Chris Thomson
@cbthomson.bsky.social
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"Life Can Only Be Understood Backwards, But It Must Be Lived Forwards" Kierkegaard (probably)
"Life Can Only Be Understood Backwards, But It Must Be Lived Forwards" Kierkegaard (probably)
Reposted by Chris Thomson
this is what happens when everything is in the cloud
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
this is what happens when everything is in the cloud
Think this might be of interest to @andrewmid.bsky.social as it chimes with what I think he was saying at teh recent RIDL:HE conference.
October 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Think this might be of interest to @andrewmid.bsky.social as it chimes with what I think he was saying at teh recent RIDL:HE conference.
Glad to be on the receiving end of that new resolution, Jason.
October 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Glad to be on the receiving end of that new resolution, Jason.
Sidenote: I worry that the arrival of LLMs stops us collectively being curious about why these problems of time and energy exist in the first place. 🙂
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Sidenote: I worry that the arrival of LLMs stops us collectively being curious about why these problems of time and energy exist in the first place. 🙂
Sure. For me, the Penrose line is the antidote to thinking that somehow if we develop LLMs enough we'll end up with some sort of emergent artificial consciousness by default which I've heard from some quarters. AGI isn't an inevitability on this technology track, in other words.
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Sure. For me, the Penrose line is the antidote to thinking that somehow if we develop LLMs enough we'll end up with some sort of emergent artificial consciousness by default which I've heard from some quarters. AGI isn't an inevitability on this technology track, in other words.
The rest of the video is a really interesting look at the challenges of maintaining and updating a cherished open source application with a load of technical debt.
October 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The rest of the video is a really interesting look at the challenges of maintaining and updating a cherished open source application with a load of technical debt.
For some odd reason, I hadn’t followed you. Rectified that. Hello.
October 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
For some odd reason, I hadn’t followed you. Rectified that. Hello.
Those rather lovely images are by Mo Eid www.pexels.com/photo/person... and Frank Cone www.pexels.com/photo/wild-f...
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Those rather lovely images are by Mo Eid www.pexels.com/photo/person... and Frank Cone www.pexels.com/photo/wild-f...
Here's part 2 which explores the crazy world of the University of Banford inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/10/l...
Little Fictions – using imagination to explore the here and now: Part 2 Inspiring learning
Part 2 - Chris explores the University of Banford, a hyperreal simulation exercise designed to help understand the human impact of permacrisis
inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Here's part 2 which explores the crazy world of the University of Banford inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/10/l...