This is the first lecture in the new series of Karel Čapek Public Lecture Series in Technology Ethics, which will take place annually to showcase leading research but also stimulates public discussion and academic collaboration in this rapidly evolving field.

The series is launched by our sister institution, Center for Technology and Environmentatl Ethics - Prague, in co-ordination with Karel Čapek Center for Values in Science and Technology.

Prof. Shannon Vallor is the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) at the University of Edinburgh, where she is also appointed in Philosophy. She is Director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures in EFI, and co-Director of the BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) programme, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Professor Vallor's research explores how new technologies, especially AI, robotics, and data science, reshape human moral character, habits, and practices. Her lecture in Prague will be based on her recent monograph, The AI Mirror: Reclaiming Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking (Oxford University Press, 2024).