Out today - @Raeng.org.uk and EngC Statement of Ethical Principles, committing Engineers to: Honesty and Integrity, Responsibility to Society, Accuracy and Rigour, Leadership and Communication and Responsibility for the future of technology, society and the environment raeng.org.uk/engineeringe...

🚀 “Engineering is key to ensuring AI can help to achieve sustainability” - Natasha McCarthy, Academy Associate Policy Director, speaking on energy challenges and opportunities for sustainable AI at the #ClimateImpact Summit. 📖 Learn more in our sustainable AI report: nepc.raeng.org.uk/sustainable-ai

I was part of a panel at the award event for the DSIT Manchester AI Prize today, presented by Minister for AI Feryal Clark MP. The panel discussed what we can do to make the UK a global leader in AI for the public good - including through purpose-led, mission-driven research funding and challenges.

Happy #internationalwomensday! How disappointing of Radio 4 to open an episode of Saturday Morning Live, featuring a lineup of women guests, with the song ‘Here come the girls’ (lyrics ‘looking so good it’s a god darn shame that they couldn’t all be mine etc’…) Yawn.

Questions that came up for me today on #philosophyofai 1) AI is great if you like answers. But what if you like questions? 2) If there was a Socratic dialogue where the interlocutor was an LLM, would we still read it now? Cont….

A great conversation at the AI Fringe talking about #sustainable #AI with @loiclnlg.bsky.social Dame Dawn Childs and Marina Jirotka. Sustainable AI needs good engineering, trusted data and multidisciplinary conversations on its responsible use and development.

Spent a wonderful day in Liverpool at the Royal Academy of Engineering People’s AI Stewardship Summit this week, connecting local innovators, researchers and stakeholders into conversation on #AI with community participants! The entrepreneurs said they heard lots they would take back to their work ❤️

What a beautiful location in Liverpool University’s Botanic Gardens for a discussion on Participation, People and Power in Data and AI. Thank you @reemaspatel.bsky.social for organising this with the Digital Good Network, Liverpool Civic Data Cooperative and Responsible AI UK

Very reflective session at the Royal Society and Google Deepmind AI for science forum - how AI tools will require us to reflect on scientific methods both to adapt to new tools but ensure fundamental scientific principles are preserved

Please welcome the very excellent Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social to BlueSky. Follow for the latest news and updates on our independent research into Data and AI and their impacts on people and society. And memes. Always memes.

Event this Thursday in person and online - how we can tackle wicked problems #engineering raeng.org.uk/events/2024/...

Building trustworthy and socially beneficial AI involves listening to what that means to people. At the Royal Academy of Engineering we held the first of a series of conversations between local entrepreneurs and researchers, and Belfast residents, on hopes & fears for AI: youtu.be/4Kuu6OyZkss

What have you heard today that inspires you to feel confident that AI will be trustworthy?

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