Patrick Lin, Ph.D., is the director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he is a philosophy professor. He is an advisor to the US National Space Council and also affiliated with Stanford Law School, the 100 Year Study on AI, Czech Academy of Sciences, and the Center for a New American Security. Previously, he held academic appointments at Stanford’s School of Engineering, University of Iceland, U.S. Naval Academy, and Dartmouth College. Dr. Lin is well published in the ethics of emerging technologies—including robotics, cybersecurity, AI, human enhancements, nanotechnology, and more—especially their security and defense implications. He is the lead editor of Robot Ethics (MIT Press, 2012), Robot Ethics 2.0 (Oxford University Press, 2017), among other books and articles. He has provided briefings, testimony, and counsel to the U.S. Dept. of Defense, CIA, United Nations, UNIDIR, National Research Council, Google, Apple, and many other organizations. He earned his B.A. from UC Berkeley and Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara.