Shannon Vallor
@shannonvallor.bsky.social
Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, co-Director @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own.
It takes a lot for me to be horror-struck by anything a major media outlet writes or does these days, given the absolutely appalling state of journalism, but after what I have seen from the NYT, the Economist, FT and Condé Nast today, I just want to say,
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It takes a lot for me to be horror-struck by anything a major media outlet writes or does these days, given the absolutely appalling state of journalism, but after what I have seen from the NYT, the Economist, FT and Condé Nast today, I just want to say,
Dahlias in Madrid, Part 2
October 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Dahlias in Madrid, Part 2
Because we all need some beauty today, here are some dahlias in Madrid (part 1)
October 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Because we all need some beauty today, here are some dahlias in Madrid (part 1)
Here let me help
September 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Here let me help
My friends know my habit of hitting the best cocktail bars in every city I visit. Had not been to Superbueno in NYC and I am the oldest person here on a Friday night by at least two decades but I had the huitlacoche margarita and they do know their business
September 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
My friends know my habit of hitting the best cocktail bars in every city I visit. Had not been to Superbueno in NYC and I am the oldest person here on a Friday night by at least two decades but I had the huitlacoche margarita and they do know their business
Excited! Also: why is NYC still having summer
September 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Excited! Also: why is NYC still having summer
Carol sending Artemis all the good healing vibes she can fit in the box
September 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Carol sending Artemis all the good healing vibes she can fit in the box
It’s been a really tough day.
Thankfully music always helps, and Christmas came early in the post
Thankfully music always helps, and Christmas came early in the post
September 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It’s been a really tough day.
Thankfully music always helps, and Christmas came early in the post
Thankfully music always helps, and Christmas came early in the post
Just a little over a week before my Gotto Lecture at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in NYC, at 2pm on Sunday, Sept 28. If you're in the NYC area, you can register at fapc.org/gotto - or you can also join online. Looking forward to this!
September 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just a little over a week before my Gotto Lecture at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in NYC, at 2pm on Sunday, Sept 28. If you're in the NYC area, you can register at fapc.org/gotto - or you can also join online. Looking forward to this!
Me looking at the state of the whole English-speaking world rn
September 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Me looking at the state of the whole English-speaking world rn
I did not include ‘a fine cocktail in every world city you visit’ in my original list because I wanted only things that can’t hurt you. But:
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I did not include ‘a fine cocktail in every world city you visit’ in my original list because I wanted only things that can’t hurt you. But:
Not normally one for blondes but I would have made an exception
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Not normally one for blondes but I would have made an exception
Carol the electric spiceweasel says hi
September 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Carol the electric spiceweasel says hi
In Prague for the first time since 2002. Being in a place that was liberated from authoritarian rule in my lifetime is heartening. Looking forward to giving the inaugural Karel Capek Public Lecture tomorrow at Edison Filmhub! Thanks to the Center for Environmental & Technology Ethics for hosting me.
September 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
In Prague for the first time since 2002. Being in a place that was liberated from authoritarian rule in my lifetime is heartening. Looking forward to giving the inaugural Karel Capek Public Lecture tomorrow at Edison Filmhub! Thanks to the Center for Environmental & Technology Ethics for hosting me.
Readers of The AI Mirror will recall my anecdote in the opening chapter, about an event host in 2023 using AI to generate my speaker bio, which was read out to the audience, attributing to me multiple completely fictitious affiliations and achievements. I regret to inform you that
September 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Readers of The AI Mirror will recall my anecdote in the opening chapter, about an event host in 2023 using AI to generate my speaker bio, which was read out to the audience, attributing to me multiple completely fictitious affiliations and achievements. I regret to inform you that