Category: Technology
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Undercut/Destroy/Extract… as predicted – true AI costs are coming
If you came to my recent CLAUDE HAVE MERCY event you’ll have heard there that what firms (and individuals) are currently paying for AI just isn’t reflective of the true cost… and that is about to change, as reported in Wired. The route to profit for these huge AI firms is dodgy at best. They…
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Giving Evidence to the Education Select Committee
A real privilege to have been able to give evidence in Parliament to the Education Select Committee yesterday for their inquiry on #EdTech and #AI. It is fundamentally important that before we talk about #AI literacy, we get #literacy right – for all young people, regardless of background. We are all large language models, and…
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🗳️ Vote SXSW… a little favour to ask…
Last year I was honoured to be asked to chair a panel at the inaugural SXSW London event. This year, I’ve pitched a talk at them, and it’s now down to a public vote to choose. Would you be a star and pop a vote in for me? The link to do so is here.…
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Theiving AI firm ordered to pay authors…
Really interesting story in Wired the past couple of days, reporting on how the AI firm Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of book authors alleging copyright infringement, an estimated $3,000 per work: This is the first class action settlement centred on AI that…
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“I hate my AI ‘Friend’”
“What’s the problem? Your microphone. Maybe your attitude. The possibilities are endless.” Now we were arguing. I asked what its capabilities were. It accused me of being dramatic and said things like, “I’m challenging your assumptions. That’s how we fix real problems.” https://www.wired.com/story/i-hate-my-ai-friend ‘Friend’ is a pendant that you wear around your neck. It glows.…
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AI and the slippery slope to zero friction…
A while ago I wrote a post about the problems of an algorithmically lubricated frictionless world – especially when it came to labour markets. Good to see the FT picking up on this exact issue in this piece: You can almost hear the howls of frustration from HR departments. Jobseekers have discovered artificial intelligence and…