Alan Winfield
@alan-winfield.bsky.social
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/AlanWinfield
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Alan Winfield
@alan-winfield.bsky.social
· May 24
AI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin
Database tracking legal cases where generative AI produced hallucinated citations submitted in court filings.
www.damiencharlotin.com
This is extraordinary. A database tracking legal decisions in cases where generative #AI produced hallucinated content; both fabricated citations and ficticious court rulings. 112 cases so far; 19 this month: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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@smithsonianmag.bsky.social The Only Recording of Woody Guthrie Singing the Protest Song ‘Deportee’ Has Been Released for the First Time
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
#music #WoodyGuthrie #protest #Deportee #recording #folk #FolkMusic #folksong #AI #artificialintelligence #restoration
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
#music #WoodyGuthrie #protest #Deportee #recording #folk #FolkMusic #folksong #AI #artificialintelligence #restoration
The Only Recording of Woody Guthrie Singing the Protest Song 'Deportee' Has Been Released for the First Time
The singer-songwriter recorded the audio on a reel-to-reel tape machine in his apartment in the 1950s. Now, the previously unheard song has been restored using A.I. audio technology
www.smithsonianmag.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
@smithsonianmag.bsky.social The Only Recording of Woody Guthrie Singing the Protest Song ‘Deportee’ Has Been Released for the First Time
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
#music #WoodyGuthrie #protest #Deportee #recording #folk #FolkMusic #folksong #AI #artificialintelligence #restoration
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
#music #WoodyGuthrie #protest #Deportee #recording #folk #FolkMusic #folksong #AI #artificialintelligence #restoration
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What would you love to know about #robot ethics? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Alan Winfield (@alan-winfield.bsky.social) from @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social about developing new standards for ethics and transparency in robotics.
Send me your questions for Alan in the comments!
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Alan Winfield (@alan-winfield.bsky.social) from @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social about developing new standards for ethics and transparency in robotics.
Send me your questions for Alan in the comments!
October 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What would you love to know about #robot ethics? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Alan Winfield (@alan-winfield.bsky.social) from @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social about developing new standards for ethics and transparency in robotics.
Send me your questions for Alan in the comments!
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Alan Winfield (@alan-winfield.bsky.social) from @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social about developing new standards for ethics and transparency in robotics.
Send me your questions for Alan in the comments!
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🥀 🧪 Jane Goodall 1934-2025
Jane Goodall, one of the most influential environmental figures in human history, has died at 91 while touring the country to deliver an urgent message about nature and human existence.
“We’re destroying the planet,” she said last week during the Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit in NYC.
“We’re destroying the planet,” she said last week during the Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit in NYC.
Listen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — message
Her final interviews are essential listening for everyone.
www.vox.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🥀 🧪 Jane Goodall 1934-2025
Very 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
California Signs Nation’s First Major AI Safety Law, Forcing Transparency on Tech Giants
#AI #AIRegulation #AISafety #California #SB53 #TechPolicy
winbuzzer.com/2025/09/30/c...
#AI #AIRegulation #AISafety #California #SB53 #TechPolicy
winbuzzer.com/2025/09/30/c...
California Signs Nation’s First Major AI Safety Law, Forcing Transparency on Tech Giants - WinBuzzer
California has passed the nation's first major AI safety law, SB 53. The new rules force tech giants to be transparent about their frontier AI models.
winbuzzer.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Very 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
To 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 www.mkfm.com/news/local-n... 1/2
September 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
To 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 www.mkfm.com/news/local-n... 1/2
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If you need some levity in these trying times, here's what's fresh out of Paris....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
The most INSANE Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob you will ever see!!
YouTube video by Julien Cohen
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If you need some levity in these trying times, here's what's fresh out of Paris....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
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This, by @birmo.bsky.social, is the most hopeful thing I've ever read about LLMs.
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
August 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This, by @birmo.bsky.social, is the most hopeful thing I've ever read about LLMs.
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
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Lovely story from the brilliant @britishwildlife.bsky.social magazine. This mag is endlessly fascinating – recommend if you're not a subscriber already. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides
Thistle-shaped Depastrum cyathiforme was last seen in France in 1976, but has now been found on South Uist
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Lovely story from the brilliant @britishwildlife.bsky.social magazine. This mag is endlessly fascinating – recommend if you're not a subscriber already. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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August 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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There is someone out there who wants your weird little book. Even if you doubt yourself sometimes, don't doubt their earnest enthusiasm.
July 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There is someone out there who wants your weird little book. Even if you doubt yourself sometimes, don't doubt their earnest enthusiasm.
Earlier today I searched for #ethical generative #AI, and found this @wired.com article: I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists www.wired.com/story/the-pr...
Short answer: no.
Short answer: no.
I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists
WIRED’s advice columnist considers whether some AI tools are more ethical than others, and if developers can make AI wiser.
www.wired.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Earlier today I searched for #ethical generative #AI, and found this @wired.com article: I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists www.wired.com/story/the-pr...
