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1 Reimagining Humanity in the Age of Technology This lecture will provide a brief journey into the future, providing projections for how our lives will change as technological innovations continue to accelerat Scott Clarke 19 Dec 2024
2 The digital lives of children: Professor Vicki Nash and Professor Katya Hertog How digital technologies impact young children, and new ways to think about the ethical and safety measures that govern their use of technology, with Professor Vicki Nash and Professor Katya Hertog (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) Vicki Nash, Katya Hertog 12 Dec 2024
3 Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 10 – Data journalism in the age of AI Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: the evolving field of data visualisation in journalism. Alberto Cairo, Simon Rogers, Caithlin Mercer 18 Oct 2024
4 Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 8 – AI and ethics in Journalism Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: the ethical use of AI and the responsibility that comes with it. Arthur Grimonpont, Bahareh Heravi 18 Oct 2024
5 Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 5 – Defining your strategy around AI and disinformation Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: how AI and disinformation have become intertwined, and what that means for journalists battling fake news. Peter Pomerantsev, Dima Saber 18 Oct 2024
6 Fellowship Takeaways. Episode 3 – AI and innovation in journalism Bite-sized insights from Reuters Institute’s fellowship seminars: how AI is revolutionising newsrooms and opening up new possibilities for journalism. Bahareh Heravi, Dima Saber, Hilke Schellmann 18 Oct 2024
7 Creative Commons AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 5 - Is it possible to build a local radio station powered by AI? This tech CEO says so Broadcast radio is facing an existential question: can it survive in the digital era, when young audiences don’t know what FM and AM mean? Tech company Futuri Media says they can revitalize local radio using AI. Daniel Anstandig, Gretel Kahn 14 Aug 2024
8 Creative Commons AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 4 - How Swedish Radio balances journalism and AI without falling for hype How do you best integrate AI in your news strategy as a public service broadcasting organisation? That is a question that Swedish Radio has been pondering and tackling first hand for the past year. Olle Zachrison, Gretel Kahn 13 Aug 2024
9 AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 3 - Meet NAT, the AI-generated presenter offering soft news to Mexican audiences Mexican news organisation 'Grupo Fórmula' has created an AI news anchor to attract younger audiences. Host Gretel Kahn spoke with Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Director of Technology and AI Infrastructure. Oswaldo Aguilar Castro, Gretel Kahn 06 Aug 2024
10 AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 2 - The day AI clones took over a Swiss radio station On April 27 2023, artificial intelligence took over a radio station in francophone Switzerland, the voices were AI clones of their real hosts, everything they said were scripts generated by AI, and even the music played was aggregated and composed by AI. Gretel Kahn, Antoine Multone 02 Aug 2024
11 Creative Commons AI and the Future of Audio. Episode 1 - When AI meets creative writing: an audio experiment at Czech Radio Can AI write better short stories than a human writer? This is the questions at the heart of the Digital Writer project from Czech Radio. Gretel Kahn, Anna Vošalíková 24 Jul 2024
12 Creative Commons Our podcast: Digital News Report 2024. Episode 2. Public attitudes about AI and journalism In this episode of our Digital News Report 2024 series, we explore what people think about the use of AI in journalism. Amy Ross Arguedas, Federica Cherubini 24 Jun 2024
13 Artificial Intelligence and Health Security, managing the risks Professor Karl Roberts, University of New England, NSW, Australia gives a talk on generative AI and large language models as applied to healthcare. Karl Roberts 17 Apr 2024
14 How newsrooms are meeting the challenges of AI, diversity and flexible working In this episode of our podcast we explore our latest report on how news organisations around the world are adapting their working practices to external changes and internal dynamics including AI, diversity and flexible working. Gretel Kahn, Ramaa Sharma , Federica Cherubini 15 Dec 2023
