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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to welcoming my old friend @jpsullins.bsky.social to Edinburgh! You can join his lecture online or in person

Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social · 5d

Join us on Wed 15 October for Centre for Technomoral Futures flagship lecture.

Learn about the surprising role human wisdom is playing to help us navigate the challenges of AI technologies and create a more humane future, with Professor John Sullins.

💳 Free to attend
🎟️ https://edin.ac/3Kw3VEQ

CTMF Flagship Lecture: Wisdom for an Artificial Age - Edinburgh Futures Institute

Hear from Professor John P. Sullins on the surprising role human wisdom is playing in navigating the challenges of AI technologies.

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 6d

A nice companion piece to our new video reel about the exhibition, introducing the artists and their own reflections: vimeo.com/1123604736/f... with the wonderful @beverleyhood.bsky.social @esarahcook.bsky.social and @ewaluger.bsky.social

Tipping Point Highlights Video

Tipping Point is an exhibition of new Art Commissions by Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) presenting seven outstanding UK-based artists aimed at exploring…

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · 6d

It's one month since we wrapped up Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI, our exhibition featuring seven new artworks by artists from across the UK. Here BRAID community member Alasdair Milne offers his reflections on the exhibition in a new blog.

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Reflecting on Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI

7 — 31 August 2025 | Inspace Gallery, EdinburghIn the summer of 2025, Bridging Responsible AI Divides staged an exhibition of newly commissioned artworks on the theme of Responsible AI by artist

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Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social · 6d

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us on Doors Open Day 2025! It was wonderful to meet so many people of all ages from our community! Thanks to our partners for joining us & sharing your amazing work with our visitors 🤩

Be the first to hear of upcoming events 👉 edin.ac/2FtIwqU

Wide shot of people visiting stalls in a large event space

Three people around a stall, one person is smiling

A young person is trying on a virtual headset assisted by a grown-up

People waking through a hallway with high ceilings and a large screen projector

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Rayo Verweij @rayo.dev · 11d

I have a little stall at the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Doors Open Day today! I’m sharing some early research around children’s views of AI at school. Come say hi if you’re around!!

A free poster boards displaying children’s drawings behind a table with colouring materials

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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 14d

@shannonvallor.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @schoolofppls.bsky.social @zeerak.bsky.social @ftollon.bsky.social @gonzalezmarquez.bsky.social @ginahelfrich.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 14d

Join us for our CTMF Flagship Lecture, where we will hear from Professor @jpsullins.bsky.social on the surprising role human wisdom is playing to help us navigate the challenges of AI technologies and create a more humane future.

🗓️ 15 October 18.00 - 19.30 BST
📍 EFI & online
🎟️ edin.ac/3Kl8em6

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Ismael K.G. @hermeneuticist.bsky.social · 19d

Thrilled to be joining @ftollon.bsky.social at RSA House and online, 9th October at 6pm (UTC+1), with @taniaduarte.bsky.social to discuss Tollon’s recent work with @shannonvallor.bsky.social on the #ResponsibleAI landscape.

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Poster for the responsible AI landscape event, taking place at RSA House and online on 9th October at 6pm (UTC+1).

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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 28d

Come chat to our CTMF researchers at the Edinburgh Futures Institute this Doors Open Day!

Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social · Sep 8

⭐Doors Open Day 2025 at Edinburgh Futures Institute⭐
🗓️ Saturday, 27 September | 10:00 to 16:00

Join us on Doors Open Day 2025! Meet our staff, students and partners and discover how they are shaping better futures for all.

👉 Free entry! See the full programme efi.ed.ac.uk/event/doors-...

Doors Open Day 2025 at Edinburgh Futures Institute - Edinburgh Futures Institute

This September, explore the fascinating history and exciting future of this special Edinburgh landmark.

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University of Edinburgh's Generative AI Laboratory @uoe-gail.bsky.social · Sep 5

As our debut post on BlueSky, we are delighted to announce that Professor @sramamoorthy.bsky.social has been apponted as GAIL Director. Professor Ramamoorthy will lead the next stages of GAIL's development, read more in our news story 👉 gail.ed.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

GAIL Director appointed to lead next stages of development | Generative AI Laboratory | Generative AI Laboratory

In the next stage of University of Edinburgh’s Generative AI Laboratory development, Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy has been appointed as the first Director.

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Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 25

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨

@braiduk.bsky.social is seeking a Communications & Impact Officer who will play a pivotal role in enhancing BRAID’s visibility, engagement, and overall impact.

The post is full-time & fixed-term until Nov 2028.

Applications close on 1 Sep 2025📝.

More: edin.ac/4fSpAmf

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Caterina Moruzzi @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social · Aug 12

Come and visit Authenticity Unmasked at the Edinburgh Arts Fedtival and @edfringe.bsky.social!

The exhibit presents three newly commissioned artworks by @dmstfctn.bsky.social, Georgia Gardner, and Kinnari Saraiya that explore how AI reshapes our understanding of authenticity, truth, and identity.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · Aug 5

Very excited to be recruiting for a Communication and Impact Officer to work with me, @ewaluger.bsky.social and the whole @braiduk.bsky.social team in Edinburgh through late 2028! Opportunity is Grade 7 and applications close 1st Sept

Communication and Impact Officer

The BRAID Communications and Impact Manager will play a pivotal role in enhancing BRAID’s visibility, engagement, and overall impact. The post-holder will contribute to a stakeholder-focussed communic...

