James Stewart

@AdvanceCrt Tha ks for inviting me, what a great place. I hope the rest of the SS went well.

We had an incredible start to the 2024 Summer School on AI & People in Killarney with our multidisciplinary community. Prof. Greg Provan captivated us with a deep dive into AI's history and future, followed by Dr @jamesks's session on sociotechnical AI safety. Stay tuned for +!

@BreannaMorello How woke! Big government telling you you have to put your garbage in a can. What was wrong with the way we did it in the Middle Ages.

New York City is living in the future!!! Look at the Mayor announcing the city will now use trash bins instead of dumping their trash on the streets like barbarians.

Since 1st July, the UK government has spent almost $50,000 on Facebook ads in Albania, trying to discourage people from trying to come to the UK illegally. The majority of ads are targeted at men under 40.

News: @JohnnyHistone @jamesks & co-authors release new @TheSIPR report on 'influence policing'. @STIS Read more: bit.ly/SPS-influence-…

@JohnnyHistone @TheSIPR We've opened up a whole new angle on digital advertising and communications research, this time focused on government, rather than politics, crime or commerce. #behaviouralinfluence @RMac18 @markscott82 @PJLeerssen @claesdevreese @jsscppr @Ciaret25 @OlivierSerrat @SusanMichie

BBC News - 'Digital newsletters really humanise you to your readers' bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Update: We heard the community feedback, and now ALL deviations are automatically labeled as NOT authorized for use in AI datasets. deviantart.com/team/journal/T…

@technollama I would say I am trying to understand the training dara, how things get labels, what sets of images pop up.

2. For research I try to understand the level of human involvement required (for copyright authorship), how the tools operate, and whether or not there's image reproduction, and potentials for copyright infringement.

One of the interesting aspects of AI tools is that people are using them for various reasons. Personally I use them for: - Presentation images (stock photo replacement) - Research (how do they work?) - Whimsy (feeling silly) - Hobby (attempts to produce nice stuff)

@technollama This my main use, entertainment

3. Whimsy is sometimes very basic stuff with no effort, such as copying and pasting lyrics as a prompt, or a line from a movie. Also extremely low level of involvement, other than selecting and curating the outputs.

No evidnce for nudge PNAS #INFLUENCEGOVERNMENT @JohnnyHistone pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

@LouiseCulmer1 @KurtWallanderuk @charlesr1971 @theJeremyVine Normal behaviour would be just to stop and wait

@KurtWallanderuk @charlesr1971 @theJeremyVine The driver isn’t doing anything wrong, he is driving very slowly as is plain from the film.

This clip now has 1.6m views, and 75% of people responding are defending the car driver. The child is FIVE. The driver MUST go dead slow, or stop. Any petrosexual who can't see this needs to cut up their driving licence and send the pieces back to the DVLA.

@maxvonhippel @Northeastern That was done in Glasgow uni, a big fuss and they removed them. We ran an extensive process to prevent similar things happening in the same way in Edinburgh.

@rjwilliams44 you would really be better off not asking about what does on behind that shopfront!

Will the crypto crash derail the next web revolution? - on.ft.com/3afGsG0 via @FT

@captainwonkish @JeffreyPeel @sajidjavid Because there are many many more vaccinated people. Basic maths.

@JeffreyPeel @sajidjavid If they don’t work, why are vaccinated people multiple times less likely to die? ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths-b…

I have spoken to the Prime Minister to tender my resignation as Secretary of State for Health & Social Care. It has been an enormous privilege to serve in this role, but I regret that I can no longer continue in good conscience.

We will be IN PERSON too! Full series info here: wiki.ed.ac.uk/display/CIDS/ #surveillance #data #aireg