Tony Prescott
@tonyjprescott.bsky.social
Psychologist, roboticist, neuroscientist, and posthumanist working at Sheffield University, UK. Author of "The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence". Also guitarist/singer. Blog https://tonyjprescott.com/, music https://soundcloud.com/tony-j-prescott
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Tony Prescott
@tonyjprescott.bsky.social
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New book: The psychology of artificial intelligence
This is a relatively short (35,000 words) single author book, first published in July 2024, and intended for the general reader interested in artificial intelligence and its similarities to human i…
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In case you are wondering what "The Psychology of AI" is about I have put a summary on my blog tonyjprescott.com/2024/11/23/t...
I just released a digital album "Songs from the North Country" featuring six traditional songs from northern Britain and one original. Currently available to listen to/download on Bandcamp (the first 3 tracks are already on Spotify the rest to follow) tonyprescott.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
Songs from the North Country, by Tony Prescott
7 track album
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November 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I just released a digital album "Songs from the North Country" featuring six traditional songs from northern Britain and one original. Currently available to listen to/download on Bandcamp (the first 3 tracks are already on Spotify the rest to follow) tonyprescott.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...
We are hosting a workshop on biomimetic cognitive architectures on July 15th as part of #LM25 the International Living Machines conference in Sheffield. Still space for some short talks, more info at docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Cognitive Architecture Workshop
Living Machines 2025 Workshop, Tuesday 15th July Biomimetic Cognitive Architectures for Living Machines Organisers: Tony Prescott, Paul Verschure Abstract The goal of this workshop is to better und...
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July 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We are hosting a workshop on biomimetic cognitive architectures on July 15th as part of #LM25 the International Living Machines conference in Sheffield. Still space for some short talks, more info at docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I will be giving an online seminar "Analysis and synthesis of the embodied self: A robotics perspective" this Wednesday at 11am. Its open to the general public and free, you can register here www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/rob...
Events with the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS)
University of Plymouth research: Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS). Events and seminar series
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May 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I will be giving an online seminar "Analysis and synthesis of the embodied self: A robotics perspective" this Wednesday at 11am. Its open to the general public and free, you can register here www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/rob...
New review article with Alejandro Jimenez-Rodriguez "Understanding the layered brain architecture for motivation: dynamical systems, computational neuroscience, and robotic approaches" in Psychology of Learning and Motivation v.165. Free download via this link
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May 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
New review article with Alejandro Jimenez-Rodriguez "Understanding the layered brain architecture for motivation: dynamical systems, computational neuroscience, and robotic approaches" in Psychology of Learning and Motivation v.165. Free download via this link
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Thanks to everyone who has signed up to join our @RoyalSociety meeting on "sense of self". Free registration (onine or in-person) is still open, and we will consider poster submissions up to 1 week before the meeting. We'd love to see you there!
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From being to identity: analysis and synthesis of the self | Royal Society
Discussion meeting organised by Professor Tony Prescott, Professor Agnieszka Wykowska, Professor Sarah Garfinkel, and Professor Paul Verschure.
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April 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thanks to everyone who has signed up to join our @RoyalSociety meeting on "sense of self". Free registration (onine or in-person) is still open, and we will consider poster submissions up to 1 week before the meeting. We'd love to see you there!
royalsociety.org/science-even...
royalsociety.org/science-even...
Delighted to announce that Dr Mike Mangan, VP Research at Opteran ltd, will give a plenary "Opteran: Reverse engineering insect brains to create minds for machines" at Living Machines 2025, Sheffield this July. CfP open till April 14th livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary... @opteran.bsky.social
PLENARY SPEAKERS - Living Machines 2025
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April 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Delighted to announce that Dr Mike Mangan, VP Research at Opteran ltd, will give a plenary "Opteran: Reverse engineering insect brains to create minds for machines" at Living Machines 2025, Sheffield this July. CfP open till April 14th livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary... @opteran.bsky.social
The Royal Society is hosting our 2-day meeting on the "sense of self" this May in London. We have fantastic speakers from psychology/neuroscience, philosophy, and AI/robotics. In-person/online attendance is free. Poster submission now open royalsociety.org/science-even...
From being to identity: analysis and synthesis of the self | Royal Society
Discussion meeting organised by Professor Tony Prescott, Professor Agnieszka Wykowska, Professor Sarah Garfinkel, and Professor Paul Verschure.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The Royal Society is hosting our 2-day meeting on the "sense of self" this May in London. We have fantastic speakers from psychology/neuroscience, philosophy, and AI/robotics. In-person/online attendance is free. Poster submission now open royalsociety.org/science-even...
