-01-22. www.youtube.com.

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