ABOUT THE SPEAKER
The Adam Smith Lecture Series sits at the heart of the Panmure House programme of activities. These exclusive events bring world-leading economic thinkers, practitioners, and Nobel Laureates back to the birthplace of modern economics, the house in which Adam Smith completed the final edition of The Wealth of Nations.
Brendan McCord is the Founder and Chair of the Cosmos Institute, entrepreneur and a key thinker at the intersection of AI and philosophy.
Operating in both the public and private sector, Brendan was the founding CEO of two AI startups that were acquired for $400 million, principal founder of the first applied AI organisation for the US Department of Defence and author of its first AI strategy.
Driven by a vision to achieve a society where technology enhances, human autonomy, the Cosmos Institute was borne and focuses on training philosopher-builders: technologists who fuse deep enquiry with technical skills to ensure AI serves for human good.
Brendan will discuss how ancient philosophical wisdom can guide the use of artificial intelligence to enhance human flourishing rather than diminish it.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions immediately post-talk in the Lecture Room, followed by a canapé and drinks reception in the Interpretation Suite.
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