Susan Schneider

Scientific Advisor

• Founding Director, Center for the Future Mind., Florida Atlantic University (FAU).

• William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor of Philosophy of Mind, Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, and Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, FAU.

• Co-director, MPCR Lab (Machine Perception and Cognitive Robotics Lab).

Schneider writes about the nature of the self and mind, especially from the vantage point of issues in philosophy, AI, cognitive science and astrobiology.  Before opening the Center for the Future Mind she held the NASA Chair with NASA and the Distinguished Scholar Chair at the Library of Congress. In her recent book, Artificial You: AI and the Future of the Mind, she discusses the philosophical implications of AI, and, in particular, the enterprise of "mind design." Schneider recently completed a three year project with NASA on the future of intelligence. She now works with Congress on AI policy. She is delighted to be the founding director of the Center for the Future Mind and co-director of the MPCR Lab at FAU's new Gruber Sandbox, a large facility that builds AI systems drawing from neuroscience research and philosophical developments.

She also appears frequently on television shows on stations such as PBS and The History Channel.  She writes opinion pieces for the New York Times, Scientific American and The Financial Times.  Her work has been widely discussed in the media.