person

Shannon Vallor

Edinburgh philosopher of technology; 'The AI Mirror'

Edinburgh philosopher whose 2024 book The AI Mirror argues AI reflects and amplifies human values rather than creating new ones. Former senior Googler on responsible AI.

current Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and AI, University of Edinburgh

@ShannonVallor

Strategy positions

Governance firstendorses

Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimes

Argues AI is not a new moral agent; it is a mirror of the moral commitments already embedded in the data and institutions that produced it.

AI is a mirror. What it amplifies is who we already are.

❧ bookThe AI Mirror· Oxford University Press· 2024-05-16· faithful paraphrase

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Adam Tooze
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Adrian Weller
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Cambridge professor; Alan Turing Institute fellow
Adrienne LaFrance
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Adrienne Williams
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Akash Wasil
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.