University of Rochester Senior Josh Pachter discusses his groundbreaking artificial intelligence ethics research. Pulling from traditional moral problems, Josh surveys the latest in AI development and its application to the burgeoning world of self-driving cars. Josh Pachter was a senior at the University of Rochester studying Computer Science and Philosophy at the time of his talk. His key research interests center around robotics and machine ethics, with a focus in mitigating bias in morally consequential autonomous systems. In the past, Josh has worked at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, where he helped create intuitive control systems for a soft robotic glove to assist patients with an impaired ability to grip. He has also done research at the University of Rochester Human-Computer Interaction Lab where he worked on testing and optimizing a virtual agent that aims to help improve the conversational skills of its users. Following graduation, Josh is working at Amazon as a Software Development Engineer in Seattle, WA before pursuing graduate school in a few years’ time. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx