Engineer, roboethicist and pro-feminist. Interested in robots as working models of life, evolution, intelligence and culture. Prof Robot Ethics, Bristol Robotics Lab. Home page: https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AlanWinfieldhttps://bsky.app/profile/alan-winfield.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alan-winfield.bsky.social/post/3m6mfdwvqec2zWonderful father-son story here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04g1001z95o #BristolRoboticsLab #Robot27 Nov 2025 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:ohaprlvvarcqmcangcomyl5g/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6mfdwvqec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alan-winfield.bsky.social/post/3m6cd2djfyc2aInteresting, and good to see: Four ways #AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/23/ai-use-strengthen-democracy #ht @garymarcus.bsky.social23 Nov 2025 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:ohaprlvvarcqmcangcomyl5g/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6cd2djfyc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alan-winfield.bsky.social/post/3m5vvdwvew22wI am *very* pleased that the UK Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill is now in its 3rd reading in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk after which it should become law. See bills.parliament.uk/bills/3519 (1) https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/351918 Nov 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:ohaprlvvarcqmcangcomyl5g/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vvdwvew22whttps://bsky.app/profile/alan-winfield.bsky.social/post/3m2224k3q2s23Very good. I'm especially pleased to read that the Act includes 'a new mechanism for companies and the public to report “potential critical safety incidents”'. We badly need AI accident and incident (near miss) reporting and investigation. #AI #AISafety #AIRegulation 1/2 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2025 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:ohaprlvvarcqmcangcomyl5g/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2224k3q2s23https://bsky.app/profile/alan-winfield.bsky.social/post/3lykwep65hk24To the best of my knowledge the Starship delivery robots that operated for 5 years in Milton Keynes, UK, were not accorded any 'pedestrian' rights. They were regarded a great success, especially during Covid lockdown, see https://www.mkfm.com/news/local-news/milton-keynes-celebrates-5-years-of-delivery-robots/ 1/2 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2025 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:ohaprlvvarcqmcangcomyl5g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lykwep65hk24https://bsky.app/profile/alan-winfield.bsky.social/post/3lu3vp42ltc2mEarlier today I searched for #ethical generative #AI, and found this @wired.com article: I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists https://www.wired.com/story/the-prompt-ethical-generative-ai-does-not-exist/ Short answer: no.16 Jul 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:ohaprlvvarcqmcangcomyl5g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3vp42ltc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alan-winfield.bsky.social/post/3lsz6bh2nxc2nAI and why we should all be worried. A recent talk for the Swindon Science Cafe https://alanwinfield.blogspot.com/2025/06/ai-and-why-we-should-all-be-worried.html #AI #AIethics #sustainability #exploitation02 Jul 2025 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:ohaprlvvarcqmcangcomyl5g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsz6bh2nxc2n