Jack Stilgoe
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social
Professor in Science and Technology Studies, UCL @stsucl.bsky.social. Science policy, responsible innovation, emerging technologies. Book https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-32320-2. Responsible AI UK (www.rai.ac.uk)
The new report updates and tweaks that diagram, but this time it claims that there is a high "level of scientific understanding" of the most contentious geoengineering option, stratospheric aerosol injection... (6/n)
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The new report updates and tweaks that diagram, but this time it claims that there is a high "level of scientific understanding" of the most contentious geoengineering option, stratospheric aerosol injection... (6/n)
That report contained a diagram, which was criticised by some for scientising some hugely contentious political choices, and suggesting levels of certainty that weren't warranted (4/n)
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
That report contained a diagram, which was criticised by some for scientising some hugely contentious political choices, and suggesting levels of certainty that weren't warranted (4/n)
I wrote about the 2009 report in my book, which someone generously uploaded here (Chapter 4 "Behind the scenes at the Royal Society"). (3/n)
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November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I wrote about the 2009 report in my book, which someone generously uploaded here (Chapter 4 "Behind the scenes at the Royal Society"). (3/n)
weathermodificationhistory.com/downloads/Ex...
weathermodificationhistory.com/downloads/Ex...
He knows this is nonsense. But the hype has become costless, which is the bigger problem
November 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
He knows this is nonsense. But the hype has become costless, which is the bigger problem
We're currently watching Ignatieff lecture @ucl.ac.uk on this topic. Erin Delaney from Northwestern is responding
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We're currently watching Ignatieff lecture @ucl.ac.uk on this topic. Erin Delaney from Northwestern is responding
Well now I'm lost in a campanological dead end. Check out the names of some of these peals. The 4 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus! (www.ascy.org.uk/peals/)
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Well now I'm lost in a campanological dead end. Check out the names of some of these peals. The 4 Spliced Treble Dodging Maximus! (www.ascy.org.uk/peals/)
I'm sure it won't last, but for now Wikipedia's SEO is winning
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I'm sure it won't last, but for now Wikipedia's SEO is winning
Here's Peter Norton's explanation, from Autonorama
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Here's Peter Norton's explanation, from Autonorama
Just did the Today prog to talk about the latest GM hands-free driving announcement. I thought I should mention this ad. GM, in 1956, imagining the self-driving cars of 1976.
October 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Just did the Today prog to talk about the latest GM hands-free driving announcement. I thought I should mention this ad. GM, in 1956, imagining the self-driving cars of 1976.
Surely the two jobs at the bottom are hallucinations?
October 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Surely the two jobs at the bottom are hallucinations?
The plant biting isn’t the weirdest thing about the story. Nor the three hearts claim. It’s the bit about the two kidneys.
October 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The plant biting isn’t the weirdest thing about the story. Nor the three hearts claim. It’s the bit about the two kidneys.
It's just skimming, man
October 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It's just skimming, man
Surveillance capitalism
October 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Surveillance capitalism
I’m back from a conference in Shanghai, talking about AI hype and reality. Some travel snaps
October 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I’m back from a conference in Shanghai, talking about AI hype and reality. Some travel snaps
We asked 4,000 AI researchers whether they think AGI is inevitable. About half do. zenodo.org/records/1511...
October 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We asked 4,000 AI researchers whether they think AGI is inevitable. About half do. zenodo.org/records/1511...
"Not this year, I'm afraid Sir. They've given the prize to some Hungarian guy."
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"Not this year, I'm afraid Sir. They've given the prize to some Hungarian guy."
Has Cory Doctorow done a piece on the enshittification of enshittification yet?
October 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Has Cory Doctorow done a piece on the enshittification of enshittification yet?
In the Buzzfeed school of essay writing, with enough coffee, this one fact can be spun into 2,000 words
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In the Buzzfeed school of essay writing, with enough coffee, this one fact can be spun into 2,000 words
