Steve Shwartz

Steve Shwartz is a successful serial software entrepreneur, investor, and author. He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in Cognitive Science where he began his AI research and also taught Statistics at Towson State University.

After receiving his PhD in 1979, AI luminary Roger Schank invited Steve to join the Yale University faculty as a postdoctoral researcher in Computer Science. In 1981, Roger asked Steve to help him start one of the first AI companies, Cognitive Systems, which progressed to a public offering in 1986. 

In his new book, Evil Robots, Killer Computers, and Other Myths: The Truth About AI and the Future of Humanity(Fast Company Press, February 9, 2021), Shwartz explains how AI works in simple terms, why people shouldn’t worry about intelligent robots taking over the world, and the steps we need to take as a society to minimize the negative impacts of AI and maximize its positive influence.