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)
Also important to remember quite how influential this guy's report on Situational Awareness was in AI circles last year.
Katie Martin“Obviously not blowing up is sort of like task number one and two, or whatever” There must be a way to power the grid with Schadenfreude, the force is so strong with this one www.ft.com/content/620b...
Strong camera work. Well done for holding still and not saying "fucking hell", in Greenlandic.
Giant iceberg turns over near Greenland's coastVideo captured by a passerby showed the moment the iceberg collapsed, creating a big wave.www.bbc.co.ukThe special effects on this were revolutionary at the time. And the close harmony is banging.
Why Don't YouTube?HOW HAS THIS BEEN ON YOUTUBE FOR THREE MONTHS AND NOBODY THOUGHT TO TELL US, IT'S BEEN WDYT?'S HOLY GRAIL FOR YEARS www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPA...
Excellent piece. Self-fulfilling prophecies have been central to the sociology of expectations in science and technology. Labour market choices about training provide early signals.
Stephen BushFascinating column by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com on 'anticipatory dread':
Breathtaking irresponsibility, and yet typical of the company’s approach. I wrote this a decade ago: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Tesla’s failure to learn since looks deliberate
Machine Learning, Social Learning and the Governance of Self-Driving CarsSelf-driving cars, a quintessentially ‘smart’ technology, are not born smart. The algorithms that control their movements are learning as the technology emergespapers.ssrn.come.w. niedermeyerinsider lawsuit alleges Tesla's Houston robotaxi fleet was "rolling hazards on public streets" outrageous revelations, it's shocking there haven't been more crashes www.automotiveworld.com/news/new-law...
Should we get out of our buckets, or at least pasteurise them? @richardaljones.bsky.social on pure and applied science softmachines.org?p=3328
Moving beyond the dichotomy between pure and applied science – Soft Machines, by Richard Jonessoftmachines.orgMeanwhile...
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)Elon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
The new science minister is an FREng. An actual engineer www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Chris McDonald to be UK science minister, Labour HQ says - Research Professional NewsMP appointed to new business and science department has industrial research backgroundwww.researchprofessionalnews.comThe hype and the cover-up are both toxic to good governance of gene editing
Science MagazineExclusive: A cutting-edge gene-editing trial in China went disastrously wrong. A family wants accountability. https://scim.ag/3RuHuDB
An important corrective to the reporting of this, from the industry and media (including Channel 4’s mad framing here), that puts responsibility on the bot rather than the company
Ciaran MartinTrying to explain the latest AI security frenzy on channel 4 news m.youtube.com/watch?is=yVF...
Saw Arcadia last night. A delicious brainfeast. Just found out that @kityates.bsky.social helped with this production kityates.substack.com/p/et-in-arca.... Is it true that Sir Bob May worked on the original?
Et in Arcadia egoMaths, desire and time’s arrow meet at the Old Vic: as I discover as Arcadia's science consultantkityates.substack.comThis is the greatest name for a dog. Most dog-owners have formal names for their dogs (don't they?). Ours has two official titles: Doctor Sweetheart and King of the Fluffy Boys. But to actually go with Mr Famous...
Rabih AlameddineAudrey Hepburn with her dog Mr. Famous on the Paramount lot, Hollywood, 1957
