Fight Club is one of our son’s favourite movies so there was no way this article from The Conversation, by a number of academics, was not going to make the “Because it’s Friday” slot. Jane Austen fight club: experts go head-to-head arguing for her best leading man – The Conversation It is …
Because It’s Friday – Be polite to AI
Again a “Because It’s Friday” where Professor Hannah Fry does not talk about maths. See, good manners never hurt anyone. Did the Terminator have good manners? More about AI In 2021, Professor Stuart Russell gave the BBC Reith Lecture series looking at four ways AI might impact on humanity. Things …
Because It’s Friday – Totes Emoji
For those of you not addicted to Richard Osman’s House of Games (we are), Totes Emoji is one of the games he challenges to contestants to solve on the show. Some contestants do very well, whilst others – such as Fern Britton just this week – are not so good! …
AI, Elections and Nick Clegg
2024 has been the biggest year in human for elections, nearly half the planet’s population has had a vote. At the same time serious questions have been raised about how much influence AI has had, will have on elections. Bruce Schneier, with Nathan Sanders, have contributed a piece to The …
Time to think about AI
Here is a thought provoking essay from the public-interest technologist Bruce Schneier: AI and Microdirectives – Schneier on Security Something to read with the morning coffee this weekend. It is actually “further listening – The BBC Reith Lectures, by Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science and founder of the Center …