At #HRI2025 with our HeyMiro demo. Great to meet the wider community in human-robot interaction :-) heymiro.org
March 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
At #HRI2025 with our HeyMiro demo. Great to meet the wider community in human-robot interaction :-) heymiro.org
Delighted to announce that Dr Maria Guix, of Uni. Barcelona, a rising star in the field of nanotechnology, will give a plenary talk "Designing Biohybrid Robots" at Living Machines 2025 in Sheffield next July. CfP now open till March 30th
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PLENARY SPEAKERS - Living Machines 2025
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March 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Delighted to announce that Dr Maria Guix, of Uni. Barcelona, a rising star in the field of nanotechnology, will give a plenary talk "Designing Biohybrid Robots" at Living Machines 2025 in Sheffield next July. CfP now open till March 30th
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Delighted to announce that Prof Murray Shanahan, of Google DeepMInd and Imperial College London, will give a plenary talk "What Sort of Thing sia Large Language Model?" at Living Machines 2025 in Sheffield next July. CfP now open. livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary...
PLENARY SPEAKERS - Living Machines 2025
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February 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Delighted to announce that Prof Murray Shanahan, of Google DeepMInd and Imperial College London, will give a plenary talk "What Sort of Thing sia Large Language Model?" at Living Machines 2025 in Sheffield next July. CfP now open. livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary...
At the Children's AI Summit in London with our "Hey MIRo" demo :-) @shefrobotics.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
At the Children's AI Summit in London with our "Hey MIRo" demo :-) @shefrobotics.bsky.social
My lecture this Thursday on "The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence" will now be livestreamed from around 5-5.15pm GMT (n.b. registration now closed for in-person attendance). If interested, please join by this link meet.google.com/qbk-hagv-nrc
January 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My lecture this Thursday on "The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence" will now be livestreamed from around 5-5.15pm GMT (n.b. registration now closed for in-person attendance). If interested, please join by this link meet.google.com/qbk-hagv-nrc
How can participatory design benefit from a posthumanist perspective? A short essay with Stuart Murray & Julie Robillard, published in BMJ MH, about the need for co-design methods that better acknowledge the entangled & interconnected nature of our technologised lives mh.bmj.com/content/50/4...
Towards a critical posthumanist perspective on participatory design
Participatory design places a strong emphasis on human agency, user perspectives and democratic ideals of inclusivity and empowerment, and is therefore often associated with humanist principles and va...
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January 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
How can participatory design benefit from a posthumanist perspective? A short essay with Stuart Murray & Julie Robillard, published in BMJ MH, about the need for co-design methods that better acknowledge the entangled & interconnected nature of our technologised lives mh.bmj.com/content/50/4...
How should we co-design future assistive tech? Read about our experience in the "Imagining Technologies for Disability Futures" project in this new BMJ Medical Humanities special issue. 3 contributions from our Sheffield team :-) @michaelszollosy.bsky.social mh.bmj.com/content/50/4...
Medical Humanities: 50 (4)
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January 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
How should we co-design future assistive tech? Read about our experience in the "Imagining Technologies for Disability Futures" project in this new BMJ Medical Humanities special issue. 3 contributions from our Sheffield team :-) @michaelszollosy.bsky.social mh.bmj.com/content/50/4...
Delighted to announce that Dr Kaushik Jayaram, from the University of Colorado, a leading light in the field of robot modelling of legged animals will give a plenary talk at Living Machines 2025 in Sheffield in July. CfP now open. #lm2025 livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary...
PLENARY SPEAKERS - Living Machines 2025
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January 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Delighted to announce that Dr Kaushik Jayaram, from the University of Colorado, a leading light in the field of robot modelling of legged animals will give a plenary talk at Living Machines 2025 in Sheffield in July. CfP now open. #lm2025 livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary...
I'll be giving a public lecture in Sheffield, UK, based on my new book "The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence" on 23rd January, 5.30pm. If you'd like to come along please register by January 7th using this link docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Professor Tony Prescott- The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence
Please join us on Thursday 23rd January for a talk from Professor Tony Prescott on the themes of his recently launched book The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence.
Blurb: What is Artificial Intel...
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December 16, 2024 at 5:05 PM
I'll be giving a public lecture in Sheffield, UK, based on my new book "The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence" on 23rd January, 5.30pm. If you'd like to come along please register by January 7th using this link docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Are social robots deceptive? In this new blog post, I argue that social robots are not deceptive when they are designed to respect some important principles based on a relational view of ethics tonyjprescott.com/2024/12/15/d...
