Today’s discussion comes from the “Does AI Have an Ethics Problem?” panel of our 2025 Annual Conference and features Tom Rossman.
Mr. Rossman is a financier and investor, who specializes in developing nations and emerging markets. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Mr. Rossman helped establish investment institutions in Turkey, former Soviet Union states, and North Africa. Throughout his career, he has helped nations democratize and sustainably develop to bring new opportunities to these regions. He has spoken at conferences across the world, from Baku to London to Houston. He received his bachelor’s degree in history and religious studies from Nyack College and earned his master’s from Tufts in international relations. Currently, he is an advisor to the Telosa Community Foundation; a group hoping to build a futuristic from-scratch city that will revolutionize urban living.
Mr. Rossman discussed Facebook’s complicity in Myanmar’s genocide, why AI is different from previous technologies, and why tech entrepreneurs abandoned their altruistic goals for their innovations.