Syed AbuMusab
Post-doctoral researcher, Digital Ethics Center, Yale University
Syed AbuMusab is a postdoctoral associate at Yale University's Digital Ethics Center, where he specializes in the philosophy and ethics of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. His research examines how AI systems impact fundamental social institutions, including education, law, art and human relationships. Drawing from feminist philosophy and religious thought, AbuMusab brings a distinctive multidisciplinary perspective to addressing contemporary challenges in AI ethics. His dissertation explored chatbots' social ontological status and their implications for societal structures. His current work investigates AI alignment with human values from a global perspective, with particular attention to Eastern religious and philosophical approaches. Through his research in the philosophy of mind and computation, AbuMusab aims to ensure that emerging technologies contribute positively to diverse communities worldwide while remaining grounded in both philosophical rigor and ethical considerations. Examples of his recent work can be found at www.syedmusab.com.