#robotics #socialrobots #robotethics
#robotics #socialrobots #robotethics
Are Social Robots Deceptive? It’s Complicated…
There is increasing interest in social robots as assistive technologies to support a wide range of potential user groups. Nevertheless, the widespread use of robots has been challenged in ter…
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December 15, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Are social robots deceptive? In this new blog post, I argue that social robots are not deceptive when they are designed to respect some important principles based on a relational view of ethics tonyjprescott.com/2024/12/15/d...
#robotics #socialrobots #robotethics
#robotics #socialrobots #robotethics
Delighted to announce that Prof Agniezska Wykowska, head of the Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction unit at the Italian Institute of Technology, will give a plenary talk at Living Machines 2025 in Sheffield next July. CfP now open. livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary... #lm2025
PLENARY SPEAKERS - Living Machines 2025
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December 5, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Delighted to announce that Prof Agniezska Wykowska, head of the Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction unit at the Italian Institute of Technology, will give a plenary talk at Living Machines 2025 in Sheffield next July. CfP now open. livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary... #lm2025
I recently published a review in Science Robotics on understanding the sense of self through robotics. Find out more at tonyjprescott.com/2024/12/02/u... #ai #robotics #psychology
Understanding the sense of self through robotics
Could we create a sense of self for a robot and how would that help advance our understanding of the human self? This post summarises a Science Robotics review article I authored with Kai Vogeley a…
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December 2, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I recently published a review in Science Robotics on understanding the sense of self through robotics. Find out more at tonyjprescott.com/2024/12/02/u... #ai #robotics #psychology
Reposted by Tony Prescott
AI tech from University of Sheffield is enabling drones to detect and tackle UK wildfires faster with thermal imaging and self-coordinated fire response.
Find out more: electrooptics.com/article/swar...
Find out more: electrooptics.com/article/swar...
Swarms of drones detect and extinguish fires in trial | Electro Optics
Using AI technology from the University of Sheffield – which incorporates thermal and optical imaging – the self-coordinated drones can automatically detect, investigate and supress fires
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November 27, 2024 at 11:23 AM
AI tech from University of Sheffield is enabling drones to detect and tackle UK wildfires faster with thermal imaging and self-coordinated fire response.
Find out more: electrooptics.com/article/swar...
Find out more: electrooptics.com/article/swar...
We are hosting the 14th edition of the Living Machines International conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems in my home city of Sheffield, UK, in July 2025. Please think of submitting a paper. We'd love to see you there! livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/call-fo... @shefrobotics.bsky.social
CALL FOR PAPERS – Living Machines 2025
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November 26, 2024 at 12:51 PM
We are hosting the 14th edition of the Living Machines International conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems in my home city of Sheffield, UK, in July 2025. Please think of submitting a paper. We'd love to see you there! livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/call-fo... @shefrobotics.bsky.social
Delighted to have received my first review for #PsyofAI, and its from "The Psychologist"! Any other would be reviewers interested in being enlightened (even if slightly alarmed) please get in touch 😀 @psychmag.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Enlightening, and slightly alarming | BPS
Tony Prescott's 'The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence', reviewed by Zilong Zhong.
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November 25, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Delighted to have received my first review for #PsyofAI, and its from "The Psychologist"! Any other would be reviewers interested in being enlightened (even if slightly alarmed) please get in touch 😀 @psychmag.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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"What do robots sound like?”
Prof Roger Moore, Chair of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield. Prof Moore interviewed by Game Audio Designer Ali Tocher, excellent series of podcasts!
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Prof Roger Moore, Chair of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield. Prof Moore interviewed by Game Audio Designer Ali Tocher, excellent series of podcasts!
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Prof Roger Moore - Uncanny Valley, Interaction, Speech, History of Speech Synthesis | What Do Robots Sound Like?
Professor of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield
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November 25, 2024 at 9:22 AM
"What do robots sound like?”
Prof Roger Moore, Chair of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield. Prof Moore interviewed by Game Audio Designer Ali Tocher, excellent series of podcasts!
shows.acast.com/what-do-robo...
Prof Roger Moore, Chair of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield. Prof Moore interviewed by Game Audio Designer Ali Tocher, excellent series of podcasts!
shows.acast.com/what-do-robo...
Come and join one of the largest UK centers for robotics. Its also a great place to live!
Job post: Professor/Senior Lecturer and Theme Lead in Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Are you ready to lead in the field of Robotics and Autonomous Systems? Be part of a team shaping the future of AI!
Closing date: 6th December 2024
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Are you ready to lead in the field of Robotics and Autonomous Systems? Be part of a team shaping the future of AI!
Closing date: 6th December 2024
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKN921/p...
Professor/Senior Lecturer and Theme Lead in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at University of Sheffield
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November 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Come and join one of the largest UK centers for robotics. Its also a great place to live!