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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · 1d

(Oct 17, 2023) AI, AI, and chicken nuggets
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⬆ Some of my thoughts on this from two years ago; time to update the metaphor, perhaps.

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AI, AI, and chicken nuggets – ﻼF

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · 1d

(Oct 2, 2025) Erasing personal data in an AI era
www.leidenlawblog.nl/articles/era...
"Once data has been used to train a model, it may not be technically possible to remove the influence of a particular data point."

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Erasing personal data in an AI era

Can inaccurate personal data produced by AI be deleted? As the right of erasure evolves in the AI era, legal and technical challenges are growing.

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Leith Central Community Council @leithcentralcc.bsky.social · 23d

🎶 Meas Mór – Kabin Crew x Tinderbox Collective
Tha seo glè mhath! 🙌 Young musicians from Leith & Cork came together online to co-write Meas Mór — an Irish–Scots Gaelic rap celebrating language, culture & friendship. Big respect tae the Taobh na Pàirce weans in our LCCC area! 🎥 youtu.be/whwQfPVOFjI

Meas Mór – Kabin Crew x Tinderbox

YouTube video by The Kabin Studio

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 12d

Further to the point I'm partly trying to make in this article, I recommend one TRC thing you can do today, which is watch my friend Leena's film (the reason I use the term Good Canadian in this article) - *showing* what Canada is still doing now: gem.cbc.ca/the-good-can...

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · 11d

Under The Crown
kieranfor.de/2024/04/08/u...

Under The Crown – ﻼF

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · 13d

TikTok efforts to protect children ‘inadequate’: Privacy commissioner
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

"TikTok has been collecting sensitive data from children & using that information to send them targeted ads & tailored content..."

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TikTok efforts to protect children ‘inadequate’: Privacy commissioner

An investigation by Canada's privacy commissioner reveals that TikTok has been collecting sensitive data from children and using that information to send them targeted ads and tailored content — even ...

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · 13d

Nice.
My favourite version below:

a-ha - Take On Me [ Live From MTV Unplugged, Giske / 2017 ] www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xKM...

a-ha - Take On Me [ Live From MTV Unplugged, Giske / 2017 ]

YouTube video by ahaVEVO

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · 21d

(Aug 29, 2025) Notes from the IAPP Canada: Right to be forgotten challenge continues to evolve
iapp.org/news/a/notes...
{International Association of Privacy Professionals}

"This case, for me, is a glaring example of the lack of harmonization we have globally."

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IAPP

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · 27d

If you're curious about what using the Right to Be Forgotten actually entails in practice, check out:

(Feb 17, 2023) Using my Right to Be Forgotten
kieranfor.de/2023/02/17/u...

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Using my Right to Be Forgotten – ﻼF

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · 27d

➡ "It's acting as a permanent barrier to employment, even decades after serving their sentence," said Husein.

➡ "If you don't give people who have been convicted an opportunity to get back into the regular workforce, there might be additional recidivism"

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · 27d

(Aug 21, 2025) 'Like a permanent barrier': Ontario needs to change hiring rules for people with criminal records, report says
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"a new report...says Ontario's legal system continues to punish people long after they have been released from jail"

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'Like a permanent barrier': Ontario needs to change hiring rules for people with criminal records, report says | CBC News

More than one million people in Ontario have a criminal record. For many, the record causes barriers when it comes to finding meaningful work. An organization known for advocating for the betterment o...

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · 29d

(Sept 12, 2025) Nepal’s Youth Protesters Elect Interim Prime Minister via Discord
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Nepal’s Youth Protesters Elect Interim Prime Minister via Discord

Nepal’s Gen Z protesters have chosen their next interim Prime Minister through a vote conducted on the online platform Discord, following the resignation of

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · Aug 28

If you're curious about what using the Right to Be Forgotten actually entails in practice, check out:

(Feb 17, 2023) Using my Right to Be Forgotten
kieranfor.de/2023/02/17/u...

#RightToBeForgotten

Using my Right to be Forgotten – ﻼF

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · Aug 26

Could you share link or some search terms related to "not retooling to meet the Japanese dimensional lumber market in the 1980". I'd like to learn more about this but can't seem to find the story.
Cheers.

