Scott Timcke
@scotttimcke.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate, Research ICT Africa. Focusing on AI, Property, and Democratic Theory in the Polycrisis.
In the second of Research ICT Africa's policy briefs in the African Just AI series, I examine the issue of democratic fundamentals to argue that work on these takes priority over the promise of AI in African elections.
Do give it a read. #democracy #AI #Africa
researchictafrica.net/research/foc...
Do give it a read. #democracy #AI #Africa
researchictafrica.net/research/foc...
Focus on the democratic fundamentals: What comes before the promise of AI in African elections
In the second instalment of Research ICT Africa’s Just AI policy brief series, researcher Scott Timcke argues for a shift in focus from technological quick-fixes to the core democratic conditions [......
researchictafrica.net
June 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In the second of Research ICT Africa's policy briefs in the African Just AI series, I examine the issue of democratic fundamentals to argue that work on these takes priority over the promise of AI in African elections.
Do give it a read. #democracy #AI #Africa
researchictafrica.net/research/foc...
Do give it a read. #democracy #AI #Africa
researchictafrica.net/research/foc...
When you think running 116 MILES in 17 hours(!!) is a professional fail...my goodness.
Sometimes we are too hard on ourselves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1d3...
Sometimes we are too hard on ourselves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1d3...
My Second Attempt at Running For 24-hours (around a 400m track this time!)
YouTube video by Vo2maxProductions
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May 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
When you think running 116 MILES in 17 hours(!!) is a professional fail...my goodness.
Sometimes we are too hard on ourselves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1d3...
Sometimes we are too hard on ourselves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1d3...
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Private investor-driven AI is "anathema" to democracy. @scotttimcke.bsky.social connects the dots between AI's current trajectory, growing inequality, and the weakening of democratic structures. A powerful analysis. #DigitalDemocracy #WealthInequality #AISafety www.techpolicy.press/ai-inequalit...
AI, Inequality, and Democratic Backsliding | TechPolicy.Press
Investor-driven AI development is anathema to the material conditions that enable democracy, writes Scott Timcke.
www.techpolicy.press
April 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Private investor-driven AI is "anathema" to democracy. @scotttimcke.bsky.social connects the dots between AI's current trajectory, growing inequality, and the weakening of democratic structures. A powerful analysis. #DigitalDemocracy #WealthInequality #AISafety www.techpolicy.press/ai-inequalit...
Not exactly what Claude Lefort meant.
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An Empty Chair Town Hall…In JD Vance’s Hometown
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Boy, was American democracy on display last night in JD Vance’s hometown—Middletown, Ohio.
Patriotism at its best.
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An Empty Chair Town Hall…In JD Vance’s Hometown
A 🧵
Boy, was American democracy on display last night in JD Vance’s hometown—Middletown, Ohio.
Patriotism at its best.
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April 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Not exactly what Claude Lefort meant.
The era of edicts.
April 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The era of edicts.
Techno Border Imperialism.
Google Is Helping the Trump Administration Deploy AI Along the Mexican Border by @sambiddle.com theintercept.com/2025/04/03/g...
Google Is Helping the Trump Administration Deploy AI Along the Mexican Border
Google is part of a Customs and Border Protection plan to use machine learning for surveillance, documents reviewed by The Intercept reveal.
theintercept.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Techno Border Imperialism.
Another elephant graph.
April 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Another elephant graph.
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What is Male Supremacism? Check out the graphic below for our definition of it, and register today to learn more about it at our conference on April 24- 26! bit.ly/IRMS2025 #IRMS2025 #IRMSConf
March 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What is Male Supremacism? Check out the graphic below for our definition of it, and register today to learn more about it at our conference on April 24- 26! bit.ly/IRMS2025 #IRMS2025 #IRMSConf
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New blog claxon! Today we launched the LSE's 'Activism, Influencing and Change' site and programme, which I'll be running with Tom Kirk (@globalpolicy.bsky.social). If that's of interest, please repost and head on over to blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf... to read/subscribe/comment
March 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New blog claxon! Today we launched the LSE's 'Activism, Influencing and Change' site and programme, which I'll be running with Tom Kirk (@globalpolicy.bsky.social). If that's of interest, please repost and head on over to blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf... to read/subscribe/comment
Trade Wars Are Class Wars.
