person
Luciano Floridi
Yale digital ethics professor; AI ethics philosopher
Italian philosopher who founded the field of philosophy of information. Director of the Yale Digital Ethics Center. One of the most published academics on AI ethics.
Profile
expertise
Policy / meta
Specialises in AI policy, regulation, governance, philanthropy, or movement strategy. Reads the technical literature but does not produce it.
Yale; Oxford. Information-philosophy framing of AI ethics. Author of multiple AI-ethics books.
recognition
Field-leading
Widely known inside the AI and AI-safety community. Appears repeatedly in top venues, podcasts, or governance forums. Not a household name to outsiders.
Recognised in AI ethics circles. Less mainstream press.
vintage
Pre-deep-learning
Active before AlexNet. The existential-risk frame matures (FHI, OpenPhil, EA). Public AI commentary still rare; deep learning not yet dominant.
Information-philosophy frame established 2000s. AI ethics books span 2010s.
Hand-classified. See the board for the criteria and the full grid.
Strategy positions
Governance firstendorses
Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesLong-time AI ethics advisor to the EU and UN. Argues AI governance must be grounded in 'philosophy of information' frameworks rather than ad hoc.
AI is not an invention waiting to be regulated. It is the new infosphere we already live in. Governance must follow.
Closest strategy neighbours
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.