Bio & Research
Research
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For the Paris Conference on AI & Digital Ethics
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Founder & Chair of the Organization committee (Paris, since 2022)
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At Meta
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Global Generative AI ethics lead, Responsible AI team (New York, 2022-23)
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Doctoral researcher in AI ethics, Facebook AI Research (Paris, 2019-22)​​
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Visiting research positions:
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Mila's Algora Lab (2022)
Harvard University's Department of Philosophy (2022)
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology's Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (2021)
Stanford University's Social Media Lab (2020)
Oxford University's Department of Politics & International Relations (2019)
Columbia University's Department of Philosophy (2017)
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Education
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2022 – Ph.D at Ecole Normale Supérieure (Philosophy of technologies), CIFRE at Meta AI (FAIR)
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2017 – M.Phil at Sorbonne University (Political philosophy & Ethics)
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2017 – M.S at Sciences Po (Finance & Management)
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2014 – B.Phil at Sorbonne University (Philosophy)
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2014 – B.A at Sciences Po (Economics, Politics, Law)
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Teaching
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HEC Paris (Jouy-en-Josas) "The new data-rich markets" (since 2020)
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​ESCP Europe (Berlin) "Artificial Intelligence Ethics" (since 2019)
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​Sciences Po (Paris) "Introduction to AI Ethics for journalists" (2020-2022)
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Selected publications
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Books
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1. Etienne H., Le Cens de l’Etat. Comprendre la crise du politique par la modernité fiscale, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2022.
[English: Money and the State. How does the modern philosophy of tax enlighten the crisis of the politics]
Press reviews: Actu Philosophia, France Inter, Conflits, L'Opinion, Le Point, Le Figaro, Politique Magazine
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Contributions to collective books
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1. Etienne H., ‘L’impôt européen au défi du consentement fiscal’, postface of Jean-François Boudet, Droit fiscal européen comparé, Bruxelles,
Bruylant, 2021. [English: The challenge of consenting to an European tax]
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Peer-reviewed conference papers
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1. Etienne H., ‘Computational philosophy’, AAAI/ACM conference on Artificial intelligence, Ethics and Society, August 2022 at Oxford.
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2. Etienne H., 'Solving moral dilemmas with AI to address the social implications of the Covid-19 crisis', ICLR Workshop on Science and Engineering of Deep Learning, May 2021.
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Peer-reviewed articles
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Computational philosophy
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1. Etienne H. & Onur Ç., ‘Listen to what they say: Better understand and detect online misinformation with user feedback’, The Journal of Online Trust & Safety 1(5) 2023.
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2. Etienne H. & Charton F., 'A mimetic approach to social influence on Instagram', Philosophy & Technology 37 (65) 2024.
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Autonomous vehicles ethics
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3. Etienne H. & Cova F., ‘The more they think, the less they want: studying people’s attitudes about autonomous vehicles could also contribute to shaping them’, AI and Ethics 2024.
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4. Etienne H. & Cova F., ‘Performative quantification: Design choices impact the lessons of empirical surveys about the ethics of autonomous vehicles’, Social Sciences Computer Review 42(1) 2023.
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5. Etienne H., ‘A Practical role-based approach for autonomous vehicles moral dilemmas’, Big data & society 9(2) 2022.
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6. Etienne H., 'The dark side of the ‘Moral Machine’ and the fallacy of computational ethical decision-making for autonomous vehicles', Law, Innovation and Technology 12(2) 2021.
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7. Etienne H., 'When AI Ethics goes Astray: A case study of Autonomous Vehicles', Social Sciences Computer Review 40(1) 2020.
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AI ethics (various)
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8. Etienne H., ‘Solving moral dilemmas with AI: how it helps us address the social implications of the Covid-19 crisis and enhance human responsibility to tackle meta-dilemmas’, Law, Innovation and Technology 14(2) 2022: 305-324.
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9. Fung P. & Etienne H., 'Confucius, Cyberpunk and Mr. Science: Comparing AI ethics between China and the EU', AI and Ethics (2022).
