Sam Illingworth

Sam Illingworth is a Professor of Critical AI Literacy at Edinburgh Napier University, where his work looks at how we use artificial intelligence with judgement: when it helps, and when to leave it alone.

He writes Slow AI, a newsletter read by more than 23,000 people in 179 countries, and he is the author of Slow AI: Knowing When to Use AI and When to Leave It Alone. He has written and presented for the BBC, and his work has appeared in Nature, WIRED, Scientific American and The Conversation. He has spoken about AI detection on NPR's All Things Considered.

His path runs from atmospheric physics to poetry, and he still uses poems and games to open up conversations across communities. He lives in Edinburgh, and he is still learning to take his own advice.