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Jack Stilgoe
@jackstilgoe.bsky.social
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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 · 1h
This is my one www.caa-ins.org/archives/127...
第十届网络社会年会 | 互联网之终？AI（ài）来不来
中文 / ENGLISH 第十届网络社会年会 互联网之终？AI（ài）来不来 主办单位 中国美术学院（CAA）跨媒体艺术学院（SIMA）网络社会研究所（INS） 总召集人 黄孙权 学术委员会 李凯生、闵罕、黄孙权、陈界仁、刘怿斯、周蓬岸 引言 第十届年会“互联网之终？”——并非末世广告，而是对秩序更替的审问：当超连结的公共技艺（引用、互操作、透明可查）成为提示的自然语言界面（大型数据库、系统…
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 9h
Thank you!

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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 15h
I’m in Shanghai next week and keen to try out their self-driving taxis. Anyone know the easiest way to do this as a visitor?
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 16h
Within less than a week I have switched to assuming that every charming little video I see is fake and I hate that
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Tech-Based Teaching @edutecheditor.bsky.social · 19h
“Since 1991, the video game Civilization, now in its seventh installment, has become one of the most successful game franchises ever. That means millions of kids have grown up with Civ as one of their formative ways of thinking about history.” (via @jstor.bsky.social) #AcademicSky
History and Civilization - JSTOR Daily
The Civilization video games may not convey actual history very well, but they’ve encouraged generations of young people to learn more about the past.
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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 1d
American Fiction is on BBC iPlayer (for the next couple of weeks). Treat yourself!
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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 1d
The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 2d
At the RSA for a discussion of the @braiduk.bsky.social Responsible AI Landscape study
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d
By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 2d
"Not this year, I'm afraid Sir. They've given the prize to some Hungarian guy."
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 2d
You wouldn't want to. The major claim of the piece was 'that's a very, very long distance'
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 2d
Has Cory Doctorow done a piece on the enshittification of enshittification yet?
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
In the Buzzfeed school of essay writing, with enough coffee, this one fact can be spun into 2,000 words
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
In my first year, I wrote an essay on the anthropology of technology the night before it was due. I only had one reference book available - The Guinness Book of Records. Just scraped a pass.
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🎃 🧟 Prof. Dr Beth Singler 👻 🎃 @bvlsingler.bsky.social · 3d
I once went to see the Blair Witch Project at the cinema, got thoroughly terrified, played a prank on a friend's girlfriend who'd just seen it, got back to my college room by about 3am, and THEN started an essay for handing in that morning, all while being terrified by the wailing wind outside...
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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
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🎃 🧟 Prof. Dr Beth Singler 👻 🎃 @bvlsingler.bsky.social · 3d
I once went to see the Blair Witch Project at the cinema, got thoroughly terrified, played a prank on a friend's girlfriend who'd just seen it, got back to my college room by about 3am, and THEN started an essay for handing in that morning, all while being terrified by the wailing wind outside...
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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you. You people couldn't hang with real slackers. finn wokeupchic • 4d It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
Given labour is now expensive, this seems to be a Robo-pub policy in disguise.
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 3d
Pub industry folk: What do you make of this?

I'm sure it's not unwelcome but will it make much difference?

My impression is that you're struggling to fill space until 10pm, let alone 1am.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth
Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts
www.theguardian.com
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 3d
Pub industry folk: What do you make of this?

I'm sure it's not unwelcome but will it make much difference?

My impression is that you're struggling to fill space until 10pm, let alone 1am.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth
Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts
www.theguardian.com
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University of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social · 3d
What’s the first thing you do when you’re awarded a Nobel Prize?

Deliver a first-year chemistry tutorial of course, and then celebrate ⚛️

Tap through to read more about Professor Robson’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry → unimelb.me/46YXtxo
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 3d
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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NBER @nber.org · 3d
AI and digital platforms improve efficiency in processing and transmitting information but erode producer incentives, resulting in less truthful news and more misinformation, from Joseph E. Stiglitz and Maxim Ventura-Bolet https://www.nber.org/papers/w34318
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
Bernie Sanders going large on The Machinery Question
AI Could Wipe Out the Working Class | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
Ian Bogost ref, obvs
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
That prompted me to visit the Wikipedia page for Bricolage
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
A key question for the AI industry will be whether energy consumers see data centres as just infrastructure for their digital lives or an unnecessary indulgence for new AI
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 3d
Have a look at the @raeng.org.uk People's AI Summits. Excellent initiative. raeng.org.uk/policy-and-r...
People's AI Stewardship Summit in London
The final People’s AI Stewardship Summit took place in London. This summit focused on exploring the themes of AI in healthcare and infrastructure.
raeng.org.uk
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 4d
Living in Britain in 1984 | BBC Archive @bbcarchive.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwNW...
Living in Britain in 1984 | Forty Minutes: Voices in a City | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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Aaron Levine @aarondlevine.bsky.social · 4d
The Carter School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech invites applications for multiple open-rank tenured and/or tenure-track faculty positions with a focus on science, technology and innovation policy.

careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psc/careers/...

#AcademicSky #PolicySky @appam.bsky.social
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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 4d
📍Starting in 15 minutes!

Join us for the launch of the new book 'Decolonising Economics', by IIPP Professor
@cacrisalves.bsky.social, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @ingridhk.bsky.social.

📺 Join us online if you can't join in person: buff.ly/J9LqdU6
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 4d
🇬🇧 London friends! I will be in town later this week for a cool public event with @chrislintott.bsky.social (wegottickets.com/event/676292) and will be hanging out a few days. Come to the event and say hi if you can!
The End of the Universe
After a magnificent* 13.8 billion years** astronomer Chris Lintott (Sky at Night) and Steve Pretty (Hackney Colliery Band) lead a funeral and wake for the universe, as it sadly heads into heat death. ...
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