Alan Winfield
Engineer, roboethicist and pro-feminist. Interested in robots as working models of life, evolution, intelligence and culture. Prof Robot Ethics, Bristol Robotics Lab. Home page: people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AlanWinfield
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- Reposted by Alan Winfield1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Alan WinfieldThings used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2 🏺
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- Reposted by Alan WinfieldAre you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research? We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections. Find out more: collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
- Interesting, and good to see: Four ways #AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ht @garymarcus.bsky.social
- I am *very* pleased that the UK Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill is now in its 3rd reading in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk after which it should become law. See bills.parliament.uk/bills/3519 (1)
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- Very good. I'm especially pleased to read that the Act includes 'a new mechanism for companies and the public to report “potential critical safety incidents”'. We badly need AI accident and incident (near miss) reporting and investigation. #AI #AISafety #AIRegulation 1/2
- To the best of my knowledge the Starship delivery robots that operated for 5 years in Milton Keynes, UK, were not accorded any 'pedestrian' rights. They were regarded a great success, especially during Covid lockdown, see www.mkfm.com/news/local-n... 1/2
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- Reposted by Alan WinfieldLovely story from the brilliant @britishwildlife.bsky.social magazine. This mag is endlessly fascinating – recommend if you're not a subscriber already. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Earlier today I searched for #ethical generative #AI, and found this @wired.com article: I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists www.wired.com/story/the-pr... Short answer: no.
- AI and why we should all be worried. A recent talk for the Swindon Science Cafe alanwinfield.blogspot.com/2025/06/ai-a... #AI #AIethics #sustainability #exploitation
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- Remarkable performance of Elgar’s choral work The Dream of Gerontius last night at Steam in Swindon. It is a complex work, but performed brilliantly by non auditioned singers and orchestral players plus 3 professional soloists, after only the day to practice. #classicalmusic @marstrina.bsky.social
- This is extraordinary. A database tracking legal decisions in cases where generative #AI produced hallucinated content; both fabricated citations and ficticious court rulings. 112 cases so far; 19 this month: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio... Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- On Sunday @marstrina.bsky.social and I were utterly spellbound by Anrity Singh's exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries: www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/arp... #womensart @womensartbluesky.bsky.social
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- Yes, and 50 of my articles (including middle names)🤬 #robotics
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- Just dreadful.
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