Kester Brewin

Category: Technology

  • BlueSky

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    Not going to lie, it took a long time building a strong presence on Twitter, getting verified etc. But in Musk’s hands the place has become pretty awful, so I’ve started rebuilding on BlueSky. You can find my profile here: https://bsky.app/profile/kesterbrewin.bsky.social Been reflecting on making those tough tech choices, and it feels increasingly wrong to…

  • Greenbelt, why AI might be making us stupid, and booking AI training…

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    Was great to be at Greenbelt Festival talking about the new book, and speaking on a panel about AI and Earthly Futures. Both were recorded, and I’ll post links once they’re available. I mentioned in the talk and the panel the vital need for us to take more radical responsibility for our technology use (and…

  • A Continental AI Strategy for Africa

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    Very interesting discussion this morning with Rachel Adams from the African AI Observatory. Rachel is based in South Africa and has been a leading figure in putting together the Continential AI Strategy published just last month by the African Union. She’s written a paper about it with Ayantola Alayande here. You’ll be able to watch…

  • Greenbelt

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    Very much looking forward to being back at Greenbelt Festival this year. I’m giving a talk about the new book in the main talks venue on Friday morning at 11am, followed by a book-signing in the bookshop tent. Details here. 4g mobile coverage may well be very patchy, but I’ve put together a series of…

  • Turning down the heat

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    As the temperature rises, how do we step down from hotheaded aggression? I’ve been thinking about the time I spent in the mountains at the end of July, and the connected problems we are experiencing with rising temperatures. You may have seen the photograph that did the rounds a couple of weeks ago where a…

  • I want my money back: investment problems and CrapGPT

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    Really interesting piece in Alex Hern’s always-excellent tech newsletter. In short: OpenAI are forecast to spend $5,000,000,000 more than it makes in revenue this year… and are going to need to raise some major extra cash. But that is becoming more of a problem, because the shine is coming off AI: “The first time you…