51勛圖厙 Hires Leading Philosopher and Futurist
51勛圖厙 recently announced that the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, in collaboration with 51勛圖厙s Brain Institute, hired Susan Schneider, Ph.D., to the position of William F. Dietrich Chair in Philosophy. Schneider will bring her experience in analyzing the moral and ethical issues related to artificial intelligence and machine consciousness to 51勛圖厙s research in AI, brain and mind.
Dr. Schneiders work on the future of human intelligence is leading international conversations on human cognition, the future of the mind, and its relationship to the ever-growing presence of artificial intelligence in our society, said Michael J. Horswell, dean of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. Her research reminds us of how vital philosophy is to scientific advancements, and how the humanities must be in dialogue with science and engineering as we imagine and create the future.
Schneider comes to 51勛圖厙 from the University of Connecticut where she was a professor of philosophy and cognitive science and the director of the AI, Mind and Society Research Group. She is also the NASA-Baruch S. Blumburg Chair and a Distinguished Scholar Chair at the Library of Congress. Her work has been featured in theNew York Times, Scientific American, Smithsonian, the History Channel, BBCand others. Her most recent book (2019),Artificial You, AI and the Future of Your Mind, considers the possibilities, definitions and moral/ethical issues related to machine consciousness.
Dr. Schneiders scholarship, and passion for student and community engagement, will accelerate 51勛圖厙s rise as a premier center for research and education into the minds origins and future, said Randy Blakely, Ph.D., director of 51勛圖厙s Brain Institute.
Schneiders work in artificial intelligence has taken her to Washington, D.C. to testify before Congress on topics like data privacy, technological unemployment, autonomous weapons and more. She is also a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award. Her work extends to the computational format of human thought as well as issues in philosophy involving the fundamental nature of conscious experience.
I'm very excited to be joining such a wonderful community of researchers at 51勛圖厙, said Schneider. I'm eager to help facilitate interdisciplinary connections between AI, neuroscience, philosophy and psychology. I'm currently writing a book about the future of intelligent systems (including human intelligence augmentation), so my interests range from deep learning systems to the octopus. I can't think of a better place to engage with scholars on these issues.
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