Niell Jacobstein of NASA's Singularity University describes how artificial intelligence will change the world.

Neil Jacobstein Co-chairs the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Track at Singularity University on the NASA Research Park campus in Mountain View California. He served as President of Singularity University from October 2010-2011. His work there focuses on the technical, business, and ethical implications of exponential technologies. Neil became a Reuters Research Fellow in the Digital Vision Program at Stanford University in 2006. He has been a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Stanford's Media X Program since 2007. 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 many industrial and government 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 in PARC's Software Concepts Group. Neil is a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. Jacobstein is deeply interdisciplinary, and for 20 years has served as Chairman of the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, a nanotechnology R&D organization that has advised the White House Science Office, Foresight, and the Academy of Sciences. Neil has performed in executive and technical advisory roles for industry, NGOs, and government.

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