Professor Shannon Vallor

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Shannon Vallor

Position

Baillie Gifford Professor in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh

Former position

Turing Fellow

Partner Institution

University of Edinburgh
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Research areas

Social data science Ethics Social media Artificial intelligence Machine learning Applications (Machine learning)

Bio

Prof. Shannon Vallor is the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) at the University of Edinburgh, where she is also appointed in Philosophy. She directs the Centre for Technomoral Futures in EFI, and is co-Director of the UKRI’s BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) programme. 

Research interests

Professor Vallor's research explores how AI, robotics, and data science reshape human character, habits, and practices. Her work includes advising policymakers and industry on the ethical design and use of AI, and she is a former Visiting Researcher and AI Ethicist at Google. She is the author of Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting (Oxford University Press, 2016) and The AI Mirror: Reclaiming Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking (Oxford University Press, 2024).

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