Please read my review of @ShannonVallor's AI Mirror in last weekend's @ftweekend. And better still, please read the book! ft.com/content/67d380…
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Becky Hogge
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Becky Hogge
@barefoot_techie
I channel geek.
London Katılım Aralık 2007
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Hi @ShannonVallor and @OUPAcademic--how can I get a review copy of AI Mirror please? Have sent a request via form on OUP website but that feels...impersonal ;)
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I was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize! barefootintocyberspace.com/2023/10/23/i-w…
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Just finished listening to this. Cheering @billt on as he takes down AI endgame hype. From about halfway through. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…
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I’m very lucky that the generous and amazing @DebAshWat has come into my life recently. Her words are fierce and perfect. So it’s a joy to see her talent getting recognition.
DebraWaters@DebAshWat
My @LIStoryPrize FF finalist piece 'How to disappear' – about feeling invisible (arguably to the point of madness) in a relationship – is live on the LISP website bit.ly/40QyUxS🙂
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Super excited to read this one, forensic accountant is my fantasy alter ego. Read about the first of the BIOS-ripping Marty Hench adventure novels here, as well as why @doctorow is crowdfunding studio production of the DRM-free audiobook himself (with Will Wheaton on the mic!)
Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER@doctorow
*Red Team Blues* is my next novel, a #PostCyberpunk anti-finance finance #thriller; it's a major title for my publishers @TorBooks and @HoZ_Books, and it's swept the trade press with starred reviews all 'round. Despite all that, #Audible will not sell the #audiobook. 1/
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@digitalplanet @billt @GarethM @angelicamari @GBoddington Loved the 5 minute podcast intro! Broadcasting magic 🪄
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A final farewell from @digitalplanet; @GarethM @billt @angelicamari + @GBoddington. We’re delving into the body + the mind asking why do we behave the way we do online? What happens when we become part of the network. And we remember Gordon Moore.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…
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@lilianedwards @naomialderman Got it. Hotel Pelirocco gets my vote for old school Brighton vibes. Would definitely give The Southern Belle a look too.
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@lilianedwards @naomialderman What does? Wait, is this thing on?
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My review of @hfordsa excellent book #writingtherevolution out tomorrow in the FT, available online now ft.com/content/872b64…
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Becky Hogge retweetledi
Can Elon Musk’s Twitter create a ‘town square’? @barefoot_techie The rising digital labour force in Brazil @grohmann_rafael, and @aihanguyen @zel_eve discuss their latest report on the #doorbell #camera that keeps an ever watchful eye on #delivery drivers
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
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@radiocatherine @euaifund Welcome, Catherine! Really excited to see what the EU AI Fund can achieve under your stewardship!
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After a very happy few years of freelancing I've been tempted back to the world of real jobs and am absolutely thrilled to have started this week as Director of the @euaifund working to build a strong civil society network to shape the future of AI in Europe
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Becky Hogge retweetledi
Taxpayers' money is being wasted on faulty, intrusive Live Facial Recognition.
Even when the cameras are 'working' 95% of the flags misidentify innocent people...
It's time to #StopFacialRecognition
@silkiecarlo at Leicester Square, watching the watchers.
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The Pulitzer Center is launching a new initiative to support reporting projects that explore the impact of algorithms on communities around the world. Help them understand your needs as a journalist by completing this survey. bit.ly/3rRuOGe #AIAccountability
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A really exciting opportunity for the right candidate, come and help the European AI Fund in its mission to shape the direction of AI (disclosure: I am the Fund's co-chair) europeanaifund.org/hiring-a-new-f…
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Becky Hogge retweetledi
We are hiring a new Fund Director!
Send your application at your earliest convenience and by no later than Monday 13 December 2021.
europeanaifund.org/hiring-a-new-f…
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A data-rich and nuanced analysis from @TBIJ of the relationship between refugee and migrant "tracking" technology and some of the technologies being mooted and adopted as COVID response: thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2020-0…
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Including recommendations for how to make UC more transparent and accountable, written before COVID19 put so much additional pressure on the system, but needed now more than ever: pt2.works/blog/2020/04/0…
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@richardjpope's OSF-supported in-depth investigation into Universal Credit, out today: it's the (outdated) policy behind the tech that creates most of the issues: pt2.works/blog/2020/04/0…
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