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Tom Lawton

@lawtontri.bsky.social

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Large GBR long distance triathlete. 💙 Critical Care @BTHFT, Lead Clinical AI NHS NEY, fellow @AAIP_York & Hon. Prof. MBE. Ran in a mask once. (he) @LawtonTri on most networks

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 2h

"So, what does your AI company do? What NHS problem does it solve?"

"What problems do you have? Our AI can do anything."

Alt: Hissing angry cat

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 23h

I'm not quite sure if I'm more annoyed by the prospect of trying to have Sunday roast for five people with this single carrot, or the incorrect grammar...

"Tesco Carrots, Loose"
But there's only one carrot

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 1d

"He is for everything"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

"The chancellor approved it"

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 3d

"Anaesthesia exists to make the surgery possible, not to make it easy!" 😇

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 3d

I feel I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for the judicious use of a small syringe of saline with a red sticker, rather than a full on rant when the surgeon asks for muscle relaxation just before the end of the case.

Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 3d

I find it unfair that I was yet again not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

Nearly 12 years in the NHS and I have not sworn at any of the people who really needed it over that time.

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 3d

a man in a tuxedo is making a funny face and says `` oh dear , what a pity '' .

Alt: a man in a tuxedo is making a funny face and says `` oh dear , what a pity '' .

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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 3d

I am in the very weird position of having this accusation levelled at me despite the fact I'm actively developing this kind of tech myself!
(I just focus on the things LLMs are *actually* good at rather than the hype, and privacy preservation!)

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 3d

I'd really giggle if they gave it to Biden for producing the peace plan he's rebadged...

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 3d

You may be disappointed to learn that this one just made it up entirely...

I tried one with a code interpreter and it did run a bit of Python (though upset me by including fractional people in the output)

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 4d

I'm surprised they've not gone for healthcare workers, given how many people have been off with it lately!

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 4d

So like this?

$please generate the first 10 outputs of an SIR model with a population of 1000, starting with 0.5% infected, an R of 5, and an infectious period of 7 days SIR model outputs for population 1000, R0=5, infectious period 7 days, initial infected 0.5% | Day | Susceptible | Infected | Recovered | |-----|-------------|----------|-----------| | 0 | 995 | 5 | 0 | | 1 | 991 | 8 | 1 | | 2 | 986 | 12 | 2 | | 3 | 977 | 19 | 4 | | 4 | 964 | 30 | 6 | | 5 | 943 | 46 | 11 | | 6 | 912 | 71 | 17 | | 7 | 866 | 106 | 27 | | 8 | 800 | 157 | 42 | | 9 | 711 | 224 | 65 | --- Notes - Parameters: \(\beta = R_0 / \text{infectious period} = 5/7\), \(\gamma = 1/7\). - Interpretation: Infection grows from 5 to ~224 by day 9; susceptibles drop accordingly; recoveries rise steadily. - Day 10 (for context): Susceptible ≈ 597, Infected ≈ 306, Recovered ≈ 97.$

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 4d

If they hadn't been so suspiciously cheap I might not have noticed either!
I remember at school suggesting that we should take advantage of people's unfamiliarity with sciency words by selling what I was going to call the "FemtoDrive"

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 4d

Absolute genius seller...

#YouGetWhatYouPayFor
#Numeracy
#SIPrefixes

Seller advertising micro SD cards - 512MB, 256MB, 128MB, 64MB

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 5d

Hit and run by a car when cycling in to work this morning (I'm fine, bike less so but hopefully fixable)

What a surprise...

Untaxed
Tax due 25 September 2025

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 5d

Was literally about to tell this story! I imagine we're talking about the same person...

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 5d

Robert Jenrick:
Lord Sewell on #PM: Hold my Real Ale. HAVE YOU SEEN BRADFORD???

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 7d

"Two hours of exercise easier for those with less pain" makes for less of a headline though...

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 8d

Clearly catering for a... specific... section of the market.

Hotel booking - 3 adults, but only one bed

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 8d

I'm going to have to bookmark this as a tutorial!

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 8d

Certainly upset my kids (after they wondered what the grownups were sniggering at!)

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 8d

Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink looked to be *really* enjoying his dance...

#Strictly

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 9d

Instead of screening, we should use an AI to determine the people most at risk and send them for invasive biopsies...

(so much /s, but also this kind of thing is really happening)

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 9d

#StormAmy still making it rain conkers this morning

Purple heroes tub full of conkers

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 9d

I have a 0.6B on my phone, which isn't great but is coherent - and my "workhorse" is a 14B which outperforms models an order of magnitude larger from not that long ago.

Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 9d

Honestly I'm campaigning for this in the UK too! It feels like the big private models (some of which may have over a trillion parameters) are pretty asymptotic in improvement, but the small ones are where the real improvement is still going on.