Dr Mahlet ("Milly") Zimeta
@techmilly.bsky.social
Head of Digital & Data Policy for Which (UK consumer association) | advising CMA, Chatham House | x-ODI x-Royal Society x-Alan Turing Institute | website linkedin.com/in/mgzimeta/ | views my own | geopolitics & literary journalism as @mgzimeta.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Mahlet ("Milly") Zimeta
In making AI policy at the White House, I worked for two visionary women – Dr. Alondra Nelson and Vice President Harris – who asked the same question in every meeting:
"What would this mean for the most vulnerable?"
However the new tech advisors choose to proceed, I hope they have a good answer.
"What would this mean for the most vulnerable?"
However the new tech advisors choose to proceed, I hope they have a good answer.
January 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
In making AI policy at the White House, I worked for two visionary women – Dr. Alondra Nelson and Vice President Harris – who asked the same question in every meeting:
"What would this mean for the most vulnerable?"
However the new tech advisors choose to proceed, I hope they have a good answer.
"What would this mean for the most vulnerable?"
However the new tech advisors choose to proceed, I hope they have a good answer.
I collated all the Biden EOs on digital tech policy/infrastructure that #47 rescinded and deleted from the White House website:
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
US Pres #47 - initial rescission Exec Orders
tinyurl.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I collated all the Biden EOs on digital tech policy/infrastructure that #47 rescinded and deleted from the White House website:
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
Agreed. A couple of weeks ago when the news story broke about the Meta AI-generated profiles, and Meta deleted them, I found it really difficult to resurface the profiles to verify against the screenshots in circulation (from before the profiles were deleted). No way to really hold Meta accountable.
January 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Agreed. A couple of weeks ago when the news story broke about the Meta AI-generated profiles, and Meta deleted them, I found it really difficult to resurface the profiles to verify against the screenshots in circulation (from before the profiles were deleted). No way to really hold Meta accountable.
In case helpful - when I realised the Biden EOs that had been immediately revoked had also gone from the White House website, I collated all the ones on digital tech policy and infrastructure here:
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
US Pres #47 - initial rescission Exec Orders
tinyurl.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In case helpful - when I realised the Biden EOs that had been immediately revoked had also gone from the White House website, I collated all the ones on digital tech policy and infrastructure here:
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
I created this short summary spreadsheet of the Biden era Executive Orders on digital tech policy and infrastructure that #47 has immediately rescinded and removed from the White House website:
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
US Pres #47 - initial rescission Exec Orders
tinyurl.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I created this short summary spreadsheet of the Biden era Executive Orders on digital tech policy and infrastructure that #47 has immediately rescinded and removed from the White House website:
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
tinyurl.com/ynrcthur
Ah fantastic! Did you see my recent piece for @londonreview.bsky.social on robots? My starting point was that brilliant AI & Religion workshop that you convened at St George's Chapel, where we had the thought experiment "what if AI was stewarded by the Dalai Lama?" www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
M.G. Zimeta | Among Robots
At the Pepper Parlor restaurant in central Tokyo, each table had a short robot called Pepper with articulated plastic...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Ah fantastic! Did you see my recent piece for @londonreview.bsky.social on robots? My starting point was that brilliant AI & Religion workshop that you convened at St George's Chapel, where we had the thought experiment "what if AI was stewarded by the Dalai Lama?" www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
Reposted by Dr Mahlet ("Milly") Zimeta
I've put a video clip of Pepper here (G-drive link): tinyurl.com/brhxbrdy
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep.
(The camera's uneven because I was filming for my notes: just pretend its arthouse...)
🧵2/2
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep.
(The camera's uneven because I was filming for my notes: just pretend its arthouse...)
🧵2/2
MG Zimeta - talking to Pepper robot (Tokyo Oct 2023) - article Among Robots (LRB blog Jan 2025).mp4
tinyurl.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I've put a video clip of Pepper here (G-drive link): tinyurl.com/brhxbrdy
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep.
(The camera's uneven because I was filming for my notes: just pretend its arthouse...)
🧵2/2
0:40 for its hallucinating movements, 5:30 for is it more intelligent than humans, and 7:00 for do androids dream of electric sheep.
(The camera's uneven because I was filming for my notes: just pretend its arthouse...)
🧵2/2
Thank you for this. I did a lighter version of this in 2017 and felt the benefits. This time, I've gone further and installed browser extensions that block any mention of certain figures and it's been great. It's reminded me that I have agency in what gets my attention and what I nurture in my mind.
January 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Thank you for this. I did a lighter version of this in 2017 and felt the benefits. This time, I've gone further and installed browser extensions that block any mention of certain figures and it's been great. It's reminded me that I have agency in what gets my attention and what I nurture in my mind.
This robot is a bold new take on the "magical negro" trope.
January 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This robot is a bold new take on the "magical negro" trope.
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Perfect for planning the next revolution.
#accessibility #sustainability #digitalrights #privacy
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January 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Also, the UN has an official new BlueSky account, @un.org, but no profile pic or post yet.
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January 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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January 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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