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AI Manager | HM Prison & Probation Service | Critical Realist PhD Researcher at Sheffield Hallam University: Researching AI Readiness and Decision Making in Criminal Justice Systems in England & Wales, Brazil & Japan https://startmodezero.com/
The same tactic that the USSR used with the cheap-to-produce T-34 tank against the technically superior but expensive-to-produce German tanks in WW2 Both the war in Ukraine and now the war in the Middle East have changed the nature of warfare Cheap robotic ground forces? youtube.com/shorts/ALVcw...
Really good to be part of CODE (Co-Designed Digital Ethics for Justice) programme at The University of Law in Manchester this week, hosted by Dr. Victoria Knight and Dr Alex Beaumont
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I found this insightful. It is important to bear in mind that chatbots are tools. They are useful in certain applications. Humans are social animals and respond to connective signals from others whether human or not. Chatbots offer a form of connectivity.
www.joeykpollock.net/blog/intervi...
Shinya Yamazaki as Critical Realist: Interstitial Urbanism in William Gibson’s Bridge Trilogy
William Gibson’s Bridge trilogy is often read as cyberpunk’s turn toward the near future and the everyday, away from console cowboys and toward precarious workers and improvised cityscapes. Among its…
I am a huge fan of the Irish Passport Service www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/passp.... I was able to renew my passport online in 15 minutes without any hassle. Pictures I had taken months ago for an international driving permit could be simply uploaded. If only other passport services were as efficient
Fabulous podcast regarding the use of AI and Judicial Practice @incjnetwork.bsky.social
criminaljusticenetwork.net/artificial-i...
When a computers first arrived on our work desks in the 1990s the then Chief Probation Officer said that it would mean that our workload would decrease to the point it would feel like we were only working four days a week and that we would dictate rather than type
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Words to live your life by.
Brilliant article that will be of interest to all in Probation
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A genuinely thought provoking event with with contributions from an interesting mix of speakers Well worth a listen
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For all the Critical Realists out there. I have just set this up. Feel free to join and get some conversations started. whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Living your life as a critical realist. What does it mean?
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Tesla’s humanoid robot certainly looks the part. I expect EM dreams of a vast warehouse full of them ready to march out and take over the world No doubt an impressive engineering feat but will the world really look like a street scene from iRobot in a few years time with drones and cleaner bots etc?
I find this infinitely fascinating in all sorts of ways
delivery.ai.gov.uk
Brain–computer interfaces are fascinating because they bypass our slow, sense-based interactions with technology, directly linking brain activity to machines. Long a staple of sci‑fi, from Iain M. Banks’s microscopic implanted neural laces, today’s real systems remain relatively crude in comparison.
Google researchers have apparently found that Chinese AI models generate internal “societies of thought” mimicking human collective thought although AIs do not think. An interesting phenomenon that if true could indeed impact how AIs are used for problem solving.
www.perplexity.ai/page/google-...
Thanks to all. Very good to see you all.
Not sure what happened to this robot fish but it keeps being posted on the internet. www.surrey.ac.uk/news/robotic...
Looking forward to this
We already treat other beings as conscious, yet with AI we lack any reliable way to tell whether an apparently conscious system is more than a sophisticated simulation, so current definitions of consciousness may be too limited to decide when it is “close enough.”
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One of the personal highlights of 2025 for me was to be a co-author of this report www.linkedin.com/posts/unumac...
It never ceases to amaze me how Transmetropolitan, that feverishly exaggerated every social, media, political, and technological excess possible - including embodied AI, predicted much of the look & feel of the surreal political landscape we see today We are literally living in the weirdest of times
Tesla’s Optimus Robot appears to fall short of true autonomy with demos hinting at VR teleoperation raising doubts about embodied‑AI claims, while multiple Chinese firms are advancing rapidly in autonomous humanoid robotics seriously challenging US dominance of the sector
www.bgr.com/2065073/tesl...
ISOC UK: Interoperability in AI Safety Governance, Ethics, Regulations, and Standards
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Very happy to be a member of the UNESCO G20 Expert Group g20techpolicy.unesco.org/en/experts/d...
A thought provoking article yesterday by Rafael Behr in The Guardian Uncomfortable reading for some. Can we ‘Take back control’ or is the genie well and truly out of the bottle?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A great example of working with other intelligent animals Eco-tech
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