ana valdivia
@anavaldi.bsky.social
Lecturer in AI, Government & Policy at the OII (University of Oxford) | Associate Editor at Big Data & Society | Investigating algorithmic accountability and environmental impacts | Writing a book on the Materiality of AI
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Loved this bit : “The most lucrative users – English-speaking professionals willing to pay $20-200 monthly for premium AI subscriptions – become the implicit template for ‘superintelligence’.”
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Loved this bit : “The most lucrative users – English-speaking professionals willing to pay $20-200 monthly for premium AI subscriptions – become the implicit template for ‘superintelligence’.”
just ordered the book! looking fwd reading it!
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
just ordered the book! looking fwd reading it!
I hope my narrative was clear enough about the inefficiency and privacy/ethical issues of this technology in the migration context.
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I hope my narrative was clear enough about the inefficiency and privacy/ethical issues of this technology in the migration context.
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Wim Vanderbauwhede: “You give an input and it ‘guesses’ the answer a user would want to get, based on the input and the data it was trained on. The ‘machines’ don’t think; they generate something plausible, something that seems acceptable.” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
apache.be
October 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Wim Vanderbauwhede: “You give an input and it ‘guesses’ the answer a user would want to get, based on the input and the data it was trained on. The ‘machines’ don’t think; they generate something plausible, something that seems acceptable.” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
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Last time I checked those were at roughly 5% success rate as per the AHRC website.
October 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Last time I checked those were at roughly 5% success rate as per the AHRC website.
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But column two says "Year application received". This to me suggests that the success rate is "the probability that you would have been successful by Oct. 2025, given that you submitted in 2025", which is different from "the probability that you will be successful, given that you submitted in 2025"
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
But column two says "Year application received". This to me suggests that the success rate is "the probability that you would have been successful by Oct. 2025, given that you submitted in 2025", which is different from "the probability that you will be successful, given that you submitted in 2025"
that makes sense, so let's wait until Dec 2025
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
that makes sense, so let's wait until Dec 2025
Given that people is asking me for the numbers, here the table provided by UKRI:
October 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Given that people is asking me for the numbers, here the table provided by UKRI: