How are rapid advances in technology changing our understanding of what it means to be human? How can we defend the essential dignity and rights of human beings in a world of invasive digital surveillance, disinformation, and covert manipulation?
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John Wyatt is professor emeritus of Neonatal Paediatrics, Ethics, and Perinatology at University College London and a senior researcher at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge. His background is as a clinician and researcher in applied neuroscience. He has a long-standing interest in the ethical and social implications of advances in biomedical and information technology. He co-led a multidisciplinary research project into the social, ethical, and philosophical implications of advances in artificial intelligence and robotics technology, based at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge. His book Matters of Life and Death: Human Dilemmas in the Light of the Christian Faith has been translated into more than 10 languages.
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