Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/15/2024
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Location
Stiteler Hall 261
Categories
The Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics
2023 – 2024 Rena and Angelius Anspach Lecture
This event is free and open to the public. More information here:
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/events/ai-and-robots-science-fiction-turns-real-what-do-we-need-know
Robots, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet of Things. The next decade will see a range of exciting new technologies that all seem drawn from Science Fiction become our reality. They will drive a new industrial revolution, but also create political, economic, and security trends that will remake our world, challenging us like never before. P.W. Singer has been described by the Wall Street Journal as “the premier futurist in the national-security environment,” an official “Mad Scientist” for the U.S. Army, and consults for groups that range from the CIA and the Pentagon to Hollywood. A best-selling author of multiple books of fiction and non-fiction, Singer uses an exciting speaking style to explore for an audience the key trends and questions emerging today that will shape the world of tomorrow.
Peter Warren Singer is a Strategist at New America, a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University, and Founder & Managing Partner at Useful Fiction LLC, a company specializing in strategic narrative.
Singer has served as a consultant for the US Military, Intelligence Community, and FBI. He was coordinator of the Obama campaign’s defense policy task force, named to the US Military’s Transformation Advisory Group, NATO’s Innovation Advisory Board (for unmanned maritime systems), the NSA’s Advisory Board, and is an Associate with the US Air Force’s China Aerospace Studies Institute. He is also an adjunct professor in the United States Air Force (USAF) Airman Development and Applied Research program. In addition to his work on conflict issues, Singer was a member of the State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy, and an advisor to IDS and Zignal. In the entertainment sector, he has advised a range of programs, including for Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, Universal, HBO, Discovery, History Channel, and the video game series Call of Duty, the best-selling entertainment project in history. He has received awards/ support from the Tribeca Film Institute, Sloan Filmmakers Fund, Film Independent, and FAST Track at the L.A. Film Festival. An entrepreneur in the non-profit space, among the programs he has helped found are the Cyber Citizenship project, ShareTheMicInCyber fellowship, Cyber Hollywood, the 21st Century Security Initiative, and the US-Islamic World Forum.
The Rena and Angelius Anspach Institute of the University of Pennsylvania sponsors a well-attended annual public lecture at Penn that brings leading thinkers and public intellectuals to our campus.