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Filippo Santoni de Sio is a leading philosopher of technology whose work illuminates the ethical and political dimensions of autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and robotics. His most influential contribution is the concept of "meaningful human control," a philosophical framework he developed to address the "responsibility gap" created by lethal autonomous weapons. This foundational paper, with 458 citations, has shaped global debates on how to ensure human accountability in high-stakes automation. Santoni de Sio also advances the ethics of care robotics through his "nature-of-activities approach," which analyzes how different robotic applications affect core values like dignity and privacy. More recently, his work on the future of work (43 citations) outlines a normative framework for preserving human freedom and justice in an AI-driven economy, proposing ideas that go beyond a basic income. His research consistently challenges simplistic fears of automation, arguing that the real ethical task is to precisely define the conditions under which we should—or should not—cede control to machines. A professor at Delft University of Technology, Santoni de Sio is a pivotal voice in responsible innovation, bridging abstract philosophy with urgent policy questions in security, healthcare, and labor.