Evan Selinger is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
His research covers a range of issues in the philosophies of technology, especially privacy and ethics (including AI ethics).
A prolific author, Prof. Selinger is currently working on a new co-authored book, co-authored with Albert Fox-Cahn, titled Move Slow and Upgrade: The Power of Incremental Innovation (Cambridge University Press).
His previous book is Re-Engineering Humanity (co-authored with Brett Frischmann, featuring a Foreword by Nicholas Carr, and also published by Cambridge University Press).
John Naughton selected Re-Engineering Humanity as one of The Observer’s “Best Books of 2018” and one of “Thirty Books to Help Us Understand the World in 2020.”
Zadie Smith told The Wall Street Journal that it was one of her favorite reads of 2019.
Prof. Selinger regularly writes for newspapers, magazines, and blogs to foster critical conversations beyond the necessary yet narrow academic circles.
He’s currently a contributing writer at The Boston Globe.
His essays and op-eds also appear in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired, The Atlantic, Slate, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, The Guardian, Salon, CNN, One Zero, Bloomberg Opinion, The Daily News, The Daily Beast, MTV News, Motherboard, The Christian Science Monitor, BBC Future, New Scientist, Aeon, Project Syndicate, Forbes, and HuffPost.
He’s also written several review essays for The LA Review of Books.
To improve military policy, Prof. Evan Selinger is currently a member of the Institute for Defense Analysis‘s Ethical, Legal, and Social/Societal (ELSI) Working Group.
They are contributing to DARPA-funded projects that use artificial intelligence.
To enhance public policy, Prof. Selinger works with legal and advocacy organizations like the ACLU, Stop Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, The Justice Collaborative Institute, and Fight for the Future.
Prof. Selinger has also advised several companies, non-profits, and government organizations.
