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Dr. Christopher DiCarlo is a
philosopher, educator, and author. He is the Principal and Founder of Critical
Thinking Solutions, a consulting business for individuals, corporations, and
not-for-profits in both the private and public sectors. He currently holds the
position of Senior Researcher and Ethicist at Convergence Analysis – an
international organization focusing on AI Risk and Governance.

Dr. DiCarlo is also the
Ethics Chair for the Canadian Mental Health Association and is also a lifetime
member of Humanist Canada and an Expert Advisor for the Centre for Inquiry
Canada. He often teaches at The Life Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University
and is a past Visiting Research Scholar at Harvard University in the Department
of Anthropology and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Dr.
DiCarlo has won several awards including TV Ontario’s Big Ideas Best Lecturer
in Ontario Award and Canada’s Humanist of the Year.

Dr. DiCarlo has been invited
to speak at numerous national and international conferences and written many
peer-reviewed scholarly papers ranging from bioethics to cognitive evolution.
He is the author of several books and his best-seller: How to Become a Really
Good Pain in the Ass: A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Asking the Right Questions,
was released by Prometheus Books as a 2nd Edition to mark its 10th-year
anniversary. His last book: So You Think You Can Think: Tools for Intelligent
Conversations and Getting Along was published by Rowman and Littlefield and was
released in June of 2020. And his current book from Prometheus Books, was
released on January 21, 2025, and is called: Building a God: The Ethics of
Artificial Intelligence and the Race to Control It.