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Welcome to the podcast channel for the Scottish AI Alliance, the delivery body for Scotland’s national AI Strategy. Scotland’s AI Strategy launched on 22 March 2021 with the vision for Scotland to become a world leader in the development and use of trustworthy, ethical and inclusive AI. This podcast will feature updates on the delivery of Scotland’s AI Strategy as well as interviews and chats about all things AI in Scotland and beyond. Find us online at www.scottishai.com and on X @Scottish_AI.
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The Scottish AI Alliance podcast is back! We're kicking off our new season with Prof Gina Neff – Executive Director of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge – about AI and the upcoming elections, the future of politics, and our democratic systems. From the erosion of our shared reality to the reinvigoration of political participation, Dr Neff’s insights are absolutely fascinating and we hope you enjoy the conversation.
Here is a link to the blog mentioned at the beginning of the podcast: https://www.scottishai.com/news/ai-and-the-future-of-democracy
Host: Gordon Johnstone (LinkedIn)
Scottish AI Alliance website
SAIA on LinkedIn
SAIA on X
SAIA on Instagram
Music: Post Coal Prom Queen
In our inaugural episode, Gillian Docherty (CEO of The Data Lab and Chair of the Scottish AI Alliance) and Albert King (Chief Data Officer at the Scottish Government) discuss the first 100 days of Scotland's AI strategy - from its successes and challenges to looking to the future of the strategy.
We'd love to hear what you think - you can tweet at us at @ScotAIStrategy.
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
Can humans and AIs work together to improve policing? And how do we foster trust in AI with an understandably skeptical public? In this episode we explore the intersection of AI and the justice system with author and strategist Jo Callaghan. We also get some fascinating insight from Alex Fassio - Senior Data Ethicist at the Ministry of Justice.
Host: Gordon Johnstone (LinkedIn)
Scottish AI Alliance website
SAIA on LinkedIn
SAIA on X
SAIA on Instagram
Music: Post Coal Prom Queen
Join Gordon Johnstone and Elena Sinel, founder of Teens in AI, in this week’s episode as they discuss the role today’s youth play in shaping the future of AI. Elena shares her inspiring vision to nurture responsible and ethical behaviour in youth people. They explore social-economic concerns in AI education, how to protect children from deepfakes, ways to involve children in the conversation, and more.
Host: Gordon Johnstone (LinkedIn)
Scottish AI Alliance website
SAIA on LinkedIn
SAIA on X
SAIA on Instagram
Music: Post Coal Prom Queen
Welcome to Turing’s Triple Helix, the Scottish AI Alliance’s podcast.
In this episode, Steph Wright, head of the Scottish AI Alliance, speaks with two amazing guests who have been closely involved in recent studies about public perceptions of AI in the UK.
We discuss the growing public awareness of AI across society, the changing attitudes towards the use of AI in various sectors, and areas of public concern.
Our guests
Anna Colom, Public Participation and Research Lead, Ada Lovelace Institute
Sylvie Hobden, Head of Public Attitudes, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
Links
How do the public feel about AI (Ada Lovelace Institute)
Public attitudes to data and AI: Tracker survey (Wave 3) (CDEI)
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix, we discuss how equality, artificial intelligence and the public sector intersect.
Explore how people with protected characteristics may be impacted by AI systems, how public bodies are embedding equality and the barriers they face.
Guests
Katharine Weatherhead, Senior Associate - Scotland Compliance, Equality & Human Rights Commission
Davie Morrison, Participation & Equalities Manager, NHS 24
Links
Equality & Human Rights Commission: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/advice-and-guidance/artificial-intelligence-public-services
CivTech Challenge 7.6: civtech.scot
Connecting You Now: connectingyounow.ai
In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix, we discuss the implications of artificial intelligence for third sector organisations and young people.
Guests:
John Fitzgerald, Digital Evolution Manager at SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations)
Kirsten Urquhart, Chief Executive at Young Scot
Links:
SCVO: https://scvo.scot/
Young Scot: https://young.scot/
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
This episode was organised in collaboration with Scotland's Futures Forum and originally published on their podcast channel: https://scottishparliament.podbean.com/category/scotlands-futures-forum/
In this episode, Rob Littlejohn discusses AI, parliament and democracy with two special guests.
