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Nathan Davies
@nathandavies.bsky.social
Thinking about the past and future of digital government @ oxford internet institute

Based at Harvard as an STS fellow 2025-26
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It took us a while to nail all the details, but we finally have a programme (and a sign-up link) for our Balliol Oxford symposium on AI agents, with some fantastic speakers.

🕛 When: 24th May 2025, 12.15pm-5pm, Balliol College
📑 Programme: buff.ly/hetizjh
May 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Late to this, as always, but Ramani & Wang's "Why transformative artificial intelligence is really, really, hard to achieve" should be essential reading for everyone currently engaged in any form of AI discourse.

thegradient.pub/why-transfor...
Why transformative artificial intelligence is really, really hard to achieve
A collection of the best technical, social, and economic arguments Humans have a good track record of innovation. The mechanization of agriculture, steam engines, electricity, modern medicine, compu...
thegradient.pub
November 11, 2023 at 11:30 AM
Reposted by Nathan Davies
It's impossible to condense over 3 decades of research and writing about trust and safety and internet governance into a 14 week class... but here's a first draft of the syllabus and reading list for my course next semester: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I'd love your feedback and suggestions.
October 27, 2023 at 6:45 PM
I feel like ‘Common Ground’ is Oxford’s answer to ‘Hot Numbers’
October 28, 2023 at 7:59 AM