Love Machine: Spring 2023 event season closes with over 3,000 tickets sold
The Futures Institute thanks everyone who made the “Love Machine” season a success – our partners, speakers, performers, and attendees from all over the world.
The ethical value of transparent AI
Researchers are investigating the ethical value of transparent Artificial Intelligence (AI) – ensuring that human societies benefit from increasing automation.
Compassion and business: an oxymoron or an opportunity?
A new programme of work is developing the thinking and training on the science and practice of compassion in relation to a Wellbeing Economy.
The New Real Founder Tapped as AI Expert
The New Real Founder Professor Drew Hemment shared his expert views on the origins and the future of Artificial Intelligence in two features published in The Scotsman and The Herald.
Innovation For Public Good
Aileen Appleyard is Head of Business Development for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) at Edinburgh Innovations. Here, she outlines the CAHSS track record in innovation for public good at the University of Edinburgh.
Circular Product Design For Tomorrow’s World
Faced with the current climate crisis, businesses are increasingly under pressure to demonstrate how they can adapt to a circular economy model.
Student Photography Competition: The Future of AI
The Futures Institute is launching the Edinburgh Futures Conversations’ Student Photography Competition which is now open to all University of Edinburgh students.
How Universities Support Scotland’s Creative Industries
Edinburgh Innovations’ Caroline Parkinson is Director of Creative at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. She outlines the ways the University of Edinburgh works with Scotland’s creative sector to increase resilience and create innovation.
Transforming Scholarship In The Archives
Transkribus, a spinout formed by a team including Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage Melissa Terras, is using AI-powered handwritten text recognition (HTR) to give researchers, institutions and the public unprecedented access to written records of global cultural importance.
Digital Ethics: A Roadmap For Scotland
Government, industry and academia in Scotland have ambitious plans for digital and data-driven innovation, involving technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), with far-reaching consequences.
