Jeni Tennison
@jenitennison.com
Data nerd/wonk. Founder of Connected by Data, campaigning for communities to have a powerful say over data and AI.
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Into trans rights, neurodiversity, board games, lego, dogs, spreadsheets.
www.jenitennison.com
Oh my! Congratulations!
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Oh my! Congratulations!
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And as my experience with failing payment systems at the corner shop highlighted this week, you always need backup routes.
Less important when checks don't need to be immediate (eg right to work) but significant for some of the imagined uses of digital ID (eg voting).
And as my experience with failing payment systems at the corner shop highlighted this week, you always need backup routes.
Less important when checks don't need to be immediate (eg right to work) but significant for some of the imagined uses of digital ID (eg voting).
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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And as my experience with failing payment systems at the corner shop highlighted this week, you always need backup routes.
Less important when checks don't need to be immediate (eg right to work) but significant for some of the imagined uses of digital ID (eg voting).
And as my experience with failing payment systems at the corner shop highlighted this week, you always need backup routes.
Less important when checks don't need to be immediate (eg right to work) but significant for some of the imagined uses of digital ID (eg voting).
Good point, and yes I would hope so. (And am actively trying to ensure it's the case.)
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Good point, and yes I would hope so. (And am actively trying to ensure it's the case.)
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what a brilliant essay. amongst many other things, i’m definitely having “thick” and “thin” construction🧎
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
what a brilliant essay. amongst many other things, i’m definitely having “thick” and “thin” construction🧎
Yes! I actually found it after searching for more about the thin/thick distinction after listening to the latest Ezra Klein podcast where he talks about it in a broader political context. (Near the end.)
youtu.be/lAjsReyL8pQ?...
youtu.be/lAjsReyL8pQ?...
The Blue Wave Cometh?
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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November 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Yes! I actually found it after searching for more about the thin/thick distinction after listening to the latest Ezra Klein podcast where he talks about it in a broader political context. (Near the end.)
youtu.be/lAjsReyL8pQ?...
youtu.be/lAjsReyL8pQ?...
Like the paper says, "I want to offer another vision of human compatibility in AI: one that embraces a thick and demanding world of human capacity, social complexity, and local politics in place of the thin, pliable, universalizing world of individual preferences."
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Like the paper says, "I want to offer another vision of human compatibility in AI: one that embraces a thick and demanding world of human capacity, social complexity, and local politics in place of the thin, pliable, universalizing world of individual preferences."
This is why I advocate deliberation, not attitudes research. It's why we include Resistance as a track at PAIRS (www.pairs.site). It's why we work to make civil society and unions an effective countervailing force through the Data and AI CSO Network.
It's what I mean when I say data is political.
It's what I mean when I say data is political.
PAIRS: Participatory AI Research & Practice Symposium
Exploring how public voices can shape the future of artificial intelligence.
www.pairs.site
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This is why I advocate deliberation, not attitudes research. It's why we include Resistance as a track at PAIRS (www.pairs.site). It's why we work to make civil society and unions an effective countervailing force through the Data and AI CSO Network.
It's what I mean when I say data is political.
It's what I mean when I say data is political.