Neil Jekabstein

Neil Jacobstein

Neil Jacobstein is the project leader for artificial intelligence and robot tracking at Singularity University, located at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, USA. He is a visiting scholar

2019-03-30  

Neil Jacobstein is the project leader for artificial intelligence and robot tracking at Singularity University, located at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, USA. He is a visiting scholar on the Media X program at Stanford University, which focuses on researching enhanced decision-making systems. He presided over the 17th Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Application Conference of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and served as the technical paper reviewer for the Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Application Conference (IAAI). In 2016, he became a founding member of the editorial board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's "AAAS Science Robotics"& Nbsp; Neil is a technical consultant for multiple artificial intelligence research and development projects, with clients including the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the US Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, NASA, the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, US Army and Air Force, General Motors, Ford, Boeing, Applied Materials, and National Institute of Standards and Technology& Nbsp; Neil is a "Henry Crown Fellow" at the Aspen Institute. He leads the "Socrates Project", trains Socratic hosts, and studies the technological and ethical impacts of advanced technology. Neil has a profound interdisciplinary perspective and understands how to achieve the unity of art and science& Nbsp; Since 1992, he has served as the Chairman of the American Institute of Artificial Molecules, a 501c3 nanotechnology research and development organization. Neil participated in the 2005 National Academy of Sciences seminar on the feasibility of molecular manufacturing and developed a forward-looking roadmap for nanosystems in 2007. He is the main creator of forward-looking guidelines for nanotechnology development& Nbsp; As an enjoyable speaker, Neil can clearly convey complex topics to different audiences. He has been invited to give speeches globally on the ethical implications of technology, business, and exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and automated precision manufacturing. He is a member of the American Association for the Development of Science (AAAS), the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the American Computer Society (ACM), and holds executive and technical advisory positions in various industries, non-profit organizations, and government departments.