The Scottish AI Alliance Podcast

Experiences & Challenges of Implementing AI Technologies in the Workplace

In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix we spoke with Dr. Luciana Blaha and Professor Donald Hislop about how AI is changing the way we work and will continue to do so. 

• Dr. Luciana Blaha is an Assistant Professor in Business Management and Human Computer Interaction at Heriot-Watt University.
• Professor Donald Hislop is a Professor in the Sociology of Work and Technology in the Business Management Department.
  University of Aberdeen

We will be running two events in collaboration with Luciana and Donald you can find more details and sign up to them both below. 

• IN-PERSON: Friday 11 November, Edinburgh, 12:30 - 14:00. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/scottishaialliance/757388 

• ONLINE: Tuesday 22 November, 12:30 - 14:00. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/scottishaialliance/757526 

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AI in the Scottish Gaming Industry

In this episode, we took a look at how AI is being used by Scottish gaming companies Kythera AI and Speech Graphics.

Guests

• Gregor Hofer, CEO and Founder of Speech Graphics

• Matthew Jack, CEO and Lead Architect at Kythera AI

Links

• Speech Graphics: https://www.speech-graphics.com/ 
• Kythera AI: https://www.kythera.ai/ 

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Adopting AI in Scottish Businesses: Barriers and Pathways

In this episode, we caught up with Lily Broomhead &  Francela Rivas Lopez, both students of the University of Edinburgh Business School that took part in a research project studying barriers and pathways to AI adoption in Scottish Businesses. 

 

Report: https://www.scottishai.com/news/ai-adoption-in-scotlands-private-sector

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NatureScot: Using AI to Benefit Nature and Society

In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix, we caught up with members of the NatureScot team to discuss their work using artificial intelligence to benefit the environment and society. 

Guests

• Ben Ross, Head of Protected Areas and Nature Reserves, NatureScot
• Sam Black, Environmental Data and Innovative Technologies Officer, NatureScot

Hosted by Steph Wright, Head of the Scottish AI Alliance Support Circle. 

Links:

• https://www.nature.scot/ 

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Building Responsible AI Cultures and Alliances - Virginia Dignum & Albert King

This episode of Turing’s Triple Helix is a recording of a discussion organised by the Centre for Technomoral Futures.

It is a discussion between Albert King of the Scottish Government and Virginia Dignum of Umea University hosted by Shannon Vallor, Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh. 

Background

The European Union and the Scottish government have each expressed commitments to fostering responsible and ethical AI development.

• What opportunities and obstacles lie ahead on that path?
• What new alliances and governance cultures are needed to bring the ideal of ‘Responsible AI’ into existence?
• How can we build and sustain these by bridging the technical and moral demands of responsible AI innovation and governance?

Participants

• Virginia Dignum: Virginia Dignum is Professor of Responsible Artificial Intelligence at Umeå University, Sweden and associated with the TU Delft in the Netherlands. She is the director of WASP-HS, the Wallenberg Program on Humanities and Society for AI, Autonomous Systems and Software, the largest Swedish national research program on fundamental multidisciplinary research on the societal and human impact of AI.

• Albert King: As Chief Data Officer in The Scottish Government he leads the Data & Digital Identity Division: the centre of excellence for data in government. He is passionate about unlocking the power of data in Scotland focusing on trust, transparency, inclusion, innovation, and sustainability.

• Shannon Vallor: Baillie Gifford Professor in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence in the University of Edinburgh’s Department of Philosophy. Shannon serves as Director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures in the Edinburgh Futures Institute and is a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute.

Links:

• https://www.technomoralfutures.uk/ 

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Can AI help improve our mental health?

In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix we discuss the use of artificial intelligence and whether it can help us with our mental health. We were joined by: 

• Michael McTernan, CEO of UB-OK, a start up that creates Artificial Intelligence driven conversations that help people track and manage their mental wellbeing 
• Richard Rutnagur, Director of Strategic and Business Development at the Scottish Association for Mental Health who work in communities to provide a range of mental health support and services.

Links: 

• SAMH: https://www.samh.org.uk/ 
• UB-OK: https://www.ubok.app/ 

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Scaling Up Wildlife Conservation and Biodiversity using AI

In this episode, we discuss wildlife conservation and biodiversity with Emily Charry Tissier, CEO and Co-Founder at Whale Seeker, a Montreal-based startup that leverages AI to simplify whale monitoring and Post-doctoral Research Assistant Robin Whytock. Robin’s research focuses on using cutting-edge technological solutions to understand and predict how forest biodiversity responds to environmental change, and to understand how wild resources can be managed sustainably.

Scottish AI Summit - Teaser Podcast

In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix, we find out more about the upcoming Scottish AI Summit with Technology Journalist and Filmmaker Nick Kwek who will be hosting the event! 

The Scottish AI Summit is an online and in-person event that combines keynotes and content submitted by Scotland's AI community and is an opportunity for delegates to hear from leading AI experts from Scotland and beyond and get involved in a wide range of discussions and workshops.

Get your tickets here: https://www.scottishaisummit.com/

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Goodbye Shiny Robots & Glowing Brains: Why Better Images of AI Matter

In this episode, we caught up with Tania Duarte and Patricia Gestoso of We and AI to discuss their Better Images of AI project.

Better Images of AI is a collaboration between We and AI, BBC R&D and The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence aiming to create a repository of images that better represent the capabilities of AI. 

Links: 

• Better Images of AI: https://betterimagesofai.org/images 
• We and AI: https://weandai.org/ 

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Towards a Vision for Next-Generation AI

In this episode, we discussed what is meant by next-generation AI and what might be some of the next steps in AI development. The podcast acts as a teaser for the upcoming event organised by the University of Edinburgh, the Bayes Centre, and the Alan Turing Institute that aims to bring together the UK AI community to develop a vision and roadmap for future AI research.

Guests:

• Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Chair of Robot Learning and Autonomy and Director of the Institute of Perception, Action and Behaviour at the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics.
• Professor Michael Rovatsos is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Deputy Vice Principal of Research and Director of The Bayes Centre. 

Links: 

• Towards a Vision for Next-Generation AI event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-a-vision-for-next-generation-ai-tickets-268052350797?s=09 
• Scottish AI Summit agenda: https://www.scottishaisummit.com/agenda 

 

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