AI Critics Silenced by Financial Conflict of Interest
Booomer attacks on AI are mostly rooted in Upton Sinclair's observation that “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” They rarely know what it is, it's capabilities, and more importantly it potential.
BBC Question Time: Empty Talk, No Real Accountability
BBC Question Time was a London audinece watching a chair encourage Westminster squabbling. Policy free discussion and no real recognition of what just actually happened.
Schiphol's Fingerprint Check Fails, Delays Skyrocket
Schiphol Airport. Fingerprint system not working for anyone, so just added to time taken. Shambolic rollout
Dubai's Economy Crumbles as War Impact Surfaces
All of those 'Dubai is a paradise unaffected by the war' tweets have disappeared, as its economy is decimated.
AI Forces Academia to Rethink Learning Fundamentals
AI has awoken academe from its slumber, as it challenges why we learn, what we learn, when we learn, how we learn and how learning and intelligence should defined, judged and assessed. It is having to rethink its assumptions and...
Spirit's Collapse Sparks Summer Travel Uncertainty
Spirit Airline has gone bust in US.... Fuel running low... Airline stocks falling... People will think twice about flying this Summer... https://t.co/RKmatrLssE
Flat Cities Thrive, Hilly Brighton Struggles with Cycling
Cyclying environments easy in flat landscapes. Paris, London and Netherlands easy. I live in Brighton. Agree with pedestrianising the centre but it is is hilly as F! Many peripheral bike lanes remain empty. Greens got voted out for over-egging this....
Adopt Fluid, Iterative AI Policies in Higher Education
Saw superb presentation on 'GenAI in HE' from Brian McGowan & Andy Jaffrey (Ulster Uni). Avoided fixed 'policy'. TICK Went for FLUID, practice-informed approach. TICK Iterative and regularly updated. TICK Avoided seeing AI as a threat. TICK
Stop Anthropomorphizing Robots to Expand Their Potential
Fundamental point. We tend to see Robotics in far too limited a sense, as we immediately anthropomophise....
AI Tools Offer Immediate Opportunities, Education Lags Behind
Just finished 'The Infinity Machine'. Hassabis is right on career advice: "Immerse yourself in AI tools. Everyone has access to tools 3-6 months behind frontier. Enormous opportunity lies in applying AI to unexplored areas." Shame that many in education say...
Government AI: More Show Than Substance, Duplicity Reigns
Ai seems to be largely 'performative' in government.... given the pronouncements there's a great deal of duplicity here. Practice what you preach.
Frontex's Fingerprint Failure Highlights EU Tech Incompetence
EU Border Agency Frontex is shambolic. They chose wrong tech (fingerprints) as slow, face recognition was better choice. Their trial in Krakow (their HQ) was a disaster as is the rollout. I had debates with senior people, including boss about...
Embrace AI in Higher Ed, Don't Dismiss It
Keynoting in Caribbean on how AI can be integrated into teaching, learning, admin & research in Higher Ed. Ignoring it, or turning it into a toxic issue, does not help. #2pros https://t.co/XknB3iDEwT
Hassabis' Isomorphic Labs Aims to Revolutionize Drug Discovery
Hassabis gets things done. His relentless focus on slving problems makes him the most important person alive on AI.... Mallaby's 'warts 'n all' book on him 'The Infinity Machine' is excellent....
Simple Fixed Routes Prime Self-Driving Adoption
It's happening. These fixed routes, with clear and simple routes, are a shoe-in for self-driving....