The baby room
Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, and all the others that have come since such as Deepseek, have provided a
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The Illusion of Artificial Intelligence
On 23 Feb 2024 I gave a talk at the Pervasive Media Studio on The Illusion of Artificial Intelligence. The
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AI Politics
I gave a talk at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio arguing that we should speak of AI Politics rather than AI Ethics.
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The Robotic Fallacy
Every example of what is sometimes taken to be AI is in fact a case of the 'robotic fallacy'.
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Blockchain for Sceptics
I wrote about the blockchain paradox - about how blockchain doesn't meet its design goals - back in 2017. It's still here...
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For Sceptics
I recently recorded a podcast with Richard Adams of TECHnique. Technology for Sceptics is episode number 27 (February 2019), available
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Surrealism 2.i
Is Facebook inside your head? Snapchat? Instagram? Twitter? In Facebook for Sceptics, written following a talk I gave with Marcus
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Facebook for Sceptics
In July 2018, Marcus Gilroy-Ware and I gave a talk at the Pervasive Media Studio on Facebook for Sceptics. This article
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The Third AI Winter
It has been roughly 70 years since Alan Turing, a mathematician engaged in theorisation about digital computers and constructing them, considered
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