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“When we use generative AI for work, there are two ever-present risks: hallucinations/confabulations and deskilling.” - Arvind Narayanan, AI Snakeoil
May 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
“When we use generative AI for work, there are two ever-present risks: hallucinations/confabulations and deskilling.” - Arvind Narayanan, AI Snakeoil
Like this definition talking about education and AI from the European AI Act - "including vocational schools, i.e.schools where students learn skills involving the use of their hand."
April 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Like this definition talking about education and AI from the European AI Act - "including vocational schools, i.e.schools where students learn skills involving the use of their hand."
A journalist writes his last post ….what he really thinks ..brilliant www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain has been paying a high price for Uncle Sam’s craziness. It’s time to turn to Europe | Simon Tisdall | Simon Tisdall
In his final column, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator says America under Trump is not the first time it has caused trouble for allies
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A journalist writes his last post ….what he really thinks ..brilliant www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson
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“I learned with concern that a French researcher” on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) “who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled.” – France’s minister of higher education and research.
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“I learned with concern that a French researcher” on assignment for the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) “who was traveling to a conference near Houston was denied entry to the United States before being expelled.” – France’s minister of higher education and research.
Lobbyists have got the EU to classify aeroplanes and cruise ships as sustainable! Sign this petition telling MEPs to take them off it and focus on real climate solutions.
act.350.org/sign/EU-no-g...
act.350.org/sign/EU-no-g...
EU: don't put a green label on planes and ships!
If it is up to the European Union, the newest planes and ships will be on their green list, the Taxonomy. In doing this, they are encouraging pension funds and banks to put our money into a polluting,...
act.350.org
March 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Lobbyists have got the EU to classify aeroplanes and cruise ships as sustainable! Sign this petition telling MEPs to take them off it and focus on real climate solutions.
act.350.org/sign/EU-no-g...
act.350.org/sign/EU-no-g...
In a meeting - we have 12 people and 6 AIs!
March 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
In a meeting - we have 12 people and 6 AIs!
The dot com bubble burst 25 years ago. On March 10, 2000, the Nasdaq Composite index peaked at 5,048.62, more than double its value from just a year earlier. It went on to lose more than 75% of its value, wiping out $5 trillion in market capitalization. I wonder when the AI bubble will burst.
March 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The dot com bubble burst 25 years ago. On March 10, 2000, the Nasdaq Composite index peaked at 5,048.62, more than double its value from just a year earlier. It went on to lose more than 75% of its value, wiping out $5 trillion in market capitalization. I wonder when the AI bubble will burst.
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I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.
March 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.
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Time saved and immense increase in production of the nation's wealth = hm sounds like a Labour Party politician talking about AI!
Event planners often overlook the importance of attendee conversations. Why? For a clue, read this ad promoting telephones in the 1900s!
#newpost #EventDesign #EventProfs #BeyondContent
#newpost #EventDesign #EventProfs #BeyondContent
Why event planners often overlook the importance of attendee conversations : Conferences That Work
Event planners often overlook the importance of attendee conversations. Why? For a clue, read this ad promoting telephones in the 1900s!
www.conferencesthatwork.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Time saved and immense increase in production of the nation's wealth = hm sounds like a Labour Party politician talking about AI!
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canva is the microsoft paint of the 2020s
February 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
canva is the microsoft paint of the 2020s
According to MIT Technology Review "Software programming once was an almost entirely female profession. As recently as 1980, women held 70% of the programming jobs in Silicon Valley."
February 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
According to MIT Technology Review "Software programming once was an almost entirely female profession. As recently as 1980, women held 70% of the programming jobs in Silicon Valley."
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some america first beers spotted in denmark:
January 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
some america first beers spotted in denmark:
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Bluesky, please raise your character count to at least that of Mastodon.
And please add an Edit button.
I love everything else about you, but those two are stopping me dead in my tracks.
(If you agree, please repost / pass along)
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#Bluesky #Interface @bsky.app
And please add an Edit button.
I love everything else about you, but those two are stopping me dead in my tracks.
(If you agree, please repost / pass along)
😑
#Bluesky #Interface @bsky.app
January 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Bluesky, please raise your character count to at least that of Mastodon.
And please add an Edit button.
I love everything else about you, but those two are stopping me dead in my tracks.
(If you agree, please repost / pass along)
😑
#Bluesky #Interface @bsky.app
And please add an Edit button.
I love everything else about you, but those two are stopping me dead in my tracks.
