Shannon Vallor

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Shannon Vallor
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NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Boston College (PhD)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Analytic philosophy
Institutions University of Edinburgh
University of San Francisco
Santa Clara University
Main interests
Philosophy of technology
Applied Ethics
Philosophy of Science
Website www.shannonvallor.net

Shannon Vallor is an American philosopher of technology. She is the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. She previously taught at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California where she was the Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor of Philosophy [1] and William J. Rewak, S.J. Professor at SCU. [2]

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Education and career

Vallor earned her PhD in philosophy from Boston College in 2001. [3]

While obtaining her PhD at Boston College, Vallor was a teaching fellow from 1997–1999 in the department of philosophy. She was a lecturer at the University of San Francisco from 2001–2003. Vallor has been a professor in the philosophy department of Santa Clara University since 2003.

In addition to her academic career, Vallor also serves as a consulting AI Ethicist for Google's Cloud AI program. She has formerly served as president of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, [4] is a member of the advisory board for Capita Social, [5] and co-director and Secretary of the Board of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics, a not for profit non-government organization that advocates for the ethical design and production of robots. [6] Vallor is also a scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, where she and Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan created a free, online module called "An Introduction to Software Engineering Ethics." [7] She received the World Technology Award in Ethics in 2015, [8] and in 2017 received both the Public Intellectual Award and President's Special Recognition Award from Santa Clara University.

Vallor has authored numerous articles on ethical issues in emerging technology, as well as a book, "Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting". [9]

In October 2019, it was announced that Vallor would be joining the faculty of the University of Edinburgh as the first Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI). [10]

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References

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