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AI • Bioethics

About

The author and editor of four books and over 50 articles, Dr. Liao’s research spans across theoretical ethics and epistemology, bioethics, and technology ethics. His recent edited volume Moral Brains: The Neuroscience of Morality (Oxford University Press, 2016), explores what brain science our thinking about morality. His current research explores the ethical implications of creating artificial minds. In his book The Right to be Loved, he explores the philosophical foundations underpinning children’s right to be loved, and proposes that we reconceptualize our policies concerning adoptions so that individuals who are not romantically linked can co-adopt a child together.

A speaker at TEDxCERN, Dr. Liao discussed whether it is ethical for someone to erase certain aspects of their memories and how doing so might affect that individual’s identity. He has also given a TED talk in New York and been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and other numerous media outlets.