Hamilton Mann is a tech executive, a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker, a senior lecturer at INSEAD and HEC Paris, a Doctoral Researcher in AI at Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, a Senior Fellow at the Retech Center of the Ecole des Ponts Business School and a Mentor at the MIT Priscilla King Gray (PKG) Center.
Hamilton is presenting his session, streaming live from Paris, France during the 24 hour Artificial (Un)Intelligence Conference.
Session Description
Hamilton Mann challenges a fundamental assumption: AI does not need more artificial intelligence but rather more artificial integrity. He argues that pursuing machines that emulate higher artificial intelligence without incorporating the ability to be guided by and exhibit integrity would be neither safe nor responsible.
Introducing the transformative concept of “artificial integrity,” Hamilton Mann proposes a paradigm shift by defining a "design code" that ensures AI systems align with, amplify, and uphold human values and societal norms, maximizing integrity-driven outcomes. He states, “In the AI innovation race, it is no longer sufficient to develop systems that compute value; we must create systems that comprehend values.” Mann advocates for changing the path of what could become unsecured, uncontrolled, unjust, uncredited, uncompensated, and consequently uncentred human-AI advancements.
About Hamilton Mann
Hamilton Mann is a tech executive, a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker, a senior lecturer at INSEAD and HEC Paris, a Doctoral Researcher in AI at Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, a Senior Fellow at the Retech Center of the Ecole des Ponts Business School and a Mentor at the MIT Priscilla King Gray (PKG) Center.
Mann is one of the world’s leading experts on Digital and AI in serving the greater interest of society and is recognized among the top management thinkers globally.
He was named a Top 10 Thought Leader in Technology by Technology Magazine in 2024.
He was inducted in 2024 into the Thinkers50 Radar as one of the 30 most prominent rising business thinkers globally.
He has also been awarded the title of World Eminent Man in Digital and AI for Good by the Who Is Who International Academy & Awards.
Mann’s leading book Artificial Integrity: The Paths to Leading AI Toward a Human-Centered Future (Wiley, 2024) has been selected among the must-read books by the Next Big Idea Club’s in 2024.
Mann is also the contributing author of three books, including Driving Sustainable Innovation: How to Do Well While Doing Good (2024), Connectedness: How the Best Leaders Create Authentic Human Connection in a Disconnected World (2024) and gAIn (2025).
Executive and practitioner in leading digital transformation over decades advising Fortune 500 companies, Mann serves as Group Vice President at Thales, a global leader in Digital & Cybersecurity, Aerospace, and Defence, where he co-leads the AI initiative and Digital Transformation while also overseeing global Digital Marketing activities. His transformational achievements have been featured by MIT and as a case study by IMD.
He writes regularly for Forbes about AI and its societal implications and has published articles in prominent academic, business and Policy outlets such as Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), California Management Review (CMR), Rotman Management Magazine, I by IMD, Knowledge@Wharton, Dialogue Duke Corporate Education, Leader to Leader (Wiley), INSEAD Knowledge, Polytechnique insights, the Harvard Business Review France, the European Business Review, and Expressions by Institut Montaigne.
He is an advisory board member at the Ethical AI Governance Group (EAIGG) and a board member.
He hosts The Hamilton Mann Conversation, a podcast aiming to democratize knowledge about how digital technology, including AI, can be a force for good in society.
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