Brian Cantwell Smith is a philosopher and cognitive scientist working in the fields of philosophy with a focus on ontology, cognitive, computer, and information science. His research focuses on the foundations and philosophy of computing, both in the practice and theory of computer science, and in the use of computational metaphors in other fields, such as philosophy, cognitive science, physics, and art. He is Professor of Information, Computer Science, and Philosophy as well as the Reid Hoffman Professor of Artificial Intelligence and the Human at the University of Toronto. His books include: On the Origin of Objects (MIT Press, 1996) and The Promise of Artificial Intelligence: Reckoning and Judgment (MIT Press, 2019).