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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Professor Shannon Vallor, Director of the new Centre for Technomoral Futures, asks why scientifically- and technologically-rich nations like the UK and the US failed in their response to the pandemic, and highlights the missing link.
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