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Patrick Lin, PhD, is the director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group, based at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he is a philosophy professor. He is currently affiliated with Stanford Law School, Czech Academy of Sciences, World Economic Forum, Microsoft Research, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and other leading orgs. Previously, he was appointed as an advisor to the US National Space Council and was affiliated with the 100-Year Study on AI, Stanford Engineering, US Naval Academy, Dartmouth College, Univ. of Notre Dame, Univ. of Iceland (Fulbright), Center for a New American Security, New America Foundation, UNIDIR, and others.

He is well published in technology ethics—including on frontier development (esp. outer space and the Arctic), AI, robotics, cybersecurity, bioengineering, materials science, security technologies, and more—and is regularly invited to provide briefings on the subject to industry, media, and government.

Currently, Dr. Lin is the principal investigator on two ethics projects funded by the US National Science Foundation, one on outer space cybersecurity (SaTC program) and the other on AI and robot ethics (NRI 3.0 program); and he's a senior investigator on a US Dept. of Defense project on military AI risk assessments. He earned his BA in philosophy from UC Berkeley and PhD from UC Santa Barbara, with a background in the biosciences.

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Patrick Lin, PhD, is the director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group, based at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he is a philosophy professor. He is currently affiliated with Stanford Law School, Czech Academy of Sciences, World Economic Forum, Microsoft Research, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and other leading orgs. Previously, he was appointed as an advisor to the US National Space Council and was affiliated with the 100-Year Study on AI, Stanford Engineering, US Naval Academy, Dartmouth College, Univ. of Notre Dame, Univ. of Iceland (Fulbright), Center for a New American Security, New America Foundation, UNIDIR, and others.

He is well published in technology ethics—including on frontier development (esp. outer space and the Arctic), AI, robotics, cybersecurity, bioengineering, materials science, security technologies, and more—and is regularly invited to provide briefings on the subject to industry, media, and government.

Currently, Dr. Lin is the principal investigator on two ethics projects funded by the US National Science Foundation, one on outer space cybersecurity (SaTC program) and the other on AI and robot ethics (NRI 3.0 program); and he's a senior investigator on a US Dept. of Defense project on military AI risk assessments. He earned his BA in philosophy from UC Berkeley and PhD from UC Santa Barbara, with a background in the biosciences.