Damien Granderson is an accomplished speaker and writer of international renown. His topics range from future technologies, Law and jurisprudence to modern business development. He currently resides in Australia and divides his time between speaking engagements on the topic of Law and future technology.
His interests include artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, and their effect on the Law. He believes it’s a natural progression for society to move into this Age of Enlightenment. As a qualified lawyer, he has worked in the fields of Law, business, and engineering. Damien Grandersonhas also taught both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels as an Associate Lecturer in Law.
Granderson is a prolific writer on legal, political, and moral issues. He is the author of Law Robot, which explores the relationship between computers and Law. He is co-authoring “The Law Robot’s Guide to Human Rights” with Dr. Jason Cescones Cuthbert, a book that establishes an ethical framework for robotics and other emerging technologies that affect human rights, such as nanotechnology or genetics. And Damien Granderson is the one leading their projects at court.
Successful attorney Damien Granderson also writes regularly on current technologies in his blog at http://www.thedamiengrandersontalk.com, where he has over 4,000 subscribers. As a regular contributor to Yahoo! and in his blog, he has helped establish himself as an authority in the field of Law and the future of technology.
Up to now, Damien Granderson is a member of the UQ Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies research team, The Future of Human Rights. Journalist Michael Evans recently interviewed him on ABC Radio National’s Future Tense show discussing the rights that robots might need to protect their autonomy, ethical rights, or human emotions such as jealousy, love, or fear.