CDCS Annual Lecture 2023
West Court, Edinburgh College of Art 74 Lauriston Place, EdinburghThe fourth CDCS Annual Lecture How to See What’s Missing presented by Mary Flanagan.
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Recycling a Hospital with Edinburgh Future’s Institute
National Library of Scotland EdinburghCreativeMornings Edinburgh invites you to join a conversation with the team behind the Recycling A Hospital project at Edinburgh Futures Institute.
Project Deep Dive: Justin Chun-ting Ho
Online EdinburghJoin the Centre for Data, Culture and Society for their first Project Deep Dive of the semester ‘Image and Text Analysis using Multi-modal Embeddings’ presented by Justin Chun-ting Ho.
Quantification of Labour: from the factory to the gig economy
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, EdinburghThe use of science and technology to optimise the output of workers for the profit of business is not a new phenomenon. For this session we welcome two sociologists who work on the quantification of the body and worker, Dr Mark Patterson, and Dr Karen Gregory. Dr Patterson will explore the history of measurement of the ... Read more
Climate Extremes and Decision-making: it’s all about the models
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, EdinburghPrediction of the impacts of climate change is one of the most urgent challenges facing humanity, crucial tools that will support policy, business and civil society in planning mitigations - everything from the pricing of insurance to building community resilience and the speed of decarbonisation. Just as in the work done to demonstrate human impacts ... Read more
Music, Copyright & Generative AI: Social, Ontological & Legal Perspectives
Inspace 1 Crichton Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomJoin MusAI and The New Real to delve into the intriguing intersection of artificial intelligence and music copyright.
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AI Safety and AI Ethics: bridging cultures of existential and social risk
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, Edinburgh2023 was undoubtedly the year of 'AI' - when we were all amazed by the capabilities of ChatGTP and image generators, and stories of existential risks filled the media. This narrative seemed to be pushed by the very people who had invested most in developing Large Language Models, and were interlinked with the ideology of ... Read more
Protecting the State, Protecting our Homes: governing and designing cybersecurity
Newhaven Lecture Theatre 13-15 College Street, EdinburghAs our society has become increasingly dependent on information infrastructures that reach into our pockets, homes and workplaces, we have become increasing vulnerable to attacks on and through these systems. How can we improve legal, technical and human dimensions of design and use to ensure future protection and resilience?
Project Deep Dive: Anja Neundorf
Online EdinburghJoin the Centre for Data, Culture & Society and the Social Data Science Hub for a Project Deep Dive presented by Anja Neundorf, professor of Politics and Research Methods at the University of Glasgow.
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