Shannon Vallor

@ShannonVallor
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Baillie Gifford Professor of AI and Data Ethics at the University of Edinburgh, Turing Fellow, Director of Centre for Technomoral Futures at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. Philosopher/ethicist; author of Technology and the Virtues: A Future Worth Wanting
AuthorTechnology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting
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LocationScotland

Excited to finally share that my job hunt is over!

In November I’ll be joining @ShannonVallor & the Centre for Technomoral Futures at the Edinburgh Futures Institute and Edinburgh Informatics as a Chancellor’s Fellow. 🎉🎉🎉

AND I will be recruiting a PhD student to join me!

I will start to build my lab, which will focus on topics on the ethics of machine learning, hate speech and privacy preservation:
In short, if ML and fundamental rights sound like your jam, reach out!

“What happens to humanity when all we can see is its reflection?”, asks Prof. @ShannonVallor at the #BeingHuman in the Age of #AI conference. https://x.com/smithbarryc/status/1793658526759588225?s=46&t=boQbt8PsLtW-dcWlDwejYQ
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Professor of the Ethics of Data and AI @EdinburghUni @ShannonVallor guides us on the ways in which AI is a powerful mirror to us, providing an animate image of digitally active humans @IP_SAS Being Human in the Age of AI

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Deadline extended to 7 Feb to apply to this new postdoc position in Edinburgh’s Dept of Philosophy, part of the UKRI Responsible AI Ecosystem programme co-led by me and Ewa Luger. Looking for an early career researcher excited to join an interdisciplinary team and work with stakeholders in AI policy, government, industry and civil society. The post is through Oct 2025; please share! https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/6111/?utm_medium=jobshare
Postdoctoral Research Assistant

The Philosophy department in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant on a full time, fixed term basis.

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