Come work with the Centre for Technomoral Futures and the Philosophy department at The University of Edinburgh! We are seeking a lecturer in the Philosophy of Technology on a full-time, open-ended contract. We welcome applications from candidates working across a broad range of philosophical traditions and methodologies. This post will include but not be limited to the ethics and politics of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The successful candidate will contribute distinguished teaching, research, and academic citizenship in the field of Philosophy of Technology, and contribute to the continuing development of the Philosophy Department and CTMF as centres of international excellence. The post will be appointed within the University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, but will also have a primary affiliation with the Centre for Technomoral Futures in the Edinburgh Futures Institute. Learn more ▶️ https://edin.ac/3Z0VoyA Application deadline ▶️ 6 December 2024 Shannon Vallor | University of Edinburgh College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | Data-Driven Innovation Initiative | Scottish AI Alliance
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Facilitating the integration of technical and moral knowledge. Part of the University of Edinburgh's Futures Institute.
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As part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) at The University of Edinburgh, The Centre for Technomoral Futures supports EFI’s larger aim: to pursue and promote the participatory knowledge and critical understanding needed to support society’s navigation of complex futures. Our shared goal is to help people create and shape more resilient, sustainable and equitable forms of life. Our current portfolio of activities, supported by an initial gift from the global investment firm Baillie Gifford, focuses upon the ethical implications of present and future advances in AI, machine learning and other data-driven technologies. We strive to embed technomoral wisdom in the design of possible futures. Technical and moral knowledge have long been treated as separate kinds of expertise, but this is a damaging and artificial split, one that our Centre works to mend. Technology's value lies solely in its power to transform our world in ways that enable better lives; it is therefore inseparable from knowledge of how to live well, which is the domain of ethics and morality. Morality is a body of social techniques for living good lives together, and it is therefore inseparable from the technical knowledge that we use to build human values into the world we share with others. To envision, design, build, and sustain environments where shared flourishing is possible, we must first reunite these two bodies of knowledge and skill, and the good ends they promote. The result of that synthesis is technomoral wisdom.
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🎉 Congratulations to Maria Stielow, this year's Westin Scholar Award Winner! 👏 The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Westin Scholar Award is a prestigious recognition celebrating excellence in privacy and AI governance, and is granted to the student with the highest overall mark in our MSc Data and AI Ethics programme. As the recipient of this award, Maria will join a global community of professionals committed to advancing knowledge and best practices in data privacy, AI governance and digital responsibility. 📸 Andrew Perry Edinburgh Futures Institute | University of Edinburgh College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | The University of Edinburgh | Shannon Vallor
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Director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh; Professor in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence
Thrilled to be included in Noema Magazine's end of year Top 10, along with a lot of other cool stuff (including the amazing art that is curated for each piece): https://lnkd.in/gTB2egDa
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ICYMI: Director of Centre for Technomoral Futures Professor Shannon Vallor has been awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Research by the University’s Chancellor, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, at a gala dinner held at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on Wednesday, 13 November. This honour is one of four Chancellor’s Awards presented annually to celebrate exceptional contributions in teaching, research, and impact at The University of Edinburgh. Read the full story 🔗 https://edin.ac/4f2AK5L
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BRAID researcher Fabio Tollon contributed to this fabulous new resource, an AI Glossary informed by #philosophy So beautifully put together. https://lnkd.in/eSdTmWMd #AIethics
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📢 Closing this week 📢 Come join our team! We are seeking a lecturer in the Philosophy of Technology on a full-time, open-ended contract. We welcome applications from candidates working across a broad range of philosophical traditions and methodologies. This post will include but not be limited to the ethics and politics of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The successful candidate will contribute distinguished teaching, research, and academic citizenship in the field of Philosophy of Technology, and contribute to the continuing development of the Philosophy Department and CTMF as centres of international excellence. The post will be appointed within the University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, but will also have a primary affiliation with the Centre for Technomoral Futures in the Edinburgh Futures Institute. Learn more ▶️ https://edin.ac/3Z0VoyA Application deadline ▶️ 6 December 2024 The University of Edinburgh | University of Edinburgh College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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Join Centre for Technomoral Futures Director Professor Shannon Vallor in this upcoming event with The Alan Turing Institute! ⭐ The Turing Lectures: Can We Live with AI? 🗓️ 9 December, 19:30 - 21: 30 📍 Kings Place, London and online 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/ewEDzgJ9
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Exciting news: Professor Shannon Vallor has been awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Research! The prestigious honor, presented by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, recognizes Shannon’s exceptional contributions to advancing the ethics of data and AI. As the Director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, and the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence, Professor Vallor’s pioneering work positions the University at the forefront of responsible AI research. Her latest book, The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking, explores the human implications of AI and has been widely acclaimed. Congratulations, Professor Vallor, on this well-deserved recognition of your groundbreaking work! Read more: https://edin.ac/3OqKcVw #AIethics #ResponsibleAI #ChancellorsAward #ResearchExcellence #TechEthics #Leadership #EdinburghUniversity #AI
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Hear Joe Noteboom, one of our CTMF PhD Fellows, discuss the challenges of studying in the ‘platformised’ university on Neil Selwyn's Education Technology Society podcast! On this episode, Joe discusses his recent paper, 'The student as user: mapping student experiences of platformisation in higher education,' which you can read (open access) here: https://lnkd.in/eUJAn27t Edinburgh Futures Institute | University of Edinburgh, School of Social and Political Science | University of Edinburgh Moray House School of Education and Sport
Being a university student in 2024 is increasingly done through digital platforms ... I talked to Joe Noteboom about how students digitally navigate their university lives ... includes some fascinating insights on the importance of platforms such as WeChat, Bilibili & Little Red Book in helping Chinese international students survive the UK university experience: https://lnkd.in/gkGMYqvV
The challenges of studying in the ‘platformised’ university - Education Technology Society
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James Garforth, Benedetta Catanzariti, and Meenakshi Mani, from the Centre for Technomoral Futures (Edinburgh Futures Institute), share their reflections on designing an MSc course ‘Translational Data and AI Ethics’, which responds to the broader challenges of implementing translational ethics teaching programmes within more traditional computer and data science degrees: "...even within institutions and programmes that do offer ethical training, technical skills are often still taught as if entirely abstract and stripped of their social and ethical significance." Read how they designed the course in link in comments below.
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