John P. Sullins, (Ph.D., Binghamton University (SUNY), 2002) is a full professor and Chair of philosophy at Sonoma State University. His specializations are: philosophy of technology, philosophical issues of artificial intelligence/robotics, cognitive science, philosophy of science, engineering ethics, and computer ethics.
His recent research interests are found in the technologies of Robotics and AI and how they inform traditional philosophical topics on the questions of life and mind as well as its impact on society and the ethical design of successful autonomous machines. In this field he has written on the ethics of autonomous weapons systems, self-driving cars, Robotics and environmental ethics, personal robotics, malware, and other information technologies. His work also crosses into the fields of computer and information technology ethics as well as the design of autonomous ethical agents.
He is the Secretary and Treasurer of the Society for Philosophy and Technology.
Dr. Sullins is the recipient of the 2011 Herbert A Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy, awarded by the International Association for Computers and Philosophy
Websites:
https://sonoma.academia.edu/JohnSullins
www.linkedin.com/in/sullins
