New blog entry: On the non-use of AI in my writing process: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...

It’s really starting to grind me down

You have to understand the cultural context of the original and the culture of your intended audience. You have to understand the feelings that are intended to be inspired as well as the meaning of the words. Translating a long work means understanding the whole as well as the parts.

Just embrace it

"AI is an accelerant, not the kindling. The kindling is publish or perish." "We don't need generative AI to make a dog's breakfast out of scientific literature." Our Ivan Oransky speaks with @cenmag.bsky.social

Can we stop AI from flooding scientific journals?

AI detectors may never beat fraud. Changing how science rewards its researchers might be the only fix that does

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The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts

My level of commitment to today:

'Oh, this south facing deck will be lovely in summer.' Summer...

18 months on, this post has aged *terrifyingly* well

Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 2y ago

Daily life in 2025. #AI #Tech #JustLetMeBe #FFS

I'm a Scotsman living in the south of England. We are currently toiling in our 2nd heatwave of the past few weeks. England are playing in the World Cup on Sunday. Which year am I going to be mist fed up hearing about by Monday, 1966 or 1976?

The UK AI pushback: 42% of people are deliberately limiting their AI use and 70% of people think it would be difficult or impossible to avoid being exposed to AI even if they wanted to. New report from us at @kings-dfi.bsky.social : www.kcl.ac.uk/news/over-40...

Over 40% of people are limiting AI use, as popularity starts to wane | King's College London

People are increasingly choosing to limit or reject the use of AI tools, according to a new report published today by the Digital Futures Institute at King’s College London and Responsible AI UK.

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I find the story of Hegelochus unreasonably funny. Imagine dying and the only trace of you millennia later is the time you accidentally said you saw a weasel in a tragic play in front of a packed audience, because people mocked you about it for centuries. (Thread for ease)

Hegelochus: The Ancient Greek Actor We Only Know About Because He Really, Really Fluffed Up His Line

Around 400 BCE, Hegelochus really messed up his line. We only know about the actor because he was mocked about it for centuries.

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Here's the bit that is funnier to modern audiences; we only know about this incident because it got written into several comic plays afterwards, becoming a legendary error in acting history. People found it so funny that for a good 100+ years comedic writers could still milk the incident for laughs.

On my way, Clacton.

Having been knocking around thoughts on AI companions for the past couple of years, I've finally put something out there. I'd love to know what you all think. 🫣 It's under review at a journal, but a pre-pub version can be found here: lnkd.in/eAceZtqt

This…

I've seen this shared with quite a lot of optimism this week giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... and my unsolicited advice is that, given we are not a tech super power, the best approach is to design UK tech and AI policy so that it plays a role in delivering the society Burnham wants to shape

Andy Burnham’s team looks to revamp UK’s AI strategy

Focus is expected to shift to making technology work for local communities rather than US companies

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There are many advantages to digital, not least considerations of space. But all else being equal, I think many of us prefer the free-&-clear ownership of physical objects over the tenuous possession of tethered, redactable software.

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · last mo.

Increasingly convinced that the enduring popularity of books is that they're the one medium left that you buy and then own forever; can loan out, pass on, or sell; and which never become obsolete.

If you're in the UK and looking at this, thinking "This doesn't look like a very good thing", please do head to pavementoverload.com and support the campaign (you can send a letter to your MP).

Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.

US court sanctions lawyers in case where both sides relied on judgments hallucinated by AI www.linkedin.com/posts/seancg...

Withers v. City of Aberdeen | Sean Griffin

You've seen plenty of cases where one side or the other filed an AI-written brief with cites to nonexistent case law. But have you seen a case where BOTH sides submitted AI briefs with hallucinated c...

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Hey @andyburnham.bsky.social I know you’ll have a lot on your plate I the coming weeks but could you take a look at what’s going on in one of the UK’s most successful sectors? UK universities are world leading, a major source of overseas funding as well as crucial to local economies nationwide.

If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.

Aaah the live broadcast from Cape Verde being interrupted by the goal

"If we don't adopt AI, we'll get left behind! China is adopting AI on a wide scale, we can't afford to lose out." New research done on Chinese students using AI found that in the short term, scores go up, then long term, students do on average 20% worse on exams.

Michel Nivard@michelnivard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Really cool (and somewhat freighting) work on Gen AI use and highschool performance in China. Homework Scores rocket up, time spend doing homework collapses, then predictably exam scores are way down. Results show bimodal response ~75% see scores drop, the other 20-25% keep doing the work.

Every single Prime Minister since 1974 has either taken office or left office mid-term, between general elections. Sometimes even both. Starmer being replaced mid-term is not constitutionally unusual. What would be unusual is if he fought and then lost a general election having been elected at one.

In partnership with the AI Now Institute, a new series on Tech Policy Press examines the dependencies embedded in Europe's application-layer AI market and why they make sovereignty harder to achieve than policymakers assume. This weekend's Anthropic news underscores the importance:

Europe’s AI Sovereignty Problem Runs Far Deeper Than Frontier Access

The series, in partnership with the AI Now Institute, highlights how Europe’s AI market is deeply entangled with the ecosystems of dominant US players.

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Forget Cruyff, Gullit and Van Basten this is the best ever moment in Dutch football.

Strong concur. Saw them in Bristol last night, tremendous. 🤘

RJ Bayley, Voice Actor & Writer (he/him)@rjbayley.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excited to see Starbenders live for a second time soon. If you don't know them please give them a try. Fun, retro, videos. Kimi Shelter in the running for Best Hair In Rock. #GlamRock #HardRock #Rock youtu.be/IbxFqpdj03M?...