Kara Ghobhainn Smith
@ghobhainn.bsky.social
Hebridean, Canadian writer and educational researcher 🖋️
As governments &. teachers grapple w how to work w agentic AI, here are Nick Baker’s Principles forTrustworthy AI:
1. Keep humans in control.
2. Maintain transparency in agent behaviour.
3. Align agents w human values.
4. Protect privacy across extended interactions.
5. Secure agents’ interactions.
1. Keep humans in control.
2. Maintain transparency in agent behaviour.
3. Align agents w human values.
4. Protect privacy across extended interactions.
5. Secure agents’ interactions.
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
As governments &. teachers grapple w how to work w agentic AI, here are Nick Baker’s Principles forTrustworthy AI:
1. Keep humans in control.
2. Maintain transparency in agent behaviour.
3. Align agents w human values.
4. Protect privacy across extended interactions.
5. Secure agents’ interactions.
1. Keep humans in control.
2. Maintain transparency in agent behaviour.
3. Align agents w human values.
4. Protect privacy across extended interactions.
5. Secure agents’ interactions.
⚕️Some 2024 data from 🇨🇦 this week on MAID (Medical Assistance in Death) e.g., AVG age = 77.9. Cancer was the most frequently cited medical condition, affecting 63% of recipients (mainly lung, colorectal, pancreatic & hematologic).
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
⚕️Some 2024 data from 🇨🇦 this week on MAID (Medical Assistance in Death) e.g., AVG age = 77.9. Cancer was the most frequently cited medical condition, affecting 63% of recipients (mainly lung, colorectal, pancreatic & hematologic).
'No amount of hustle will fix a place that thrives on chaos.
No level of loyalty will shift a culture that protects poor leadership.' 🤔
🖋️LyndaLeads
No level of loyalty will shift a culture that protects poor leadership.' 🤔
🖋️LyndaLeads
November 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
'No amount of hustle will fix a place that thrives on chaos.
No level of loyalty will shift a culture that protects poor leadership.' 🤔
🖋️LyndaLeads
No level of loyalty will shift a culture that protects poor leadership.' 🤔
🖋️LyndaLeads
In the 1980s and 90s, Microsoft, IBM & Apple's central marketing strategy was 'SELL to schools'; students are naïve 'customers for life'. Is Big AI is using the same strategy 40 years on? 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In the 1980s and 90s, Microsoft, IBM & Apple's central marketing strategy was 'SELL to schools'; students are naïve 'customers for life'. Is Big AI is using the same strategy 40 years on? 🤔
🤯 Just watching 'why Rome fell' on BBC's 'Civilisations' - "less and less was going into the public good, and more and more into the coffers of the super rich" 🫰
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🤯 Just watching 'why Rome fell' on BBC's 'Civilisations' - "less and less was going into the public good, and more and more into the coffers of the super rich" 🫰
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
🕵️♀️Now it's time to play: 'Which one of these vapid Christmas movies _wasn't_ written by AI 👾?'
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🕵️♀️Now it's time to play: 'Which one of these vapid Christmas movies _wasn't_ written by AI 👾?'
From the Guardian🗞️ today: Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel 'robbed' after a course turned out to be taught in large part by AI. A recorded meeting shows a student saying, "I do not want to be taught by GPT".
"We could have asked ChatGPT"' #studentsfightback
"We could have asked ChatGPT"' #studentsfightback
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
From the Guardian🗞️ today: Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel 'robbed' after a course turned out to be taught in large part by AI. A recorded meeting shows a student saying, "I do not want to be taught by GPT".
"We could have asked ChatGPT"' #studentsfightback
"We could have asked ChatGPT"' #studentsfightback
"AI represents an urgent catalyst for change. It does not just influence how student learning can be assessed, it also influences what is WORTH assessing and, consequently, what and how students learn."
(Lodge et al, TEQSA, 2023, p.2.)
(Lodge et al, TEQSA, 2023, p.2.)
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"AI represents an urgent catalyst for change. It does not just influence how student learning can be assessed, it also influences what is WORTH assessing and, consequently, what and how students learn."
(Lodge et al, TEQSA, 2023, p.2.)
(Lodge et al, TEQSA, 2023, p.2.)
🎂a very happy 86th birthday to 🇨🇦author, Margaret Atwood 🥂
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🎂a very happy 86th birthday to 🇨🇦author, Margaret Atwood 🥂
🖋️ Thammavongsa wins the Giller - again - w 'Pick a Colour', about retired boxer Ning who runs a nail salon where all the employees are called 'Susan'. Exploring Ning's keen observations of her privileged clients & the power dynamics of the service economy, true identities & anonymous roles played.
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🖋️ Thammavongsa wins the Giller - again - w 'Pick a Colour', about retired boxer Ning who runs a nail salon where all the employees are called 'Susan'. Exploring Ning's keen observations of her privileged clients & the power dynamics of the service economy, true identities & anonymous roles played.
'Hunt for the Oldest DNA follows scientist Eske Willerslev's 16yr search for DNA from ancient soil. What the Albert Einstein World Award of Science winner finds in the ground reveals a world from before the ice age. The film delivers the professor's inspiring story of pursuit and science.' 🔎🌏
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
'Hunt for the Oldest DNA follows scientist Eske Willerslev's 16yr search for DNA from ancient soil. What the Albert Einstein World Award of Science winner finds in the ground reveals a world from before the ice age. The film delivers the professor's inspiring story of pursuit and science.' 🔎🌏
"I think the danger is when one place becomes like another & everything becomes yours to possess- rather than admire.