15 Creative Commons The Pandemic People: Prof. Eddie Holmes Professor Eddie Holmes, who co-authored the publication of the genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 through work with colleagues in Wuhan, China speaks to Professor Andrew Pollard about his scientific career and this pivotal pandemic work. Andrew Pollard, Eddie Holmes 30 Oct 2023
16 Strachey Lecture: Use or Be Used - Regaining Control of AI It’s said that Henry Ford’s customers wanted “a faster horse”. If Henry Ford was selling us artificial intelligence today, what would the customer call for, “a smarter human”? Neil Lawrence 04 Sep 2023
17 Creative Commons AI and Services-led Growth: Evidence from Indian Job Adverts Online job adverts show that the demand for AI related skills has grown rapidly in countries around the world since 2015. This project examines the demand for AI skills in India's service sector, using a new dataset of online job adverts. Alex Copestake, Max Marczinek, Ashley Pople, Katherine Stapleton 30 Aug 2023
18 Making machines: Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace Join our experts in conversation as they consider the thinking of two great 19th century women writers exploring the boundary between human and machine Ursula Martin, Sharon Ruston, Helen Cook 21 Jun 2022
19 Emotion, AI, and Human Values Professor Rosalind W. Picard, Sc.D., FIEEE presents the 2022 Tanner Lecture. Rosalind W Picard 20 Jun 2022
20 Creative Commons Victims of Algorithmic Violence: An Introduction to AI Ethics and Human-AI Interaction A high-level overview of key areas of AI ethics and not-ethics, exploring the challenges of algorithmic decision-making, kinds of bias, and interpretability, linking these issues to problems of human-system interaction. Max Van Kleek 06 Apr 2022
21 Strachey Lecture: The Quest for Truth in the Information Age The advantages of computing for society are tremendous. But while new technological developments emerge, we also witness a number disadvantages and unwanted side-effects. Sonja Smets 04 Nov 2021
22 Recent Applications of Stein's Method in Machine Learning Qiang Liu (University of Texas at Austin) gives the OxCSML Seminar on Friday 4th June 2021. Qiang Liu 29 Jul 2021
23 Ethics in AI Seminar: Responsible Research and Publication in AI Ethics in AI Seminar - presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI Peter Millican, Rosie Campbell, Carolyn Ashurst, Helena Webb 12 Jul 2021
24 Ethics in AI Colloquium with Adrienne Mayor: Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute of Ethics in AI. This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Adrienne Mayor, Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, Armand D'Angour, John Tasioulas 12 Jul 2021
25 AI in a Democratic Culture - Presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI Launch of the Institute for Ethics in AI with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Joshua Cohen and Hélène Landemore. Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI Joshua Cohen, Hélène Landemore, Nigel Shadbolt 12 Jul 2021
26 A primer on PAC-Bayesian learning *followed by* News from the PAC-Bayes frontline Benjamin Guedj, University College London, gives a OxCSML Seminar on 26th March 2021. Benjamin Guedj 28 May 2021
27 Strachey Lecture: Getting AI Agents to Interact and Collaborate with Us on Our Terms As AI technologies enter our everyday lives at an ever increasing pace, there is a greater need for AI systems to work synergistically with humans. Subbarao Kambhampati 12 May 2021
28 Distribution-dependent generalization bounds for noisy, iterative learning algorithms Karolina Dziugaite (Element AI), gives the OxCSML Seminar on 26th February 2021. Karolina Dziugaite 17 Mar 2021
29 Veridical Data Science for biomedical discovery: detecting epistatic interactions with epiTree Bin Yu, Chancellor's Professor, Departments of Statistics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley, gives a seminar for the Department of Statistics. Bin Yu 26 Feb 2021
30 Does AI threaten Human Autonomy? This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Peter Millican, Jonathan Pugh, Jessica Morley, Carina Prunkl 07 Dec 2020
31 Episode 7 - National myth: Rewriting America and China Ken Liu discusses the power of myth in the construction of national narratives and the revisionist work that epic fantasy can do to rewrite them, drawing on the weight of time as omnipresent to narrative intent. Ken Liu, Chelsea Haith, Louis Greenberg 23 Nov 2020
32 Privacy Is Power Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute of Ethics in AI. This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Carissa Véliz, Sir Michael Tugendhat, Stephanie Hare, John Tasioulas 05 Nov 2020
33 Algorithms Eliminate Noise (and That Is Very Good) Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute of Ethics in AI. This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. John Tasioulas, Ruth Chang, Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Cass Sunstein 05 Nov 2020
