Troubadour’s Tech for the Big Apes
@troubadour35.bsky.social
Strategist AI Ethics & Governance. MSc University of Edinburgh. Ex-Googler, tech founder, now muses on techno-politics, tech culture and the exhausted society
www.troubadourstechforthebigapes.com
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By complaining about the way algorithms operate, are people kept engaged and outraged against the platforms instead of the things that they should be really against. #technopolitics #ai #socialmedia
Escape From The Bubble: The New Age of Discontent
In December 2016, Department of Homeland Security added new personal data elements to the ESTA application, an ‘optional’ question to Form I-94W; applicants’ social media handlers with a note that eve...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
By complaining about the way algorithms operate, are people kept engaged and outraged against the platforms instead of the things that they should be really against. #technopolitics #ai #socialmedia
Animal rights movement is a good example for that I think, a larger embrace of social justice including humans, non-human animals, ecology, peace movements... In an increasingly nationalist environment, dialogue btw communities is the key.
July 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Animal rights movement is a good example for that I think, a larger embrace of social justice including humans, non-human animals, ecology, peace movements... In an increasingly nationalist environment, dialogue btw communities is the key.
Your note on anthropocentric ethics made me think of the shortcomings of the religious approach to the subject and even the modern history of humanism, AI should make us get out of that binder too.
July 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Your note on anthropocentric ethics made me think of the shortcomings of the religious approach to the subject and even the modern history of humanism, AI should make us get out of that binder too.
Very interesting & thoughtful. You mentioned dialogue 17 times and I think that's the most important part despite the broken international system; developers, users, thinkers of the AI ecosystem need to get better at it. Not just writing about it but talking about it, like Socrates envisioned.
July 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Very interesting & thoughtful. You mentioned dialogue 17 times and I think that's the most important part despite the broken international system; developers, users, thinkers of the AI ecosystem need to get better at it. Not just writing about it but talking about it, like Socrates envisioned.
Here’s a thought experiment for hopefully a near future discussion of AI as a utility. #ai #bigtech #aiethics
‘Interesting AI’ is dangerous, it needs to get boring fast
Most of the useful and essential things in our lives are considered boring.
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July 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
When he was asked whether it would be possible for the young people to have those chances, his response was, ‘I’d like to think so, I hope it still is but I don’t know how and where’. And he is right in his hesitation which inspired me to write this one 👇
Barry Diller: The Man Who Made It Twice
Tech companies dominated the news in both quality and quantity as opposed to fossil fuel and FMCG in the past two decades.
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July 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
When he was asked whether it would be possible for the young people to have those chances, his response was, ‘I’d like to think so, I hope it still is but I don’t know how and where’. And he is right in his hesitation which inspired me to write this one 👇
What would a much more free competition between an unshackled YouTube and Netflix look like for the users, creators and the wider #programmatic ads economy which supports the entire Internet?
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May 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
What would a much more free competition between an unshackled YouTube and Netflix look like for the users, creators and the wider #programmatic ads economy which supports the entire Internet?
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A head to head #competition on content & audience, in addition to ad $$$. Netflix has now got on the full steam on programmatic. Now, that is THE game YouTube knows best & CEO Neal Mohan practically steered programmatic’s growth beginning at DoubleClick and then Google before he joined YouTube.
May 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A head to head #competition on content & audience, in addition to ad $$$. Netflix has now got on the full steam on programmatic. Now, that is THE game YouTube knows best & CEO Neal Mohan practically steered programmatic’s growth beginning at DoubleClick and then Google before he joined YouTube.
Oh I didn’t pay attention to Prime 🤔 will do!
April 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Oh I didn’t pay attention to Prime 🤔 will do!
Actually they’re really good but made for Dolby, spatial theatres not for our ordinary tv sets which don’t provide the same quality so leads to sound loss. I now turn on the subtitles on all shows and series sadly.
April 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Actually they’re really good but made for Dolby, spatial theatres not for our ordinary tv sets which don’t provide the same quality so leads to sound loss. I now turn on the subtitles on all shows and series sadly.
April 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
