London Futurists

The double-edged sword of technology, with Wendell Wallach


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How do we keep technology from slipping beyond our control? That’s the subtitle of the latest book by our guest in this episode, Wendell Wallach.

Wendell is the Carnegie-Uehiro fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, where he co-directs the Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative. 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.

Earlier in his life, Wendell was founder and president of two computer consulting companies, Farpoint Solutions and Omnia Consulting Inc.

Selected follow-ups:

  • Wendell Wallach Personal Website
  • Wendell Wallach - Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
  • The Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative
  • Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Christian Lous Lange (1921)
  • Thomas Midgley Jr. - Wikipedia
  • Montreal Protocol - Wikipedia
  • Robot Dog Highlighted at China-Cambodia Joint Military Exercise (video)
  • For Our Posterity - essay by Leopold Aschenbrenner
  • Campaign by Control/AI against deepfakes


Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration

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