34 Ethics in AI Education This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Peter Millican, Milo Phillips-Brown, Max Van Kleek, Helena Webb 05 Nov 2020
35 Episode 3 - People like me: Speculation in Pakistan Sami Shah ranges over his radio, comedy and burgeoning literary career, and describes how he has to write himself into the speculative fiction space. Sami Shah, Chelsea Haith, Louis Greenberg 23 Oct 2020
36 3f. Values and AI: view from public policy Jo Wolff and Vafa Ghazavi, Blavatnik School of Government, gives the sixth and final talk in the third Ethics in AI seminar, held on February 10th 2020. Jo Wolff, Vafa Ghazavi 10 Feb 2020
37 3e. AI and business Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, gives the fifth talk in the third Ethics in AI seminar, held on February 10th 2020. Alan Morrison 10 Feb 2020
38 3d. AI and finance Nir Vulkan, Saïd Business School, gives the fourth talk in the third Ethics in AI seminar, held on February 10th 2020. Nir Vulkan 10 Feb 2020
39 3c. Population health and AI: efficiency, accuracy and trust Angeliki Kerasidou, Ethox Centre, gives the third talk in the third Ethics in AI seminar, held on February 10th 2020. Angeliki Kerasidou 10 Feb 2020
40 3b. AI in healthcare Claire Bloomfield, National Consortium of Intelligent Medical Imaging, gives the second talk in the third Ethics in AI seminar, held on February 10th 2020. Claire Bloomfield 10 Feb 2020
41 3a. Rethinking ethics and humanities for the 21st Century Mike Parker, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities gives the first talk in the third Ethics in AI seminar, held on February 10th 2020. Mike Parker 10 Feb 2020
42 2d. Computational propaganda Vidya Narayanan, Oxford Internet Institute, Vidya Narayanan 27 Jan 2020
43 2c. Use, users and the social context for AI Gina Neff, Oxford Internet Institute, gives the third talk in the second Ethics in AI seminar, held on January 27th 2020 (postponed from December 2nd 2019). Gina Neff 27 Jan 2020
44 Image Consciousness in the Emergency Department - Developing and Evaluating Novel Radiological Pathways and Technologies in the Acute Healthcare Setting A brief portfolio of four distinct projects - scaphoid injuries, blunt chest trauma in the elderly, acute gallstone disease, and a mobile x-ray machine with embedded AI technology. Alex Novak, Lois Brand, Phil Hormbrey 22 Jan 2020
45 A discussion of ethical challenges posed by AI, involving experts from fields across Oxford - Seminar 1 An introduction by Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt; The place of Ethics in AI, AI Ethics and legal regulation, Ethics of AI in healthcare Tom Douglas, Carissa Véliz, Vicki Nash, Sandra Wachter 20 Jan 2020
46 Creative Commons Facing the future with our eyes wide open: What does the future hold for (cardiac) surgery that will change the way we practice? Many of the things that will be in this talk may never happen, some of them will happen and some of them are already happening. How they will evolve and to what extent, and how all of these things will blend into one future will be interesting to explore. George Krasopoulos 10 Jan 2020
47 1g. Ethics and AI at the Oxford Big Data Institute Gil McVean, Big Data Institute, gives the seventh talk in the first Ethics in AI seminar, held on November 11th 2019. Gil McVean 11 Nov 2019
48 1f. Re-uniting ethics and the law for AI Brent Mittelstadt, Oxford Internet Institute, gives the sixth talk in the first Ethics in AI seminar, held on November 11th 2019. Brent Mittelstadt 11 Nov 2019
49 1e. When AI disrupts the law Sandra Wachter, Oxford Internet Institute, gives the fifth talk in the first Ethics in AI seminar, held on November 11th 2019. Sandra Wachter 11 Nov 2019
50 1d. AI ethics and legal regulation Vicki Nash, Oxford Internet Institute gives the fourth talk in the first Ethics in AI seminar, held on November 11th 2019. Vicki Nash 11 Nov 2019
51 1c. AI-ethics research at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy Tom Douglas, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy gives the third talk in the first Ethics in AI seminar, held on November 11th 2019. Tom Douglas 11 Nov 2019
52 1b. The place of philosophy in the ethics of AI Carissa Véliz, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, gives the second talk in the first Ethics in AI seminar, held on November 11th 2019. Carissa Véliz 11 Nov 2019
53 1a. Background and Aims of the Institute for Ethics in AI  Nigel Shadbolt, Principal of Jesus College, Department of Computer Science, gives the first talk in the first Ethics in AI seminar, held on November 11th 2019. Nigel Shadbolt 11 Nov 2019
