Wendell Wallach
Expert in the ethics and governance of emerging technologies. Co-founder of the AI Inequality Initiative at the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs and chaired technology and ethics studies at the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics.
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Jul 31, 2025 • 42min
Season finale: A New Ethics for AI Ethics?
Wendell Wallach, a prominent scholar at Yale's Bioethics Center, shares his extensive insights on AI ethics. He critiques the prevalent concept of 'value alignment' and traditional moral theories, arguing they fall short in the AI domain. Wallach introduces fresh ethical concepts like trade-off ethics and silent ethics, advocating for a universal moral language. He emphasizes the critical role of human responsibility in AI decision-making, especially regarding lethal technologies, making a strong case for a human-centric approach in our technological future.
Jul 3, 2024 • 1h 4min
90. An ethos for the future with Wendell Wallach
Wendell Wallach, a prominent expert in ethics and governance of emerging technologies, discusses the moral complexities of AI and its societal impacts. He challenges the usefulness of traditional AI terminology and contrasts AGI skepticism with optimism. Wallach emphasizes the importance of a robust ethical framework alongside capitalism's pitfalls, such as wealth disparity. He explores ethical decision-making approaches and the need for collaboration between technologists and ethicists to ensure technology serves humanity's best interests.