March 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Trade Wars Are Class Wars.
A recent piece of mine on agentic AI and democracy in Transforming Society.
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/03/04/h...
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/03/04/h...
How agentic AI challenges democracy - Transforming Society
Scott Timcke, author of 'Algorithms and the End of Politics', explores how agentic AI, with its autonomous decision-making, threatens democratic principles by undermining transparency, accountability,...
www.transformingsociety.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A recent piece of mine on agentic AI and democracy in Transforming Society.
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/03/04/h...
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/03/04/h...
We need more Mississippi Burning.
Breaking News: Gene Hackman, the two-time Oscar winner who gave nuanced performances in films like “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven,” died at 95. nyti.ms/4h8iyJa
February 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We need more Mississippi Burning.
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Beyond farce.
NEW: Info gathered from Musk's 5 accomplishments email is expected to be run through an AI system to determine whether or not someone's work is mission-critical, according to three sources with knowledge of the system
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses from federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond to an email from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
www.nbcnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Beyond farce.
Woefully unqualified from temperament to skills to experience.
Dan Bongino, a former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent turned right-wing pundit and podcaster, will be the next deputy director of the FBI, President Trump said on Sunday night.
Right-Wing Commentator Named F.B.I. Deputy Director
The choice of Dan Bongino is a radical departure from the bureau’s history of having a veteran agent serve in the key role that oversees operations.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Woefully unqualified from temperament to skills to experience.
Drugs and / or reactionary white South African brain. I saw lots of this in the late 90s.
OK honest question what is the root of this? Is this just how you think on drugs?
February 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Drugs and / or reactionary white South African brain. I saw lots of this in the late 90s.
When you need the press and a spreadsheet to keep track of your siblings...
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter, Vivian Wilson, says she learned about her reported new sibling through social media. Here is what we know…
Elon Musk’s daughter finds out about alleged new sibling via social media
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter, Vivian Wilson, says she learned about her reported new sibling through social media. Here is what we know…
www.thesouthafrican.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
When you need the press and a spreadsheet to keep track of your siblings...
Might as well call it the American Ukraine Company to really harken back.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Revealed: Trump’s confidential plan to put Ukraine in a stranglehold
Panic in Kyiv as US president demands higher share of GDP than Germany’s First World War reparations
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Might as well call it the American Ukraine Company to really harken back.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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"As the AI race accelerates, this kind of rich, multidisciplinary analysis becomes increasingly essential for understanding the promise and pitfalls of AI products." Thank you @scotttimcke.bsky.social!
A recent book, AI – Limits and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence ed. Peter Klimczak & Christer Petersen @transcript-verlag.bsky.social explores #AI’s technical constraints, societal impacts & ethical dilemmas.
#Review by @scotttimcke.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social #AIActionSummit 👇
#Review by @scotttimcke.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social #AIActionSummit 👇
AI – Limits and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence
In AI – Limits and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence, editors Peter Klimczak and Christer Petersen compile research that explores AI’s technical constraints, societal impacts and eth…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"As the AI race accelerates, this kind of rich, multidisciplinary analysis becomes increasingly essential for understanding the promise and pitfalls of AI products." Thank you @scotttimcke.bsky.social!
There is romance in this world. www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakist...
Breetzke bats his way from scratchy to sublime in ODI debut to remember
Matthew Breetzke shows he can get past 30-40 as he scored 150 on ODI debut to break records and signal the start of something special
www.espncricinfo.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There is romance in this world. www.espncricinfo.com/story/pakist...
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DOGE is gutting federal agencies to install AI across the government. Democracy is on the line, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio.
Anatomy of an AI Coup | TechPolicy.Press
DOGE is gutting federal agencies to install AI across the government. Democracy is on the line, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio.
techpolicy.press
February 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
DOGE is gutting federal agencies to install AI across the government. Democracy is on the line, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio.