Alan Jones
@alanjones.bsky.social
I was a software developer for many years and later a teacher at a University in London. Now, I develop software for fun and write about AI and Data Science.
Jack Clark of Anthropic tells @lewisgoodall.com that governments need to engage with AI companies in order to shape the future use of AI.
Lewis asks thoughtful questions (without getting too much into the doom and gloom mindset of most commentators) and receives equally thoughtful answers.
Lewis asks thoughtful questions (without getting too much into the doom and gloom mindset of most commentators) and receives equally thoughtful answers.
"I don't want to talk in sci-fi vignettes about all the ways it could be scary, but that's a potential place you end up."
Forget killer robots (for now), is AI set to terminate your job?
Forget killer robots (for now), is AI set to terminate your job?
Are you about to lose your job to AI? | The News Agents
The rapid advance of AI in industry could bring huge benefits, or dangerous consequences, for society. The co-founder of major AI company Anthropic tells The News Agents how he believes the world can…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Jack Clark of Anthropic tells @lewisgoodall.com that governments need to engage with AI companies in order to shape the future use of AI.
Lewis asks thoughtful questions (without getting too much into the doom and gloom mindset of most commentators) and receives equally thoughtful answers.
Lewis asks thoughtful questions (without getting too much into the doom and gloom mindset of most commentators) and receives equally thoughtful answers.
This article could have been titled:
"Government rejects spending 1 billion pounds on ChatGPT".
The responses mostly assume the opposite is true and criticise the government for something it won't be doing.
"Government rejects spending 1 billion pounds on ChatGPT".
The responses mostly assume the opposite is true and criticise the government for something it won't be doing.
Deal to get ChatGPT Plus for whole of UK discussed by Open AI boss and minister
Deal to get ChatGPT Plus for whole of UK discussed by Open AI boss and minister
Exclusive: Deal that could have cost £2bn was floated at meeting between technology secretary Peter Kyle and Sam Altman
The boss of the firm behind ChatGPT and the UK technology secretary discussed a multibillion-pound deal to give the entire country premium access to the AI tool, the Guardian has learned.
Sam Altman, a co-founder of OpenAI, talked to Peter Kyle about a potential agreement to give UK residents access to its advanced product. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This article could have been titled:
"Government rejects spending 1 billion pounds on ChatGPT".
The responses mostly assume the opposite is true and criticise the government for something it won't be doing.
"Government rejects spending 1 billion pounds on ChatGPT".
The responses mostly assume the opposite is true and criticise the government for something it won't be doing.
The person who admitted hate speech is regarded as a hero by the right...
“Free speech is too important an issue to leave to be hijacked by those who imagine that Lucy Connolly is any kind of moral exemplar.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Lucy Connolly isn’t a hero. Justice isn’t always the verd...
Lionising a woman who pleaded guilty to stirring up racial hatred is a moral failure by the right
observer.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The person who admitted hate speech is regarded as a hero by the right...
AI text is weird. You can't quite put your finger on what's wrong, though.
@iandunt.bsky.social is excellent on how, as AI gets more human-like and ubiquitous, humans are in danger or becoming more like machines.
iandunt.substack.com/p/machine-me...
@iandunt.bsky.social is excellent on how, as AI gets more human-like and ubiquitous, humans are in danger or becoming more like machines.
iandunt.substack.com/p/machine-me...
August 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
AI text is weird. You can't quite put your finger on what's wrong, though.
@iandunt.bsky.social is excellent on how, as AI gets more human-like and ubiquitous, humans are in danger or becoming more like machines.
iandunt.substack.com/p/machine-me...
@iandunt.bsky.social is excellent on how, as AI gets more human-like and ubiquitous, humans are in danger or becoming more like machines.
iandunt.substack.com/p/machine-me...
Good analysis that illustrates the total failure of Trump to stand up to Putin. Will Trump lash out after he realises he's been humiliated. Or will he just roll over and pretend this was what he always intended?
🧊 EMERGENCY Sunday School: Half-Baked Alaska 🧊
Special guest, foreign policy analyst @snellarthur.bsky.social discusses the Trump-Putin 'summit' with @sturdyalex.bsky.social; PLUS update on Gaza and summary of Sudan crisis.
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Special guest, foreign policy analyst @snellarthur.bsky.social discusses the Trump-Putin 'summit' with @sturdyalex.bsky.social; PLUS update on Gaza and summary of Sudan crisis.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/772Q...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: Half-Baked Alaska
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · S2, E86 Bonus · 51m
podcasts.apple.com
August 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Good analysis that illustrates the total failure of Trump to stand up to Putin. Will Trump lash out after he realises he's been humiliated. Or will he just roll over and pretend this was what he always intended?
Spain is scorching! It used to be that the temperature would only reach 40ºC a couple of times a year, and then only in a few places, such as Córdoba or Sevilla. Now temperatures approaching that have become a regular event all over the country.
The image below is the prediction for 5pm, today.
The image below is the prediction for 5pm, today.
August 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Spain is scorching! It used to be that the temperature would only reach 40ºC a couple of times a year, and then only in a few places, such as Córdoba or Sevilla. Now temperatures approaching that have become a regular event all over the country.
The image below is the prediction for 5pm, today.
The image below is the prediction for 5pm, today.
It's tempting to dismiss this as nonsense but Gaby Hinsliff rightly worries about how this sort of use of AI could be used in the future
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When a journalist uses AI to interview a dead child, isn’t it time to ask what the boundaries should be? | Gaby Hinsliff
The virtual world can bring a kind of friendship and a kind of connection, even to the grieving. But it can also facilitate exploitation of very human needs, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
It's tempting to dismiss this as nonsense but Gaby Hinsliff rightly worries about how this sort of use of AI could be used in the future
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you’ve been struggling with bloated frameworks or steep orchestration learning curves, this article might be exactly what you need. @alanjones.bsky.social walks through how OpenAI’s Agent SDK makes building multi-agent apps refreshingly simple.
Build Multi-Agent Apps with OpenAI’s Agent SDK | Towards Data Science
Creating multi-agent apps is simple with this open-source SDK, and it can be used with any OpenAI-compatible LLM
towardsdatascience.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If you’ve been struggling with bloated frameworks or steep orchestration learning curves, this article might be exactly what you need. @alanjones.bsky.social walks through how OpenAI’s Agent SDK makes building multi-agent apps refreshingly simple.
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This is so close to how I feel about AI, I'm thinking of fashioning a tinfoil hat to block mind readers...
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is so close to how I feel about AI, I'm thinking of fashioning a tinfoil hat to block mind readers...
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public comms on Large Language Models (AI) like ChatGPT is mainly via journalists - and most of them hate it. But then I think their job doesn't really require a lot of what is great about LLMs & it does require what LLMs are bad at (fact checking).
LLMs are more of a game changer than google was!
LLMs are more of a game changer than google was!
May 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
public comms on Large Language Models (AI) like ChatGPT is mainly via journalists - and most of them hate it. But then I think their job doesn't really require a lot of what is great about LLMs & it does require what LLMs are bad at (fact checking).
LLMs are more of a game changer than google was!
LLMs are more of a game changer than google was!
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You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Disappointed with the almost totally negative response to the UK govt's plans to use AI, I wrote this to try for a bit of balance.
medium.com/@alan-jones/...
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UK in Shock AI Revelation
Instead of just talking about AI, the UK government intends to use it! And the reaction is disappointing.
medium.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Disappointed with the almost totally negative response to the UK govt's plans to use AI, I wrote this to try for a bit of balance.
medium.com/@alan-jones/...
medium.com/@alan-jones/...
Interesting take on Nvidia's stock crash that is being blamed on new Chinese AI, Deekseek. Timothy Lee suggests that it was Trump's proposed tariffs on chip imports from Taiwan (where Nvidia's chips are made) that caused the problem not the AI
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I don’t believe DeepSeek crashed Nvidia’s stock
But let’s talk about DeepSeek anyway.
substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Interesting take on Nvidia's stock crash that is being blamed on new Chinese AI, Deekseek. Timothy Lee suggests that it was Trump's proposed tariffs on chip imports from Taiwan (where Nvidia's chips are made) that caused the problem not the AI
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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For those pondering the use of the word 'intelligence' in AI, you might also consider that amazon.com has little to do with trees and a Ford Mustang is not a horse
January 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
For those pondering the use of the word 'intelligence' in AI, you might also consider that amazon.com has little to do with trees and a Ford Mustang is not a horse
The reaction to the post by @jessicaelgot.bsky.social and the piece in the Times about Keir Starmer intending to use AI in govt shows that there are a lot of people who don't get it so, I think we need to talk about AI.
www.thetimes.com/article/43cb...
www.thetimes.com/article/43cb...