54 Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness Could an AI be conscious? If so, how could we tell? What would a conscious AI mean for the possible risks that AI pose to humanity? In this episode we speak to Professor David Chalmers (NYU) about philosophy, consciousness and AI. David Chalmers, Alice Evatt, Henry Tann 07 May 2019
55 Strachey Lecture: Doing for our robots what evolution did for us Professor Leslie Kaelbling (MIT) gives the 2019 Stachey lecture. The Strachey Lectures are generously supported by OxFORD Asset Management. Leslie Kaelbling 29 Mar 2019
56 How not to Ruin Everything: Futures Thinking Launch Launch event for Futures Thinking, a new research group looking into future problems and opportunities created by advances in technology and artificial intelligence. Chelsea Haith, Robert Iliffe, Gretta Corporaal, Alexandra Paddock 05 Mar 2019
57 Season Finale: AI selection box In the final episode of our series, we’re looking back at the themes we’ve discussed so far, and forward into the likely development of AI. Gil McVean, Sandra Wachter, Nigel Shadbolt, Peter Millican 08 Jan 2019
58 Is China leading the way in AI? In the penultimate episode of series one of Futuremakers, we’re looking at the development of AI across the globe. Peter Millican, Mike Wooldridge, Xiaorong Ding, Sophie-Charlotte Fischer 19 Dec 2018
59 What does AI mean for the future of humanity Join our host, philosopher Professor Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with three experts from Oxford University. Peter Millican, Allan Dafoe, Mike Osborne, Jade Leung 12 Dec 2018
60 Has AI changed the way we find the truth? Around the world, automated bot accounts have enabled some government agencies and political parties to exploit online platforms in dispersing fake messages. Peter Millican, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Vidya Narayanan, Mimie Liotsiou 06 Dec 2018
61 From Ada Lovelace to Alan Turing, the birth of AI? Many developments in science are achieved through people being able to ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’ and in the history of AI two giants in particular stand out. Peter Millican, Ursula Martin, Andrew Hodges, Jacob Ward 19 Nov 2018
62 Can we build AI with Emotional Intelligence? The 2018 Annual Charles Simonyi Lecture Marcus du Sautoy and Professor Rosalind Picard for 2018's annual Simonyi Lecture: Can we build AI with Emotional Intelligence? Marcus du Sautoy, Rosalind Picard 09 Nov 2018
63 Is AI good for our health? Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores the topic "Is AI good for our health?" Peter Millican, Alison Noble, Paul Leeson, Jessica Morley 02 Nov 2018
64 Surviving in an AI world How do you future proof yourself from AI? Vivienne Ming 16 Jul 2018
65 Future of work with Google Chief Economist Hal Varian and Professor Jonathan Trevor AI’s effect on the labour force, who wins man or machine? Jonathan Trevor, Hal Varian 16 Jul 2018
66 How do you teach a robot social cues? As robots are increasingly deployed in settings requiring social interaction we asked the Big Question: How do you teach a robot social cues? To find out we visited Shimon Whiteson, Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science Shimon Whiteson 19 Jun 2018
67 Creative Commons The Future of Artificial Intelligence How modern neuroscience is researching the way the human brain can comprehend a working environment. Simon Stringer 19 Oct 2017
68 Can robots be made creative enough to invent their own language? Luc Steels delivers the 2012 Simonyi lecture and asks can machines be creative enough to invent their own language? Luc Steels, Marcus du Sautoy 18 Nov 2016
69 Strachey Lecture: Artificial Intelligence and the Future In this talk Demis Hassabis discuss's what is happening at the cutting edge of AI research, its future impact on fields such as science and healthcare, and how developing AI may help us better understand the human mind. Demis Hassabis 26 Feb 2016
70 Can robots be made creative enough to invent their own language? Luc Steels delivers the 2012 Simonyi lecture and asks can machines be creative enough to invent their own language? Luc Steels, Marcus du Sautoy 18 Oct 2012
71 Creative Commons Consciousness and Computability Prof. Sir Roger Penrose on the idea of artificial intelligence and whether consciousness can be replicated by a computer - a discussion of new physics which may take us closer to explaining the mind. Roger Penrose, Ankita Anirban 30 Jul 2012
72 Creating Cyborgs Professor Kevin Warwick from Reading University talks about his innovative research in the area of robotics and cyborgs. Kevin Warwick 08 Feb 2012