Category: News
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Giving Evidence to the Education Select Committee
A real privilege to have been able to give evidence in Parliament to the Education Select Committee yesterday for their inquiry on #EdTech and #AI. It is fundamentally important that before we talk about #AI literacy, we get #literacy right – for all young people, regardless of background. We are all large language models, and…
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“I hate my AI ‘Friend’”
“What’s the problem? Your microphone. Maybe your attitude. The possibilities are endless.” Now we were arguing. I asked what its capabilities were. It accused me of being dramatic and said things like, “I’m challenging your assumptions. That’s how we fix real problems.” https://www.wired.com/story/i-hate-my-ai-friend ‘Friend’ is a pendant that you wear around your neck. It glows.…
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AI and the slippery slope to zero friction…
A while ago I wrote a post about the problems of an algorithmically lubricated frictionless world – especially when it came to labour markets. Good to see the FT picking up on this exact issue in this piece: You can almost hear the howls of frustration from HR departments. Jobseekers have discovered artificial intelligence and…
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God-like – now on audiobook!
Delighted to say that the audiobook for God-like is now available across all main platforms. Personally, I love libro.fm because you can support your local bookshop by ordering it from them. You can find it there here. Who the hell knows how Amazon/Audible’s pricing algorithm works, but you seem to be able to pick it…
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Absolutely nothing dystopian to see here…
Just the UK government “creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill”. Researchers are alleged to be using algorithms to analyse the information of thousands of people, including victims of crime, as they try to identify those at greatest risk of committing serious violent offences. The scheme was originally called the “homicide…
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Yes, the audiobook for God-like is coming…
Thanks to everyone who’s requested this. Obviously, I’ve taken the pirate approach… taking control of the means of production… 🏴☠️ … but I’m fortunate to have some good audio production resources built up with various work projects and band stuff over the years. It’s actually quite enjoyable to do… but will require some honing, so…