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · Aug 18

(July 27, 2025) OpenAI: ChatGPT Wants Legal Rights. You Need The Right To Be Forgotten.
www.forbes.com/sites/jasons...

"We’ve seen this play out before. In U.S. law, corporations were gradually granted legal personhood...Over time, personhood became a useful legal fiction"

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OpenAI: ChatGPT Wants Legal Rights. You Need The Right To Be Forgotten.

As ChatGPT seeks legal rights, users face a new reality: AI remembers everything. The right to be forgotten may be the last freedom we truly control.

www.forbes.com

Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · Aug 18

(Aug 15, 2025) Outsourcing Our Memory: How Digital Tools Are Reshaping Human Thought
www.skeptic.com/article/outs...

"When we stop engaging our cognitive faculties, those neural pathways can weaken, making recall and retention more difficult over time"

#ImperativeToRemember
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Outsourcing Our Memory: How Digital Tools Are Reshaping Human Thought

As AI takes over our memory, are we losing ourselves? From birthday reminders to GPS navigation, digital tools now store what we once held in our minds. This shift promises cognitive freedom but threa...

www.skeptic.com

Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · Aug 5

(Jan 27, 2025) New research uncovers exotic electron crystal in graphene
science.ubc.ca/news/january...

Researchers from the University of British Columbia, the University of Washington, & Johns Hopkins have identified a new class of quantum states in a custom-engineered graphene structure

New research uncovers exotic electron crystal in graphene

Researchers from the University of British Columbia, the University of Washington, and Johns Hopkins University have identified a new class of quantum states in a custom-engineered graphene structure.

science.ubc.ca

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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · Jun 13

“they are showing a particular indifference to Canadians’ privacy that could also be seen this month in the Carney government’s plan to allow police to go on warrantless fishing expeditions in people’s internet subscriber information. The whole thing is wrong”
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Globe editorial: The politics of political party data hypocrisy

The federal parties want to be exempt from any oversight of their use of personal information, while putting strict rules on everyone else

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · May 28

PermaLink to the Chronicle via UBC Library:
go.exlibris.link/46hg4pQw

Summon 2.0

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · May 15

Linguistic inflation is often evident, as the terms used tend to point to an unexplored & uncharted landscape, outside of all previous human experience...“beyond”

I am 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 humbled / honoured / grateful etc.

The terms used direct us to the very edge of the map, right next to the dragons.

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · May 8

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPxH...

A Man for All Seasons (1966) - Rich's Perjury Scene (8/10) | Movieclips

YouTube video by Movieclips

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · May 4

The removal of the "sort by date" feature was the beginning of the end of Google search. I see Kagi has this feature so I'll give it a go and see how it works.
Cheers for the tip.

(April 8, 2019) Google quietly removes “sort by date” feature from search results
reclaimthenet.org/google-searc...

Google quietly removes “sort by date” feature from search results

Many people used this feature to override Google Searches’ algorithmic recommendations and get date based view of the search results.

reclaimthenet.org

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · Apr 25

I remember learning about this from your piece (below) last year.
Sharing for those that may have missed it.

(June 3, 2024) The violent criminals who suddenly identify as Indigenous once in prison
nationalpost.com/opinion/robe...

Robert Jago: The violent criminals who suddenly identify as Indigenous once in prison

Corrections Canada's policy of self-identification ripe for pretendians to abuse

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · Apr 24

This was my early take on LLMs. They have become far more sophisticated since then, and I have seen them put to good use, but I still think of the chicken nugget metaphor quite regularly.

(Oct 17, 2023) AI, AI, and chicken nuggets kieranfor.de/2023/10/17/a...

AI, AI, and chicken nuggets – ﻼF

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Kieran Forde @kieranforde.bsky.social · Apr 20

(Apr 17, 205) Meta is set to train its AI models with Europeans' public data, and you can stop it doing so
www.techradar.com/computing/cy...

"... these systems make it very hard (if not impossible) to exercise the GDPR's right to be forgotten"

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Meta is set to train its AI models with Europeans' public data, and you can stop it doing so

Public posts and users' interactions will soon feed Meta AI training

www.techradar.com