The UK cultural sector is a major success story, and - among other things - an important source of soft power. So important that the right balance of #innovation and fairness / equity is struck, especially with regards preserving access to creative processes and imagination for young people.

I also write in more detail about this in my book, God-like: a 500-Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths, Machines, Monsters. Grab a copy from your local bookshop, or mine :)
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...but can understand how best to thrive alongside these new technologies as they look to consume more and more of our work, and our being.

Was a privilege to be involved in the research and publication of this work from @ifow.org and others, focusing on a way ahead. www.ifow.org/publications...

Those working in the creative industries are finding themselves to be 'canaries in the mine' on much of this - which is why it is even more important to lean into getting things right within these sectors, so that we can not only preserve our brilliant arts and culture...

This is leading to huge distortions - and thus wild talk about AI removing the need for us to work, write, draw, care... or do anything much at all, except give the nod for a small number of people to be paid trillions for getting us here.

All tech has social implications. There has been unprecedented investment in optimising the technical capabilities of digital systems... but very little investment in optimising the social dimension.

This is my cousin Susan, who still lives in the area and - like so many others - sees through the BS and bluster of their new local MP. Sadly, he doesn’t seem to give a crap about actually addressing problems, just exploit them for personal political gain.

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I’ve written a novel based there, drawing on themes of rising sea levels… and the rise of the right, centred on the 1953 flood that devastated the place. Just looking for the right publisher… ;)

Read the report and survey results here. One clear takeaway - if we allow #tech to impact talent pipelines and the routes to better #skills, that would be a very serious case of lopping off our own legs. bectu.org.uk/bectu-big-su...