Imagining AI: computing stories in a museum context
Research Suite – 6th Floor, University of Edinburgh Main Library 30 George Square, EdinburghHear a project deep dive from Ursula Martin on Imagining AI: computing stories in a museum context.
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Where are AI’s publics?
Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomWhat role should the public have in shaping Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Should the public have a voice in how AI is being developed and used, and how it’s governed and regulated? And how might a diverse cross section of the public be involved in the decisions made by big tech, regulatory bodies, and local and national government?
How to Reclaim Our Humanity in the Age of AI
Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh 2 Blenheim Place, EdinburghJoin us to celebrate publication of Shannon Vallor's latest work The AI Mirror, one of the most important books we can read right now to find our way through the AI-hype headlines and harness its power to reinvigorate our sense of human agency and possibility.
Digital Cultural Heritage at Edinburgh Futures Institute: Research Exchange
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomHear about some of the latest research and engagement projects led by the Digital Cultural Heritage Cluster members, make new connections and get inspired.
Ethical responsibilities in displaying provocative AI artistic experiences
Bayes Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Room G.03 47 Potterrow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomOur panel of artists, curators, and researchers explores how data-driven art raises new ethical provocations for curation and exhibition.
Margaret Atwood: Practical Utopias – An Exploration of the Possible
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomPart of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, this Future Tense event features Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic.
Madhumita Murgia & Georgina Voss: The Systems Which Govern Us
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomPart of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, two fascinating technology writers reveal the disorientating extent to which we are already governed by AI and complex systems.
James Crawford: Traces of the Past
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomPart of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, join Shetland-born author James Crawford as he talks about his latest work, Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland.
Words from the Wards: Jennifer Williams
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomPart of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, hear stories capturing the memories and experiences of the Edinburgh Futures Institute building in its previous life as a hospital.
A Conversation about the Edinburgh Conversations
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomFrom their personal knowledge, our conversationalists will discuss the success of the original Edinburgh Conversations in the 1980s, and how in the context of the current global situation, the approach might be replicated.
Speculative Futures Meet-Up #3: Futures Boardgames
South Block 60-64 Osborne Street, Glasgow, Scotland, United KingdomSpeculative Futures Central Scotland is delighted to invite you to an in-person evening event about Futures Boardgames.
FinTech Scotland Festival
Fintech Scotland Festival will take place between 25 September 2024 and 04 October 2024 across Scotland.
Tech Tuesdays #3: Automation – Your New Business Partner
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomExplore how automation and artificial intelligence could run the back office of your tourism or hospitality business.
Open Methods for Digital Conservation of Historic Musical Instruments
Room 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghThis talk discusses work carried out at the NEMUS project on the topic of digital conservation of historic stringed instruments.
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Jeanette Winterson in Conversation with Ameca
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA panel event featuring author Jeanette Winterson, robotics expert Ingo Keller, and advanced humanoid robot Ameca.
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Wikidata, biographical lives, and linked infrastructures of women’s work 1870-1950
Room 0.10, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghA project deep dive by James Baker, Director of Digital Humanities at the University of Southampton.
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Literature is not a Luxury with Bernardine Evaristo
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA conversation with award-winning novelist Bernardine Evaristo about arts provision in the education system, the importance of creativity in young people, and how creativity positively impacts society as a whole.
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Rooting Decolonial Education: Routes for Repair and Liberation
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomAs part of Black History Month, this event will engage with Black presence and Black Studies in relation to education.
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The Future of Education: Crisis
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomThe intersecting, planetary-scale crises we face bring new urgency to the debate about the purpose of education. Climate catastrophe, widening inequalities, conflict, pathogen spillovers, new diseases, failures of governance and technology acceleration all challenge us to ask again what education might be, and what we need it to do.
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The Future of Education: Utopia
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomPart of the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Conversations series.
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The Politics of Numbers: Queer Data and the Counting of LGBTQ Communities
Room 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghDr Kevin Guyan shares his work on queer approaches to the collection, analysis and presentation of data.