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · Jul 27

Had a very lively conversation with Judy Estrin, Christopher Wylie, Justine Bateman and @antelava.bsky.social from @codastory.bsky.social, on how to challenge the increasingly authoritarian shape of Silicon Valley power

Who decides our tomorrow? Challenging Silicon Valley’s power - Coda Story

As Silicon Valley’s influence expands, a new belief system is quietly reshaping society. This piece explores how tech elites are redefining power, the risks to human agency, and what it will take to r...

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · Jul 24

📢 Job opportunity! 📢

Opportunity to join our Edinburgh-based team as BRAID Project Administrator. Full time, til Nov 2028. Find out more:

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A pivotal role, helping ensure smooth running of BRAID.
Come help us make a difference.

#Edinburgh #Jobs

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Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 22

Open Call for Global Majority Fellowship 🌍

Only just over a week left to apply for the Designing Responsible Natural Language Processing Global Majority Fellowship Scheme, housed at Edinburgh Futures Institute!

Applications close 31 July.

Visit 🌐 www.responsiblenlp.org/global-major...

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Edinburgh Futures Institute @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 24

Join us @edbookfest.bsky.social, for 'Navigating the AI Revolution' with Richard Susskind.

Chaired by Shannon Vallor, @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and sponsored by Edinburgh Futures Institute.

📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute
🗓️ 24 August | 15:15pm – 16:15pm
🎟️ Tickets £15.50: edin.ac/3TWjqar

Richard Susskind: Navigating the AI Revolution - Edinburgh Futures Institute

Supported by Edinburgh Futures Institute.

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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · Jul 22

Congratulations Dr @mussgnug.bsky.social! All of us at the CTMF are so proud of you! 🎉

You can read Alex's most recent paper, which challenges the idea of AI as a distinct territory for ethics and regulation, here: link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · Jun 30

Looking forward to this panel!

Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · Jun 30

📣 We’re excited to share the Centre for Public Policy will be at the Festival of Politics 2025!

🗳️ Event: Holyrood 2026: The Big Issues
📅 Friday, 22 August 2025 | 10:30am ‐ 12:00pm
📍 Scottish Parliament – Festival of Politics

🔗Tickets: festivalofpolitics.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festi... 1/4 🧵

Holyrood 2026: the big issues [with BSL] - Buy tickets

With the Scottish Parliament elections in May 2026, join the academics who will set out the demographic, fiscal, technological and social policy challenges that lie ahead for Scotland.

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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · Jun 30

Congratulations @zelny.bsky.social!

Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · Jun 27

Congratulations to @zelny.bsky.social
for winning the SPT2025 Graduate Student Paper Award!! So proud of you Andrew. @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @schoolofppls.bsky.social @technomoralfutures.bsky.social

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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · Jun 27

Join Dr Audrey Borowski (@edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social Visiting Fellow) for the last event of her ‘AI and the Digital’ seminar series, where she will be in conversation with @shannonvallor.bsky.social‬!

📍 Online via Zoom
📅 Monday 30 June 7.00-8.00pm BST
🎟️ Register: edin.ac/45GJgXd

How to Reclaim Our Humanity

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BRAID UK @braiduk.bsky.social · Jun 25

One week on from the BRAID Community Gathering, and we’re still feeling the energy from a day filled with insight, authenticity and connection.

Heartfelt thanks to our speakers, attendees; Our Community - your being there made it what it was.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · Jun 22

Lovely to see this piece linking my work with that of Charles Taylor, Joseph Stiglitz, Elinor Ostrom and others who challenge our failing model of liberalism, one that enables the private enclosure of public goods and the resulting collapse of our civic virtues and capabilities for common life.

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thomas Meier and Kristina Khutsishvili contend that the challenge to democracy posed by concentrated digital power is not merely institutional, economic, or ethical, but a disruption of the very conditions for democratic citizenship.

Who Owns the Future? Ways to Understand Power, Technology, and the Moral Commons | TechPolicy.Press

Thomas Meier and Kristina Khutsishvili argue for a reorientation to revive the democratic lifeblood of shared meaning, moral cultivation, and civic agency.

www.techpolicy.press

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Fabio Tollon @ftollon.bsky.social · Jun 19

Happy to share that our Landscape Study on Responsible AI has just been published: zenodo.org/records/1519...

If you can't be bothered to read the whole thing, we even summarized it for you: braiduk.org/the-responsi...

@braiduk.bsky.social @technomoralfutures.bsky.social

The Responsible AI Ecosystem: Seven Lessons from the BRAID Landscape Study

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · Jun 20

Can’t wait for this fireside chat with the always amazing @alexhanna.bsky.social later today at Edinburgh’s Quaker Meeting House, a seminar sponsored by @technomoralfutures.bsky.social and GAIL; @lighthousebks.bsky.social will also be there with copies of The AI Con and The AI Mirror!

CTMF-GAIL Seminar: AI's impact on marginalized communities

In this joint seminar between the Centre for Technomoral Futures and the Generative AI Laboratory, Dr Alex Hanna and Professor Shannon Vallor will explore the societal and political dynamics of AI, pa...

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