Short answer: no.
Short answer: no.
AI and why we should all be worried. A recent talk for the Swindon Science Cafe alanwinfield.blogspot.com/2025/06/ai-a... #AI #AIethics #sustainability #exploitation
AI and why we should all be worried - AI's dirty secrets
I gave a new talk on AI for the Swindon Science Cafe on 3rd June. Here below are the slides. This talk is an updated version of a short t...
alanwinfield.blogspot.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
AI and why we should all be worried. A recent talk for the Swindon Science Cafe alanwinfield.blogspot.com/2025/06/ai-a... #AI #AIethics #sustainability #exploitation
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'Rising Tides' by contemporary US painter Samantha French #WomensArt
June 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
'Rising Tides' by contemporary US painter Samantha French #WomensArt
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A portrait presented to a good chum for his 60th birthday present today.
June 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
A portrait presented to a good chum for his 60th birthday present today.
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US painter Maria Oakey Dewing,
A Bed of Poppies, (c.1909) #WomensArt
A Bed of Poppies, (c.1909) #WomensArt
June 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
US painter Maria Oakey Dewing,
A Bed of Poppies, (c.1909) #WomensArt
A Bed of Poppies, (c.1909) #WomensArt
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Educators should attend. Education cannot merely involve using AI, given its proclivity to lie, deceive, and fabricate because that is what humans and human-behavior trained predictive algorithms do. Education must be a massive critique and dismantling of AI.
This is extraordinary. A database tracking legal decisions in cases where generative #AI produced hallucinated content; both fabricated citations and ficticious court rulings. 112 cases so far; 19 this month: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
AI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin
Database tracking legal cases where generative AI produced hallucinated citations submitted in court filings.
www.damiencharlotin.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Educators should attend. Education cannot merely involve using AI, given its proclivity to lie, deceive, and fabricate because that is what humans and human-behavior trained predictive algorithms do. Education must be a massive critique and dismantling of AI.
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LLM reveals all the situations where you need text, but you don't really want to write it and you're not sure anybody is going to read it.
This is extraordinary. A database tracking legal decisions in cases where generative #AI produced hallucinated content; both fabricated citations and ficticious court rulings. 112 cases so far; 19 this month: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
AI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin
Database tracking legal cases where generative AI produced hallucinated citations submitted in court filings.
www.damiencharlotin.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
LLM reveals all the situations where you need text, but you don't really want to write it and you're not sure anybody is going to read it.
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June 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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#BlueMonday views from St Ives #Cornwall
May 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
#BlueMonday views from St Ives #Cornwall
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Ancient Incas recorded information by tying knots into long cords they called khipus. Sam Kean reports from the Peruvian Andes, where scholars hope to unlock one of the most important lost writing systems in history.
The Scholars Deciphering a Lost Writing System
Ancient Incas recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?
bit.ly
May 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ancient Incas recorded information by tying knots into long cords they called khipus. Sam Kean reports from the Peruvian Andes, where scholars hope to unlock one of the most important lost writing systems in history.
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Our paper "AI safety for everyone" with Balint Gyevnar is out at Nature Machine Intelligence: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
We challenge the narrative that AI safety is primarily about minimizing existential risks from AI. Why does this matter?
We challenge the narrative that AI safety is primarily about minimizing existential risks from AI. Why does this matter?
AI safety for everyone - Nature Machine Intelligence
A systematic review of peer-reviewed AI safety research reveals extensive work on practical and immediate concerns. The findings advocate for an inclusive approach to AI safety that embraces diverse m...
www.nature.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Our paper "AI safety for everyone" with Balint Gyevnar is out at Nature Machine Intelligence: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
We challenge the narrative that AI safety is primarily about minimizing existential risks from AI. Why does this matter?
We challenge the narrative that AI safety is primarily about minimizing existential risks from AI. Why does this matter?
Remarkable performance of Elgar’s choral work The Dream of Gerontius last night at Steam in Swindon. It is a complex work, but performed brilliantly by non auditioned singers and orchestral players plus 3 professional soloists, after only the day to practice. #classicalmusic @marstrina.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Remarkable performance of Elgar’s choral work The Dream of Gerontius last night at Steam in Swindon. It is a complex work, but performed brilliantly by non auditioned singers and orchestral players plus 3 professional soloists, after only the day to practice. #classicalmusic @marstrina.bsky.social
This is extraordinary. A database tracking legal decisions in cases where generative #AI produced hallucinated content; both fabricated citations and ficticious court rulings. 112 cases so far; 19 this month: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
AI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin
Database tracking legal cases where generative AI produced hallucinated citations submitted in court filings.
www.damiencharlotin.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is extraordinary. A database tracking legal decisions in cases where generative #AI produced hallucinated content; both fabricated citations and ficticious court rulings. 112 cases so far; 19 this month: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...