Damon Horowitz
Professor | Technology Ethics & Entrepreneurship
About
Damon Horowitz is a philosopher, technologist, and entrepreneur who has grappled with the ethical challenges of emerging technologies. As a former Director of Engineering at Google, he led the company's machine learning and knowledge representation efforts.
Horowitz later co-founded the venture-backed startup Klout, which pioneered social media analytics. He currently serves as a Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, where he teaches courses on the ethics of AI and technology.
Horowitz's TED talks and writings have illuminated the profound social and philosophical implications of technological change, equipping audiences with frameworks for building responsible innovation.
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We need a "moral operating system"
Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more -- and more about each other -- than ever before. Drawing the audience into a philosophical discussion, Horowitz invites us to pay new attention to the basic philosophy -- the ethical principles -- behind the burst of invention remaking our world. Where's the moral operating system that allows us to make sense of it?
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