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ODI webinar: Public services and AI

5 February 2026

Is generative AI the key to better public services? Join the Open Data Institute for this webinar where experts will discuss practical strategies for reliable, effective and trustworthy AI in government services.

Technomoral Conversation: What’s the story with AI? Exploring AI narratives

11 February 2026

Chaired by Dr Alex Taylor (University of Edinburgh), this Technomoral Conversation will feature Dr Abeba Birhane (Trinity College Dublin), Professor Louise Amoore (Durham University) and John Thornhill (Financial Times).

Technomoral Conversations: How Will AI Change Science?

During this Technomoral Conversation, we heard from Dr Emily Sullivan, Dr Eran Tal, Dr Arfon Smith, and Professor Anna Scaife on the impact of data-driven machine learning and AI on science and knowledge production.

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Flagship Lecture: Wisdom for an Artificial Age

I'm currently studying in the field of English literature and am especially interested in how the development of AI influences education. If you're interested in talking about some aspect of this topic, feel free to reach out!

Wednesday 11 February | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Edinburgh Futures Institute & online

Join us for the latest event in our Technomoral Conversations series!

During this fireside chat, we will hear insights from experts across academia and industry on the dominant narratives surrounding AI, and what alternative stories can be and are being told about AI and its place in our futures.

Dear Everyone, 

It is a pleasure to be here and to engage with this exciting new initiative.

I am a composer specializing in avant-garde classical music, with research focused on the ways in which technology, computational mathematics, and artificial intelligence can enhance and re-imagine the future of musical creation, exploration, education, and production. I am also an active concert violinist, which informs and supports the dissemination of my work.

I have been privileged to collaborate with organizations across Europe and North America. Selected professional highlights include participation in the United Nations Summit of the Future, work with the National Museum of Computing (UK), and international tours presenting my algorithmic-compositions and research in Canada, England and Wales, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United States.

Originally from Canada, I am currently based in Basel, Switzerland, where I am a graduate student at the FHNW. I conduct the majority…

Dear Everyone, 

It is a pleasure to be here and to engage with this exciting new initiative.

I am a composer specializing in avant-garde classical music, with research focused on the ways in which technology, computational mathematics, and artificial intelligence can enhance and re-imagine the future of musical creation, exploration, education, and production. I am also an active concert violinist, which informs and supports the dissemination of my work.

I have been privileged to collaborate with organizations across Europe and North America. Selected professional highlights include participation in the United Nations Summit of the Future, work with the National Museum of Computing (UK), and international tours presenting my algorithmic-compositions and research in Canada, England and Wales, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United States.

Originally from Canada, I am currently based in Basel, Switzerland, where I am a graduate student at the FHNW. I conduct the majority…

A fantastic introduction to the current state of AI is scientist and philosopher John C. Lennox’s 2084 and the AI Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence Informs Our Future. Beginning with an overview of technological developments, the book proceeds to define Artificial Intelligence and its philosophical underpinnings before considering the future and what it means to be human.

The book is recommended for this network as it aligns with many of the issues we will be exploring together: for instance, what is the relationship of the mind to the brain? Will we be able to construct artificial consciousness and life? Will we eventually make superintelligences? In his preface, Lennox reiterates the significance and impact of AI at various levels, again reinforcing the value of such a network and its members' contributions – comprising the philosophical, political, practical, sociological, cultural, economic and ethical.

And, in another nod to the need for such a…

Curate and recommend. Found an insightful book, film, podcast, website or app? Post it here to keep the community’s collective library growing.

Curate and recommend. Found a high-value text, podcast, tool or archive? Post it here to keep the community’s collective library growing.