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Jack Stilgoe
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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) .. more

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 11h
Austerity Snowpiercer

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 11h
Ooh. Looking forward to reading this…

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Christopher Smith, Jack Stilgoe

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Richard Jones @richardaljones.bsky.social · 1d
The biggest upheaval in UK science policy since the 1980s is currently underway, with the creation of a much more direct & explicit link between UK government priorities & £9bn/ yr of R&D funded by the agency UKRI

My attempt to explain & set in historical context
softmachines.org?p=3252
UK science policy in transition – Soft Machines, by Richard Jones
softmachines.org

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
Helmets have got safer. But the idea of a helmet, and the moral hazard it raises, might just be unsafe.
science.org Science Magazine @science.org · 3d
The evolution of the football helmet, a critical safety device, has accelerated in recent years, driven by concerns over the long-term effects of concussions, new concepts and materials, and data-driven test protocols.

Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4rAjjjN

Reposted by Jack Stilgoe

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Science Magazine @science.org · 3d
The evolution of the football helmet, a critical safety device, has accelerated in recent years, driven by concerns over the long-term effects of concussions, new concepts and materials, and data-driven test protocols.

Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4rAjjjN

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
👍

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
My university has a new logo and I can't unsee Zurg from Toy Story

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
This is very good.

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 4d
Mine too. That’s on my bike route home.

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nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social · 4d
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual

Reposted by Michiel van Meeteren

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 4d
Excellent little investigation by Rowland Manthorpe on AI music www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x4H...
The truth about AI music
YouTube video by Sky News
www.youtube.com

Reposted by Christian Odendahl, Jack Stilgoe

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Lane Greene @lanegreene.bsky.social · 4d
Science-heads who are journalism-curious! This is one of the best internships imaginable. Many of its holders have gone on to great careers at The Economist.

Please help spread the word.

www.economist.com/science-and-...
The Economist’s science and technology internship
We invite applications for the 2026 Richard Casement internship
www.economist.com

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 4d
I am coming to the conclusion that AI, a technology born from games, is most likely to be used, and most likely to cause harm, in highly gameified environments. If you play academic or corporate games for a living, and are incurious about the game's rules, you'll find it hard to resist temptation

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Alex Campolo @alexcampolo.bsky.social · 4d
Agreed.
substack.com/@rileysociol...
Dylan Riley (@rileysociology)
I may be a bit late to the game on this, but I saw something today that alarmed me. Two professors on line were essentially boasting about how they use AI to make decisions about what constitutes a “s...
substack.com

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 4d
She just likes the DVD covers

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 4d
Yes! Mortifying! I've recently started seeing a few people in offices talking to their computers. 😬

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 4d
I tuned in during Michael
Jackson and thought “Fair. Banger.” Then Sam Cooke. Great. Then, weirdness weirdness. I liked Hamilton, but TWO from Hamilton?

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 5d
I did an interview with TechLife on the BBC World Service www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Tech Life - Driverless cars in the fast lane - BBC Sounds
We are living through a self-driving vehicle transformation.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 5d
Seems really interesting. We have a seminar tomorrow @stsucl.bsky.social for which this will be VERY relevant
briannosek.bsky.social Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 5d
Our new paper, with colleagues from the Strategic Council of the National Academies, offers an integrative framework of the several components that contribute to making research findings trustworthy including ethics, methodology, transparency, inclusion, assessment, etc

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A framework for assessing the trustworthiness of scientific research findings1 | PNAS
Vigorous debate has erupted over the trustworthiness of scientific research findings in a number of domains. The question “what makes research find...
www.pnas.org

Reposted by Johannes Breuer, Jack Stilgoe

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 5d
Our new paper, with colleagues from the Strategic Council of the National Academies, offers an integrative framework of the several components that contribute to making research findings trustworthy including ethics, methodology, transparency, inclusion, assessment, etc

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A framework for assessing the trustworthiness of scientific research findings1 | PNAS
Vigorous debate has erupted over the trustworthiness of scientific research findings in a number of domains. The question “what makes research find...
www.pnas.org

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Jack Stilgoe

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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 5d
Today we’re releasing the International AI Safety Report 2026: the most comprehensive evidence-based assessment of AI capabilities, emerging risks, and safety measures to date. 🧵

(1/19)

Reposted by Michael Zimmer, Greg Linden, Jack Stilgoe

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 6d
A memo just went out to employees at two of Musk's companies: SpaceX has acquired xAI.

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 6d
Thank you!

Reposted by Jack Stilgoe

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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 6d
In my latest policy brief for CIGI, I explain and apply a responsible innovation framework to spacefaring and ask whether a more ethical and sustainable space future is possible.

Case studies include Artemis, innovative in LEO and space resources.

www.cigionline.org/publications...
For All Humankind: A Framework for Responsible Spacefaring
As spacefaring rapidly expands to include more and different kinds of stakeholders, activities, benefits and risks, we need to think more broadly about what we are doing in space, especially through s...
www.cigionline.org

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 6d
Fun fact. If Forrest Gump had held onto his Apple shares, he'd be worth $90 billion by now

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 6d
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”

People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.

Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 6d
And now he's there, he can't back out...

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 6d
Agreed there is some magical thinking among critics. But compared to the magical thinking in Silicon Valley? Really?
emollick.bsky.social Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 6d
I think back to the chilling final two paragraphs of Eric Schlosser’s Command and Control.

Now AI is not a nuclear weapon & it is capable of a lot of very good things, but the idea from the book that we are ignoring a technology because we sort of hope it isn't real rings true.

"and they work"

Reposted by Jack Stilgoe

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 6d
This new report shows the havoc AI is already wreaking in the creative sector.

Evidence from 10,000 British creatives shows:

- 58% of photographers have lost work to AI
- 32% of illustrators have lost commissions to AI
- 86% of authors say AI has reduced their earnings

🧵 1/2

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Jack Stilgoe

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Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social · 6d
It is hard to do, but people (me included) really should take care about ascribing agency to technologies that are implemented by and through all sorts of already existing entities and institutions.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Where Is A.I. Taking Us? Eight Leading Thinkers Share Their Visions.
Experts share their thoughts on the future of A.I. and how it will reshape society in the coming years.
www.nytimes.com