Parlex AI to advise ministers on how policies will be received
Artificial intelligence software will tell ministers how civil servants and MPs will respond to policies
www.thetimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The reaction to the post by @jessicaelgot.bsky.social and the piece in the Times about Keir Starmer intending to use AI in govt shows that there are a lot of people who don't get it so, I think we need to talk about AI.
www.thetimes.com/article/43cb...
www.thetimes.com/article/43cb...
Just because I reminded myself of the Bonzos, yesterday, there is no reason to post this.
But then there's no reason why not, either. I feel the need of bit of light relief.
youtu.be/tDsCZFimAuE?...
But then there's no reason why not, either. I feel the need of bit of light relief.
youtu.be/tDsCZFimAuE?...
Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold (2007 Remaster)
YouTube video by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Topic
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January 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Just because I reminded myself of the Bonzos, yesterday, there is no reason to post this.
But then there's no reason why not, either. I feel the need of bit of light relief.
youtu.be/tDsCZFimAuE?...
But then there's no reason why not, either. I feel the need of bit of light relief.
youtu.be/tDsCZFimAuE?...
I am naive about these things but... both Denmark and Canada are NATO members, so if they were threatened militarily by a Trump government, wouldn't other members, be obliged to defend them?
Thus the US could end up fighting itself?
Thus the US could end up fighting itself?
January 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I am naive about these things but... both Denmark and Canada are NATO members, so if they were threatened militarily by a Trump government, wouldn't other members, be obliged to defend them?
Thus the US could end up fighting itself?
Thus the US could end up fighting itself?
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Donald Trump says he wanted to take back the Panama Canal. It's a preposterous idea. But I have an even more preposterous Panama Canal-related idea I wanted to share with you. More here: edconway.substack.com/p/time-to-ta...
Time to talk about the Panama Canal
Apparently Donald Trump wants to bring it back under American control. Here's a crazier idea
edconway.substack.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Donald Trump says he wanted to take back the Panama Canal. It's a preposterous idea. But I have an even more preposterous Panama Canal-related idea I wanted to share with you. More here: edconway.substack.com/p/time-to-ta...
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Alan Jones shows you how to create a simple BI report directly from CSV data in his latest article.
#Python #AIAgent
#Python #AIAgent
AI for BI: Building a Business Information Report with CrewAI and OpenAI
How to create a simple BI report directly from CSV data
towardsdatascience.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:34 AM
What is going on? I'm being inundated with posts about Japanese cartoons (I think) and computer gamers. I don't give a flying (insert appropriate expletive here) about this stuff
October 19, 2024 at 7:22 PM
What is going on? I'm being inundated with posts about Japanese cartoons (I think) and computer gamers. I don't give a flying (insert appropriate expletive here) about this stuff
Amongst all the hype about Oasis (it's even on the news in Spain) is this antidote.
"Dismal lyrics, plodding tunes and prehistoric political views: why is everyone so happy that the Gallagher brothers are back?"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Dismal lyrics, plodding tunes and prehistoric political views: why is everyone so happy that the Gallagher brothers are back?"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Stop the celebrations – Oasis are the most damaging pop-cultural force in recent British history | Simon Price
Dismal lyrics, plodding tunes and prehistoric political views: why is everyone so happy that the Gallagher brothers are back, asks Simon Price
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Amongst all the hype about Oasis (it's even on the news in Spain) is this antidote.
"Dismal lyrics, plodding tunes and prehistoric political views: why is everyone so happy that the Gallagher brothers are back?"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Dismal lyrics, plodding tunes and prehistoric political views: why is everyone so happy that the Gallagher brothers are back?"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...