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Neil Jacobstein chairs the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Track at Singularity University. He served as President of Singularity University from October 2010-2011. His work there focuses on the technical, business, and ethical implications of AI and other exponential technologies. Neil became a Reuters Research Fellow in the Digital Vision Program at Stanford University in 2006. He was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Stanford's Media X Program 2007-2022. He Chaired AAAI's 17th Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference, and has served as a technical consultant on AI research and development projects for: DARPA, NSF, NASA, NIH, EPA, DOE, the U.S. Army and Air Force, GM, Ford, Boeing, Applied Materials, NIST, and other agencies. Jacobstein was CEO of Teknowledge Corporation, a pioneering AI company. He worked as a graduate research intern in Alan Kay's Learning Research Group at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and was a consultant in PARC's Software Concepts Group. Jacobstein has moderated many Aspen Institute Seminars, and is a founding member of the Aspen Institute New Zealand Board. Neil is a member of the 1999 class of Henry Crown Fellows. He is deeply interdisciplinary, and has served since 1992 as Chairman of the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, a 501c3 nanotechnology R&D organization that has provided technical advice to the White House Office of Technology Policy, the National Academy of Sciences, DARPA, the Air Force, Foresight, and other organizations. He is a founding Editorial Board Member of AAAS Science Robotics. Neil has served in a variety of executive and technical advisory roles for industry, NGOs, and government in the US and New Zealand.
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