Iyad Rahwan
AI Ethicist & Computer Scientist | Collective Intelligence & Social Impact
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Iyad Rahwan is a renowned expert on the social implications of artificial intelligence. As Director of the Center for Humans and Machines at the Max Planck Institute, he explores how emerging technologies can enhance large-scale cooperation and collective intelligence.
Rahwan's TED Talks have reached millions, challenging audiences to consider AI's ethical, environmental, and societal ramifications. His pioneering research on moral algorithms in self-driving cars has sparked global debates.
Rahwan's keynotes provide a thought-provoking look at the future of AI and its profound impact on business, policy, and humanity.
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What moral decisions should driverless cars make?
Should your driverless car kill you if it means saving five pedestrians? In this primer on the social dilemmas of driverless cars, Iyad Rahwan explores how the technology will challenge our morality and explains his work collecting data from real people on the ethical trade-offs we're willing (and not willing) to make.
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