(If you agree, please repost / pass along)
😑
#Bluesky #Interface @bsky.app
According toRemitly, YouTuber is the most searched career in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, DJ tops the charts in Canada and Entrepreneur attracts the most interest in Senegal
January 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
According toRemitly, YouTuber is the most searched career in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, DJ tops the charts in Canada and Entrepreneur attracts the most interest in Senegal
Do you have a landline. I don't. And according to Adam Tooze in Chartbook "Within a single generation the landline has gone from complete dominance (95 percent of households) to an increasingly marginal position in telephony in the US. Less than a quarter of households still have a landline."
January 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Do you have a landline. I don't. And according to Adam Tooze in Chartbook "Within a single generation the landline has gone from complete dominance (95 percent of households) to an increasingly marginal position in telephony in the US. Less than a quarter of households still have a landline."
At kickoff meeting for the new Erasmus Plus AI Cookbook project on use of AI for migrants in Europe
January 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
At kickoff meeting for the new Erasmus Plus AI Cookbook project on use of AI for migrants in Europe
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"The technologies through which we see the public shape what we think the public is, and how we understand it." - @himself.bsky.social (Henry Farrell)
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics
open.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"The technologies through which we see the public shape what we think the public is, and how we understand it." - @himself.bsky.social (Henry Farrell)
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
Whatever happened to in Information Super Hghway
January 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Whatever happened to in Information Super Hghway
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Mark Zuckeberg’s announcement of sweeping changes to content moderation at Meta signaled a new alliance between Silicon Valley and Washington against global tech regulation, write Tom Divon and Jonathan Corpus Ong. The stakes are immense, especially in the Global South.
Tech Bro Power Play: Zuckerberg vs. Global Tech Justice | TechPolicy.Press
Tuesday's announcement signaled a new alliance between Silicon Valley and Washington against regulation and tech justice, write Tom Divon and Jonathan Corpus Ong.
buff.ly
January 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Mark Zuckeberg’s announcement of sweeping changes to content moderation at Meta signaled a new alliance between Silicon Valley and Washington against global tech regulation, write Tom Divon and Jonathan Corpus Ong. The stakes are immense, especially in the Global South.
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🤖 AI & Whisky
This @theguardian.com article explores how AI is being used to distinguish between US & Scottish whiskies by analysing their molecular aromas.
The system outperformed expert panels, predicting flavour notes with 90% accuracy.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #SciComm 🧪
This @theguardian.com article explores how AI is being used to distinguish between US & Scottish whiskies by analysing their molecular aromas.
The system outperformed expert panels, predicting flavour notes with 90% accuracy.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #SciComm 🧪
AI learns to distinguish between aromas of US and Scottish whiskies
One algorithm identified the five strongest notes in each drink more accurately than any one of a panel of experts
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:11 AM
🤖 AI & Whisky
This @theguardian.com article explores how AI is being used to distinguish between US & Scottish whiskies by analysing their molecular aromas.
The system outperformed expert panels, predicting flavour notes with 90% accuracy.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #SciComm 🧪
This @theguardian.com article explores how AI is being used to distinguish between US & Scottish whiskies by analysing their molecular aromas.
The system outperformed expert panels, predicting flavour notes with 90% accuracy.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AI #SciComm 🧪
“AI could replace bloggers today if anyone really cared to try,” Dr. Ana Ibarra, a tech ethicist, wrote in WIRED Spain. “But who would build a machine to churn out verbose, shallow, and performatively opinionated commentary on AI’s impact? I assure you no one cares.”
December 20, 2024 at 9:24 AM
“AI could replace bloggers today if anyone really cared to try,” Dr. Ana Ibarra, a tech ethicist, wrote in WIRED Spain. “But who would build a machine to churn out verbose, shallow, and performatively opinionated commentary on AI’s impact? I assure you no one cares.”
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The fact that migrants on work visas (*including* those on care visas and *including* the impact of dependants) make a substantial net fiscal contribution should not be surprise to anyone who understands how the system works...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Training up UK workers may not bring down net migration, Starmer warned
Skilled overseas workers contribute 20 times more than UK-born adults, while some shortages may be due to pay and conditions, say advisers
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:47 AM
The fact that migrants on work visas (*including* those on care visas and *including* the impact of dependants) make a substantial net fiscal contribution should not be surprise to anyone who understands how the system works...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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In a small language like Danish, one of the big effects of AI, is the erosion of norms of writing. Normally e-mails from students would be 3-4 lines and to the point. Now I get half pages of flowery prose and formalities utterly alien to written Danish.
December 17, 2024 at 7:45 AM
In a small language like Danish, one of the big effects of AI, is the erosion of norms of writing. Normally e-mails from students would be 3-4 lines and to the point. Now I get half pages of flowery prose and formalities utterly alien to written Danish.