Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence

It was great chatting with WIRED’s Joel Khalili about the fascinating case of Truth Terminal: a chatbot art project that turned into a meme machine with its own cryptocoins, making its creator wonder if we are entering the age of “LLMtheism” - with genAI potentially generating new belief systems. Link to the full story in the comments.

📣 We are hiring two new Assistant Professors, one in the Social Science of AI and the other in AI and Ethical Design. We're excited to build our teaching team, so please share them far and wide! Closing 2nd Feb. https://lnkd.in/e_XKr_28 and https://lnkd.in/eYDV5mNn

I had great fun going on BBC History Extra to talk about the history of robots! I got to talk about everything from the most influential science fiction portrayals of robots to why the Luddites might offer us new lessons for resisting wealth concentration in Big Tech - check it out below! https://lnkd.in/evkpbSNc

🎙️ Did you know that you can watch Cambridge Festival talks on their YouTube channel? 🖥️ Here is an extract from 'How will AI affect the democratic process?' in which Dr. Jonnie Penn from the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence argues in favour of de-computerisation. Watch the full conversation: https://lnkd.in/ef7pmnae #CambridgeUniversity #ArtificialIntelligence

A chance to work with our Associate Fellow, Dr Miri Zilka, in the Engineering department!

❗Job alert! We’re looking to hire a teaching fellow and two research software engineers. Visit our website for more info. #hiring #job

I had a blast last night on BBC Radio 4's Front Row talking about synthetic voices and voice cloning in the audiobook industry, exploring the ethical issues that arise from using AI in audiobooks - check it out below! https://lnkd.in/ghhqPYgi My thoughts were informed by these papers: Sound Check: Auditing Audio Datasets: https://lnkd.in/gjZ3QgQc Griefbots, Deadbots, Postmortem Avatars: https://lnkd.in/g_yPjQx7

Thrilled that my team at Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence have been cited in the AI Action Summit Consultation report, the global report of the consultations among citizens and civil society actors ahead of the French AI Action Summit 2025. We will soon be launching HEAT, our high-risk EU AI Act compliance toolkit that takes a pro-justice approach to meeting the Act's obligations. Thanks to the incredible team Tomasz Hollanek, PhD Yulu (Niki) Pi Dorian Peters Cosimo Fiorini

📣PUBLIC COMPETITION FOR BETTER IMAGES OF (TEACHING AND LEARNING) AI! Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and the Cambridge University Diversity Fund want to increase the diversity of the images that are used to represent AI-related teaching and event programmes in the University of Cambridge. We’re working with them to open up a challenge for public submissions of images that reclaim and recenter the history of diversity in AI education in the University of Cambridge! The winning image will receive £250 and the commendation prize is £100. The deadline for submitting images is on the 30th December 2024 (11:59PM UTC). No artistic skills? Not a problem! The release of the Archival Images of AI Playbook means that even those without a design background can have a go. 👉🏽 For more information, entry guidelines, and rules click here: https://lnkd.in/eGU4ppZH 👉🏽 You can download the Archival Images of AI Playbook here: https://lnkd.in/eMgX_nSK Tania Duarte - Aisha Sobey

If you're in London, check out this new immersive installation that Dr Beryl Pong, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, was working on.