The story of how science and tech will change our lives is one of the most important in the world. Nicholas Thompson, the editor-in-chief of Wired, is the first person to know — and investigate — both the technological and ethical developments as they unfold in Silicon Valley.

A computer scientist, technologist, entrepreneur and business leader, Rana el Kaliouby is on a mission to humanize technology with artificial intelligence that understands not just our commands but our facial expressions, body language and emotional states.

Illah R. Nourbaksh, K&L Gates Professor of Ethics and Computational Theologies, The Robotics Institute; David Danks, L.L. Thurstone Professor of Philosophy and Psychology; Jennifer Keating, senior lecturer and writing the disciplines specialist, Dept. of English, Univ. of Pittsburgh

Deborah G. Johnson recently retired as the Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics in the University of Virginia’s Department of Engineering and Society; she holds that title with emeritus status, continuing her research which largely focuses on ethics and information technology.

Harvard political philosopher and bestselling author Michael Sandel returns to the Chautauqua Amphitheater to close Week Six’s exploration of “The Ethics of Tech”.