William Powers — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

NYT-Bestselling Author
Visiting Scholar for Humanistic Technologies at Max Planck Institute for Human Development (since 2019)
Co-Founder and CEO of Public Mind Inc. (2020-2023)
Former Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014-2019)
Seminar Leader and Moderator for The Aspen Institute Socrates Program (since 2013)
Former journalist

Biography

William Powers serves as a Visiting Scholar for Humanistic Technologies at the Center for Humans and Machines at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, a role he has held since 2019. His work focuses on leveraging AI to build better societies.

Powers' career spans journalism, technology, and academia. He is a NYT-bestselling author and a former journalist. He co-founded and served as CEO of Public Mind Inc. from 2020 to 2023.