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A digital economy in crisis: Palestine’s tech sector and the road to economic recovery
MacLaren Stuart Room (G.159) University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, EdinburghThis event brings Gaza Sky Geeks in conversation with researchers at the University of Edinburgh to discuss how Palestine's digital economy can remain resilient in the current crisis.
Video Games: Play and Pedagogy
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghThis event will discuss topics such as the role of video games in shaping our world and human development, and the gamification of education.
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Beyond Precarity: Imaginaries, Constraints, and the Meaning of Platform Work
This talk with Arturo Arriagada will analyse the daily routines and economic pressures faced by today's digital workers.
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Contesting Computing: Imagining Feminist Technofutures
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghThis discussion considers the role education has played in developing our technological landscape and how it can help work towards a fairer future.
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Here Be Dragons: The Challenges of Pursuing Responsible AI
Reid Concert Hall Bristo Square, Edinburgh, United KingdomA talk by danah boyd.
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Technomoral Conversations: What the Majority World Can Teach Us about AI
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomIn this Technomoral Conversations panel, we will hear from leading voices from the Majority World on what they have learned from and about AI, and the issues and visions they would like to see taken up.
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Future Library and Futures Literacy: Making Futures from Where We Are
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA panel event marking the 10-year anniversary of Katie Paterson’s 100-year artwork, Future Library.
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The Future of Education: AI
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomPart of the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Conversations series.
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The Future of AI at School
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomThis event will bring together key figures from the Scottish education landscape to talk about AI in schools and our education futures.
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How to Find the Soul of a Sailor: Artist Talk and Opening Event
Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomInterdisciplinary artist Kasia Molga invites you to explore her first iteration of 'How to Find the Soul of a Sailor,' the result of The New Real 2023-2024 commission 'Uncanny Machines' supported by the Scottish AI Alliance.
How Platforms Fail Democracy
Lecture Theatre A 40 George Square, Edinburgh, United KingdomJoin Professor Daniel Kreiss for an in-depth talk and discussion, hosted by the School of Political Science, on how platforms fail democracy. It will examine their role in political polarisation and disinformation, while advocating for democracy-worthy policies to safeguard elections and institutions.
Reconstructing the Roman Transport Network: New Methods and Approaches to Modelling Mobility from the R3UrbN Project
Room 2.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9EFJoin the Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture and Society for their latest project deep dive featuring Andrew McLean.
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Voices for Transgender Equality: Trans Rights Activism Under Trump
Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomTJ Billard offers an insider’s view into transgender activism during the first two years of the first Trump administration.
Fern Brady in conversation with Michael Pedersen
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomComedian Fern Brady joins Michael Pedersen to talk creativity, comedy and books.
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Creating to Celebrate: the Edinburgh Seven Tapestry
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA panel event celebrating the creation of the Edinburgh Seven Tapestry.
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Culture is Bad for You
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA panel event on the mechanisms of exclusion in cultural work and how they are mirrored in other national and policy contexts
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Emerging Futures for Tokenised Licensing in the Creative Industries
This webinar is designed for individuals and organisations across the creative industries who are navigating the evolving landscape of digital content management and licensing.
Repurposing media for collective inquiry: notes from the Public Data Lab
Room 2.35, Edinburgh Futures Institute 1 Lauriston Place, EdinburghIn this talk, the co-founders of the Public Data Lab will share their experience of developing new collaborative methods through digital tools.
Free
Technomoral Conversations: AI & Creative Labour
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomA conversation about the role of AI in creative practice and culture.
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David Farrier: Nature’s Genius
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomJoin us as Professor David Farrier discusses his new book 'Nature's Genius: Evolution's Lessons for a Changing World'.
Free
The New Real Salon: Doing AI Differently
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomThe third iteration of the New Real Salon, introducing their new initiative, Doing AI Differently.
Free
Book Launch: Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India
Violet Laidlaw Room (6.02) Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, EdinburghJoin us for a discussion of Experimental Times by Hemangini Gupta, Lecturer in Gender and Global Politics.
Free
Marcus du Sautoy: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity
Edinburgh Futures Institute, Level 0 Event Space 1 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, United KingdomMarcus du Sautoy joins us to discuss his book 'Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity'.
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