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10. Etienne H. & Munoz M., 'Building an ethical competitive advantage in times of growing complexity', The European Business Review (2021).
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11. Etienne H., 'The future of online trust (and why Deepfake is advancing it)’, AI and Ethics 1(4) 2021.
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Political philosophy & Tax theory
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12. Etienne H., ‘L’impôt européen au défi du consentement fiscal’, Revue générale de droit (2021).
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13. Etienne H., 'Of the hidden cost of political liberty: Advocacy for a philosophy of renouncement', Implications Philosophiques (2018).
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14. Etienne H., 'Penser la pratique fiscale du don démocratique après Sloterdijk', Le Portique 41 (2018).
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15. Etienne H., 'Le changement de paradigme fiscal : de la doctrine du libre consentement au prélèvement rationalisé', Implications Philosophiques (2018).
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Selected conferences & talks
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Aligning AI with Human Values
03-21-2024 at French-American Chamber of Commerce
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Ethical considerations of AI in healthcare
05-30-2023 at University of California San Francisco & French Consultate's HealthAI 2023 symposium
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L'éthique à l'ère de la transformation digitale
10-26-2023 at Forum international de Cybersécurité, Montréal
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Unlocking the Potential of AI to Build Inclusive Digital Economies
05-30-2023 at King Abdullah Financial District's leadership conference, Riyadh
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Fighting online misinformation with AI
03-16-2023 at Entretiens de Royaumont, General French consulate at New York
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AI ethics and globalisation
02-06-2023 at LEAP, Riyadh
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The future of misinformation management is user-centred
01-26-2023 at LinkedIn headquarter, Sunnyvale
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Performative quantification: How to build moral judgements when collecting replies?
04-20-2022 at Mila, Montréal
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What Facebook and Instagram Users Tell Us About Misinformation?
04-05-2022 at Stanford Cyber Policy Center, Stanford
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From AI to AGI: what and where are the limits?
02-03-2022 at LEAP, Riyadh
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Building and ethical competitive advantage for data-driven industries
02-01-2022 at LEAP, Riyadh
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Building trust in a post-truth era
09-11-2021 at Tech Week Humber, Humber
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AI Ethics: from 0 to 1
06-10-2021 at BNP Paribas data week, Paris
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Placing Ethics, Trust, Transparency & Explainability At The Heart Of Your AI Strategy
04-21-2021 at AI Summit 2021, London
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AI ethics and the challenge of regulating misinformation
03-15-2021 at The European University Institute, School of Transnational Governance, Florence
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The right way to address the ethical dilemmas deriving from autonomous vehicles
11-26-2020 at The 42nd annual McMaster World Congress, Hamilton
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Keeping control of AI: who should be in charge?
10-29-2020 at The World Summit AI, Amsterdam
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Is it time to take ethical AI seriously?
09-22-2020 at Khaleej Times Artelligence, Dubai
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What is AI ethics and what could it be?
09-22-2020 at Khaleej Times Artelligence, Dubai
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Using AI to address the ethical dimensions of the covid-19 crisis
09-15-2020 at ICT Spring, Luxembourg
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Construire la confiance à l’ère de Deepfake et de la post-vérité
09-15-2020 at IA Paris, Paris
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The world after Deepfake: building trust in a post-truth era
09-03-2020 at The London AI Summit, London
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Que peut l'IA face au covid-19 ?
07-27-2020 at France-IA, virtual
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AI applications and digital ethics
06-08-2020 at The AI Governance Forum, Lausanne
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Facebook’s responsible research in AI
10-01-2019 at Station F, Paris
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When AI Ethics Goes Astray: the Case of Autonomous Vehicles
11-01-2019 at Oxford University, Oxford
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Towards an exigent ethics for the development of AI
06-06-2019 for The SNCF Group, Paris
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The dangers of wrong ethical approach of AI: the case study of autonomous vehicles
03-13-2019 for SNCF Réseau, Paris
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Social and ethical issues behind Artificial Intelligence
10-15-2018 at Dauphine University PSL, Paris
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Introduction to the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
10-08-2018 at HEC Paris, Jouy-en-Josas
