Steven Umbrello

Steven Umbrello is an Italian-Canadian ethicist and researcher of ethics of technology at the University of Turin.[1][2] He is the Managing Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, a think tank focused on techno-progressivism.[3][4]

Steven Umbrello
NationalityItalian/Canadian
Education
  • BA in philosophy
  • MA in Science and Technology Studies
  • MSc in Epistemology, Ethics and Mind
  • Ph.D in Philosophy
OccupationEthicist
EraContemporary philosophy
EmployerUniversity of Turin
OrganizationInstitute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Websitehttp://stevenumbrello.com/

Academic career

Umbrello obtained his Honours Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, philosophy of science, and classical civilizations from the University of Toronto.[5][6] This was followed by a M.A in Science and Technology Studies from York University[7] supervised by Daniel McArthur and a MSc in Epistemology, Ethics and Mind from the University of Edinburgh[4] under the supervision of Emma C. Gordon[8] with a dissertation eventually published in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics.[9] In 2018, he enrolled in the Ph.D program of the FINO Northwestern Italian Philosophy Consortium,[10] where he researches meaningful human control of autonomous weapons systems and value sensitive design.[1]

Work

Umbrello began working as a Junior Associate[11] with Seth Baum at the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute.[12][13] During his time at GCRI he contributed to a number of organizational activities including research projects and publications focused primarily on advanced nanotechnology[14] and atomically precise manufacturing.[15]

In 2015, Umbrello began working as the Assistant Managing Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. In the spring of 2016, Umbrello assumed the role of Managing Director after the then Managing Director Hank Pellissier stepped down.[16][17]

After leaving the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute in 2018, Umbrello's main research focus shifted to engineering ethics[18][19] with a primary focus on the philosophical and methodological underpinnings of the Value Sensitive Design approach to technology design.[20][21][22]

Umbrello is the co-editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Technoethics (2020 to present)[23] along with Baha Abu-Shaqra,[24] the book reviews editor of the journal Prometheus: critical studies in innovation (2018 to present),[25] and sits on numerous editorial boards including that of the journals Delphi: Interdisciplinary Review of Emerging Technologies|,'[26] ROBONOMICS: The Journal of the Automated Economy,[27] Informatica[28] and the AI Ethics Journal.[29] He also served as an Associate Editor of the journal Science and Engineering Ethics.[30]

Awards
  • Top Peer Reviewer (Top 1% Social Sciences) - Publons - 2019[31]
  • Top Reviewer - Publons - 2018[32]
  • Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing - Futures (Elsevier) - 2017[33]

Public Talks

Umbrello is known for his appearance at academic, public policy and legal events such as the AiTech Agora (TU Delft),[34] Forum on Philosophy, Engineering and Technology (fPET2020),[35][36] Fondazione Collegio San Carlo (Modena, Italy),[37] Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy, and Ethics Arizona State University (Arizona, USA),[38] NESTS - Northeast Science and Technology Studies Conference Cornell University (Ithica, USA),[39] ETHICOMP 2020: Paradigm Shifts in ICT Ethics: Societal Challenges in the Smart Society, La Rioja University, (Logroño, Spain).[40]

Selected publications
  • Umbrello, Steven (2020). "Meaningful Human Control over Smart Home Systems: A Value Sensitive Design Approach," HUMANA. MENTE Journal of Philosophical Studies, Special Issue: "Living with Artificial Intelligence. An Analysis of Moral and Philosophical Implications in our Everyday Life," Vol. 13, No. 37, 40-65.[41]
  • Longo, Francesco; Padovano, Antonio; Umbrello, Steven (2020). "Value-oriented and ethical technology engineering in Industry 5.0: a human-centric perspective for the design of the Factory of the Future," Applied Sciences, Special Issue: "Smart Manufacturing Systems for Industry 5.0: Challenges and Opportunities," Vol. 10, No. 12, 4182. DOI: 10.3390/app10124182[18]
  • Umbrello, Steven (2020). "Imaginative Value Sensitive Design: Using Moral Imagination Theory to Inform Responsible Technology Design," Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 26, No. 2, 575- 595. DOI: 10.1007/s11948-019-00104-4[9]
  • Umbrello, Steven; Torres, Phil, and Angelo F. De Bellis (2020). "The Future of War: The Ethical Potential of Leaving War to Lethal Autonomous Weapons," AI & Society, Vol. 35, No. 1, 273-282. DOI: 10.1007/s00146-019-00879-x[42]
  • Umbrello, Steven; Sorgner, Stefan L. (2019). "Nonconscious Cognitive Suffering: Considering Suffering Risks of Embodied Artificial Intelligence," Philosophies, Special Issue: "Frontiers of Embodied Artificial Intelligence: The (r-)evolution of the embodied approach in AI," Vol. 4, No. 2, 24. DOI: 10.3390/philosophies4020024[43]
  • Umbrello, Steven (2019). "Beneficial Artificial Intelligence Coordination by means of a Value Sensitive Design Approach," Big Data and Cognitive Computing, Special Issue: "Artificial Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy," Vol. 3, No. 1, 5. DOI: 10.3390/bdcc3010005[44]
  • Umbrello, Steven; Baum, Seth D. (2018). "Evaluating Future Nanotechnology: The Net Societal Impacts of Atomically Precise Manufacturing," Futures, (June) Vol. 100, 63-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2018.04.007[45]
  • Umbrello, Steven (2018). "The Moral Psychology of Value Sensitive Design: the Methodological Issues of Moral Intuitions for Responsible Innovation," Journal of Responsible Innovation, Vol. 5, No. 2, 186-200. DOI: 10.1080/23299460.2018.1457401[46]

See also

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