Waide Center Seminar: Wed, March 4 | Alex John London: "Moral Loopholes, Senior Executives, and Ethical AI"

Wednesday, March 4 at 4:00-5:30 pm, the Waide Center for Applied Ethics will be hosting Alex John London (Carnegie Mellon University), who will be giving a seminar on “Moral Loopholes, Senior Executives, and Ethical AI.” The event will be held remotely via Zoom and is free and open to all students, faculty, staff, and community members. Please attend and encourage your students to attend. 

Alex John London

Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Time: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. (EST)

Title: “Moral Loopholes, Senior Executives, and Ethical AI.” 

Zoom link: https://Fairfield.zoom.us/j/95197924493

About the Speaker: Alex John London is the K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University. An elected Fellow of the Hastings Center, Professor London’s work focuses on ethical and policy issues surrounding the development and deployment of novel technologies in medicine, biotechnology and artificial intelligence, on methodological issues in theoretical and practical ethics, and on cross-national issues of justice and fairness. He is the author of more than 100 published papers or book chapters. He is also the author of  For the Common Good: Philosophical Foundations of Research Ethics and Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine.  

About the series: The Waide Center for Applied Ethics Seminar Series is a forum for building community and advancing research in Applied Ethics. It encourages jargon-free and supportive discussions that will be accessible to participants with serious interest in applied ethics and who come from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. Invited speakers in the series present a work-in-progress or recently published paper on topics relevant to applied ethics. At least half of each meeting is devoted to Q&A and general discussion. Please contact the Director of the Waide Center for Applied Ethics, Gregg D. Caruso, for more information.