Guests:
Professor Ewa Luger, Professor of Human-Data Interaction at the University of Edinburgh
Richard Leonard MSP, convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit Committee
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
In this episode, we discuss Generative AI and some of the wider ethical questions surrounding the technology.
Guests
Mhairi Aitken, Ethics Fellow in the Public Policy Programme at The Alan Turing Institute
Andrew Blance, Innovation Consultant at Waterstons
In this episode we find out about business purpose and why it is important, particularly for AI businesses in Scotland. Business purpose can be described as “producing profitable solutions for the problems of the people and planet, and not profiting from creating problems.”
Guests
Colin Mayer, former Co-Chair of the Business Purpose Commission for Scotland and Professor of Management Studies, Saïd Business School, The University of Oxford
Rachel Curtis, Chief Executive Officer, Inicio.AI
Katy Guthrie, AI Accelerator Programme Manager at University of Edinburgh
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
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/
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
In this episode, we discuss the growing concerns around Cyber Security and both the benefits and dangers of AI in the field.
Guests:
Rachael Greaves, Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder of Castlepoint Systems
Kirstie Steele, Community Lead for CyberScotland at the Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland
Links:
https://cyberfraudcentre.com/
https://www.castlepoint.systems/
https://cyberfraudcentre.com/prevent/cyber-services/incident-response
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
In this episode, we explore the world of behavioural data science and AI. We discuss the ethical factors at the core of behavioural data science and look at what our data is worth.
This episode was put together by Aditi Vaidya a recent graduate from the University of Warwick’s Behavioural and Data Science Masters Programme. Aditi introduced us to the work of Professor Ganna Pogrebna who is Lead for Behavioural Data Science for The Alan Turing Institute.
In this episode, we explore the growing Scottish FinTech sector and the place of artificial intelligence within it. With our guests:
Mickael Paris, Marketing Director, FinTech Scotland
Charmaine Lo, CEO at Actelligent Group
Maysara Hammouda, Co-Founder & CTO, Predictiva Ltd
Links:
FinTech Scotland: https://www.fintechscotland.com/
FinTechScotland Roadmap: https://www.fintechscotland.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Scotland-FinTech-Roadmap-March-2022-lowres.pdf
Actelligent: https://www.actelligent-capital.com/
Predictiva: https://www.predictiva.co.uk/
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix, we explore some of the barriers to inclusion in AI and tech. Steph Wright, Head of the Scottish AI Alliance, led the conversation with:
Toju Duke, Responsible AI Program Manager at Google and Women in AI U.K. Ambassador
Silka Patel, Social Value Manager at Leidos & Founder of Scotland Women in Technology
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix we delve into the work of The New Real a unique hub for AI, creativity and futures research.
We discuss the implications AI's place in the creative industry and the upcoming New Real Art Commission 2023, a partnership between the Scottish AI Alliance, The New Real, The Alan Turing Institute and the University of Edinburgh.
Guests:
Professor Drew Hemment, Director of The New Real
Dr Matjaz Vidmar, Deputy Director of The New Real
Links:
https://www.newreal.cc/
In this episode of Turing's Triple Helix we caught up with the progress of the sixth cohort of the Edinburgh University AI Accelerator programme run by Edinburgh Innovations.
This cohort is focused around 3 key themes: AI for climate change, AI for global health, and AI for good. In this podcast, we spoke to two of the companies working in AI for climate change.
Participants:
Katy Guthrie, AI Accelerator Programme Manager at Edinburgh Innovations
Xioayan Ma, Founder and CEO of Danu Robotics
Richard Crozier, Managing Director at REOptimize Systems
Links:
AI Accelerator: https://edinburghdde.com/dde-programmes/ai-accelerator-2
Danu Robotics: https://danurobotics.com/
REOptimize Systems: https://reoptimizesystems.com/
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
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
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
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/
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
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
Original music from Post Coal Prom Queen: https://www.postcoalpromqueen.com/
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