Patrick Lin

Patrick Lin, PhD, is the director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at Cal Poly, where he is a philosophy professor. He also serves on the US National Space Council’s Users’ Advisory Group (UAG) and is affiliated with Stanford Law School, Czech Academy of Sciences, World Economic Forum, Aurelia Institute, For All Moonkind, AIAA, and others. Previous affiliations include Stanford Engineering, US Naval Academy, Dartmouth, Univ. of Iceland (Fulbright specialist), Center for a New American Security, New America Foundation, UNIDIR, 100 Year Study on AI, and more. Prof. Lin is well published in technology ethics, incl. cyber, space development, AI, robotics, military systems, bioengineering, materials science, and more.