Our postdoctoral fellow Dr Caroline Green speaking about the Ruggie principles on the human rights responsibilities of corporations at today’s workshop on “Social Media Corporations: Rights, Risks and Responsibilities” at Magdalen College, with our grad scholar Kyle van Oosterum chairing.

The Dome has landed! Schwarzman Centre. The wonderful new home for Humanities Division TORCH Oxford The Institute for Ethics in AI Bate Collection of Musical Instruments University of Oxford Faculty of Philosophy Oxford History Faculty of Music Faculty of English Experience Oxfordshire William Whyte Oxford City Council

I’d say parents are. But after that probably teachers.

‘Move on Up’ - Curtis Mayfield

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NEW POST!
'First-Generation Philosopher'
By John Tasioulas
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“Thus the fate of Aristotle’s library was sealed. It would form the core of the greatest library of the ancient world: the library of Alexandria.”

Fascinating piece. antigonejournal.com/2022/06/aristo…

JOB ALERT 🚨We are absolutely delighted to advertise the new post of Director of Research, a 5 year senior appointment to lead and develop our exciting new Accelerator Fellowship Programme. Deadline June 10th.

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We are almost halfway through 2024, and the scary claims about AI circulated at the beginning of the year by media and political actors (+those sellling tools) have not been borne out Claes de Vreese says at #EDMOeu , 'AI should not distract from more mundane issues'. Hard agree.

Read the new Nature Aging paper by our postdoctoral research fellow Dr Caroline Green on “Defining responsible use of AI chatbots in social care for older adults”

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This is a fabulous opportunity. The Director of Research will lead our new Accelerator Fellowship Programme that will bring creative thinkers from tech, government, the NGO sector and beyond into our community, enriching the depth and impact of our work. Spread the word!

Faced with ethical questions, some scientists replace the quest for truth with a quest for consensus, because the latter is empirically verifiable. So much harder to accept that there are ethical truths but they are not accessed through scientific methods.

Register for the #LyceumProject on AI ethics with Aristotle, June 20th in Athens. Venue adjacent to the ancient site of Aristotle’s school. Speakers include John Tasioulas, Josiah Ober, fotini christia, Alondra Nelson, Constantinos Daskalakis, and the Greek PM.

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Amazing how far you can get just by telling people what they already believe.

A fantastic role. Do take a look.

Faced with ethical questions, some scientists replace the quest for truth with a quest for consensus, because the latter is empirically verifiable. So much harder to accept that there are ethical truths but they are not accessed through scientific methods.

So sad to hear of the death of Chris Edley. He was a beloved friend, a terrific leader, and a greatly admired colleague. (Reminder: Tell people, right now, that you love and admire them, if you do.)
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Transcript of my Elson Ethics Lecture, delivered at Windsor Castle last year, entitled 'Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: What it is and why we need it', is available here

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