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November 17, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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Thanks @timobres.bsky.social for highlighting this!
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Coincidence that @doynefarmer.bsky.social is Making Sense Of Chaos at the festival the day after Boris Johnson Unleashed...?
Wondering who to see at the Cheltenham Literature Festival? @doynefarmer.bsky.social will be on stage at 8pm on 11 August in conversation with Gary Stevenson.
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/bette...
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/bette...
Better Economics for a Better World | Cheltenham Festivals
Gary Stevenson rose from humble beginnings in East London to become Citibank’s most profitable trader. He now campaigns against wealth inequality, teaching
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September 5, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Coincidence that @doynefarmer.bsky.social is Making Sense Of Chaos at the festival the day after Boris Johnson Unleashed...?
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This is a brilliant interview. So much of it is quotable. But if you're interested in the future of Comms tech, the AI bubble, targeting by metadata in Gaza or the 'mass surveillance business model' that is trying to take over the world, please do read it.
"This generative AI moment is definitely a bubble. You cannot spend a billion dollars per training run when you need to do multiple training runs and then launch a fucking email-writing engine. Something is wrong there"
www.wired.com/story/meredi...
www.wired.com/story/meredi...
Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong
On its 10th anniversary, Signal’s president wants to remind you that the world’s most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It’s free. It doesn’t track you or serve you ads. It pays its engin...
www.wired.com
August 29, 2024 at 6:09 PM
This is a brilliant interview. So much of it is quotable. But if you're interested in the future of Comms tech, the AI bubble, targeting by metadata in Gaza or the 'mass surveillance business model' that is trying to take over the world, please do read it.
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The Tories will be leaving office having comprehensively broken one of the best and most internationally competitive sectors the UK had when they took power 14 years ago
Went to a party this afternoon with a bunch of academics from at least 6 UK universities. All but one - including RG unis - were facing redundancy / voluntary severance schemes. Some compulsory redundancies. UK unis are in free fall.
June 10, 2024 at 10:01 AM
The Tories will be leaving office having comprehensively broken one of the best and most internationally competitive sectors the UK had when they took power 14 years ago