Professor Toby Walsh is a world leader in AI research. He asks questions like, 'can we train machines to be fair?' and 'how do we resist the spread of lethal autonomous weapons?' His job is making sure the future of AI is for better, not worse.

Artificial intelligence has become an essential part of our lives — it helps us to navigate and communicate, and is responsible for incredibly accurate medical technology.

AI is also responsible for lethal autonomous weapons.

It can be used to influence what we buy and how we vote.

Professor Toby Walsh is one of the world's leading researchers in AI.

His research is concerned with how to ensure our future use of AI is for the good of humanity.

Further information

Machines Behaving Badly: The Morality of AI is published by Black Inc

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