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Philosophy of Machine Learning Expert, Dr Emily Sullivan, to join the Centre for Technomoral Futures
We are excited to announce that Dr Emily Sullivan, an expert at the intersection of the philosophy of science and machine learning, will be joining the University of Edinburgh in August 2025 as Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Technology.
Exploring Data Ethics at Easter Bush: A Cross-Disciplinary Workshop
This workshop brought CTMF staff together with researchers from the University's Vet School, Roslin Institute, and Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems to explore how data ethics applies across their disciplines.
PhD Studentship Opportunity
Examining the ethical implications of natural language processing. The Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Centre for Technomoral Futures and the School of Informatics are delighted to invite applications for this funded PhD studentship, to begin in the academic year 2025/2026.
2023-2024 Year in Review
2023-2024 was a year of extraordinary activity for the Centre, with an array of events, seminars, and research that continues to shape the Centre’s mission to unify technical and moral knowledge that directly serves the goals of sustainable, just and ethical innovation.
Inspiring the next generation: Exploring robotics, AI, and ethics with high school students
In this blog post, Professor Burkhard Schafer shares his experiences of a session he recently led with a group of pupils at Balerno High School in Edinburgh to explore the intersection of robotics, AI, and ethics.
Chancellor’s Award for Research goes to Professor Shannon Vallor
We are delighted to announce that Professor Shannon Vallor has been awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Research.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Bias
In this blog post, hear from Dr Lucy Havens on the importance of the distinction between overt and covert bias, and the societal implications of current approaches to measuring biases in ML/AI models focusing primarily on overt bias.
Job Opportunity: Lecturer in Philosophy of Technology
Applications are open to work with the Centre for Technomoral Futures and the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences as Lecturer in Philosophy of Technology.
EFI Visiting Fellows for 2024-2025
Dr Anissa Tanweer and Dr Audrey Borowski will join the CTMF Research Community during the 2024-2025 year, as part of the Edinburgh Futures Institutes Visiting Fellowship Programme!
Christian Pastoral Care and Companionable AI
Can AI-driven systems be deployed within religious communities for pastoral care on all levels? If so, what is the role of human ministers in pastoral care in the age of AI? Hear from Dr Ximian Xu on Companionable AI in Christian Pastoral Care in this blog post.
Bridging the Gap: Reflections from teaching translational data and AI ethics
Hear James Garforth, Benedetta Catanzariti and Meenakshi Mani reflect on their experience collaborating across social science and computer science to design and teach the new EFI 'Translational Data and AI Ethics' intensive course.
Report on the Staff-Student Workshop on Generative AI and the University of Edinburgh
On 22 February 2024, EFI hosted a staff-student workshop on the implications of generative AI systems like ChatGPT for the university, organised by EFI and the University’s AI & Data Ethics Advisory Board. Read the report here!
The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking by Professor Shannon Vallor
On the 3rd June 2024, Professor Vallor’s new book ‘The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking’ was released with Oxford University Press!
New Perspectives on AI Futures
‘New Perspectives on AI Futures’ was a workshop series held in spring 2023, funded by the Alan Turing Institute and led by Dr Atoosa Kasirzadeh, Chancellor’s Fellow and Research Lead at the CTMF. Read the report here!
Professor Shannon Vallor testifies at US Senate hearing on 'The Philosophy of AI: Learning from history, shaping our future'
On the 8th November 2023, Professor Vallor testified to the United States’ Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee on the philosophy AI and how we can use historical knowledge and experiences to shape our future.
2022-2023 Year in Review
As the Centre’s third year comes to a close, we stand on the brink of an exciting new phase of maturity. Thanks to our remarkable early growth, in spite of the pandemic’s challenges, the Centre is about to meet all of its initial milestones.
Professor Shannon Vallor appointed to Oversight Board of the Ada Lovelace Institute
The Nuffield Foundation has appointed three new members to the Oversight Board of the Ada Lovelace Institute, founded in 2018 with a mission to make data and AI work for people and society.
Profile: Dr Atoosa Kasirzadeh, CTMF Research Lead and Chancellor’s Fellow
Chancellor’s Fellow Dr. Atoosa Kasirzadeh joined the Centre for Technomoral Futures as Research Lead in January 2022.
Love Machine: EFI Spring 2023 Events season
The Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Spring 2023 programme: Love Machine opens 6 March and runs until 5 May.
Futures of Bioethics Conference 2023
We are excited to announce that abstract submissions are now open for the Postgraduate Bioethics Conference 2023, which will be held in Edinburgh on Monday 12th - Tuesday 13th June. The conference is co-organised by one of our PhD students, Jamie Webb.