Land has to have a life of its own, which you can desire, but not claim. And if that's the way it is, it often opens the gate, and welcomes you in."
🖋️AngusPeterCampbell
Land has to have a life of its own, which you can desire, but not claim. And if that's the way it is, it often opens the gate, and welcomes you in."
🖋️AngusPeterCampbell
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"I think the danger is when one place becomes like another & everything becomes yours to possess- rather than admire.
Land has to have a life of its own, which you can desire, but not claim. And if that's the way it is, it often opens the gate, and welcomes you in."
🖋️AngusPeterCampbell
Land has to have a life of its own, which you can desire, but not claim. And if that's the way it is, it often opens the gate, and welcomes you in."
🖋️AngusPeterCampbell
'Masons are careful to test out the scaffolding; secure ladders, tighten joints.
When the job's done - walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be Old bridges breaking between you and me, never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall. Confident that we have built our wall.'
When the job's done - walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be Old bridges breaking between you and me, never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall. Confident that we have built our wall.'
October 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
'Masons are careful to test out the scaffolding; secure ladders, tighten joints.
When the job's done - walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be Old bridges breaking between you and me, never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall. Confident that we have built our wall.'
When the job's done - walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be Old bridges breaking between you and me, never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall. Confident that we have built our wall.'
🇻🇪🕊️María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize: 'barred from running in presidential elections won by Nicolás Maduro, Machado was recognised for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela" #BBC 👏☮️
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🇻🇪🕊️María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize: 'barred from running in presidential elections won by Nicolás Maduro, Machado was recognised for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela" #BBC 👏☮️
"Devices are not dangerous for literature.
People can be dangerous for literature.
People, for example, who do not read."
🖋️László Krasznahorkai
People can be dangerous for literature.
People, for example, who do not read."
🖋️László Krasznahorkai
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Devices are not dangerous for literature.
People can be dangerous for literature.
People, for example, who do not read."
🖋️László Krasznahorkai
People can be dangerous for literature.
People, for example, who do not read."
🖋️László Krasznahorkai
🤷Farage: 40yrs behind: "Waiting For The Wave is not a new book, nor is it about Farage; it details the rise of the Reform party of Canada. Starting in Alberta in 1986, Preston Manning cultivated a growing dissatisfaction with the political classes." 📰AndyMaciver in TheHerald
October 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
🤷Farage: 40yrs behind: "Waiting For The Wave is not a new book, nor is it about Farage; it details the rise of the Reform party of Canada. Starting in Alberta in 1986, Preston Manning cultivated a growing dissatisfaction with the political classes." 📰AndyMaciver in TheHerald
#RSA Leilani Farhan discusses SHELTER AS A HUMAN RIGHT: #housing reflects the interests of #Finance where national banks reward BigInvestors by offering lower interest rates to 🤑 who acquire buildings where rents are likely to be raised, resulting in tenants being displaced👉
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lnkd.in/gkrE9fgB
September 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#RSA Leilani Farhan discusses SHELTER AS A HUMAN RIGHT: #housing reflects the interests of #Finance where national banks reward BigInvestors by offering lower interest rates to 🤑 who acquire buildings where rents are likely to be raised, resulting in tenants being displaced👉
lnkd.in/gkrE9fgB
lnkd.in/gkrE9fgB
♀️Reading Nicola Sturgeon's 'Frankly' I found myself asking, in every section was: 'Would this have happened to a man?' The unclouded focus she has for issues is still so impressive. ALL the betrayals & losses in one place is overwhelming. Alan Cumming said it best, 'How did it not break her?'🤔❤️
September 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
♀️Reading Nicola Sturgeon's 'Frankly' I found myself asking, in every section was: 'Would this have happened to a man?' The unclouded focus she has for issues is still so impressive. ALL the betrayals & losses in one place is overwhelming. Alan Cumming said it best, 'How did it not break her?'🤔❤️
'You can still buy advantage, massively increasing your chance of getting the most powerful roles in 🇬🇧. This is a waste of talent. If we want a fair, strong economy, employers & policymakers must create space where privilege is no longer a passport to power'
🗞️CarlCulliane #SuttonTrust
🗞️CarlCulliane #SuttonTrust
September 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
'You can still buy advantage, massively increasing your chance of getting the most powerful roles in 🇬🇧. This is a waste of talent. If we want a fair, strong economy, employers & policymakers must create space where privilege is no longer a passport to power'
🗞️CarlCulliane #SuttonTrust
🗞️CarlCulliane #SuttonTrust
"Why would a Billionaire close a school for poor kids? CZI announced it will pivot its focus towards AI efforts. This shift reflects broader trends where tech philanthropy gravitates toward cutting-edge tech rather than community." 😓
September 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
"Why would a Billionaire close a school for poor kids? CZI announced it will pivot its focus towards AI efforts. This shift reflects broader trends where tech philanthropy gravitates toward cutting-edge tech rather than community." 😓