This MSc program has a mix of mandatory courses and electives. There are two mandatory courses in Semester 1: Interdisciplinary Futures and Data and Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Law and Governance. Interdisciplinary Futures, taught by Dr Linda O’Keeffe, is something every cohort takes and is meant to help students develop the critical and creative skills necessary to...
I met Shannon Vallor today, the Director of the entire Data & Artificial Intelligence Ethics program and a massive force within the Centre for Technomoral Futures. Launched in 2020 as an integral part of the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute, the Centre supports EFI’s larger aim: to pursue and promote the participatory knowledge and critical understanding needed to support...
Within the University of Edinburgh, a group called the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) is dedicated to solving the world’s most complex challenges. While I am in the Data and Artificial Intelligence Ethics cohort, other cohorts are working on different challenges such as Planetary Health, Education, and Circular Economy. During the induction lecture today, I met a guy in the Sustainable...
It’s hard not to fall in love with Edinburgh. It’s old but beaming with life. It’s one of those places where everything looks historic—and is—yet approachable and welcoming at the same time. I spent the day wandering around the city, getting my bearings and a sense of its scale. Edinburgh’s population is around 500,000, about the size of Kansas City, so it’s actually quite manageable. Every fifth...