Reposted by Data and EthicsCarissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 25/04/2026A culture of divination has grown all around us - from machine learning, to prediction markets, and forecasting of all kinds, not to mention psychics and astrology. But have you ever wondered what, exactly, is in a prediction? TED talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS4w... #PROPHECY #authors 713144
Reposted by Data and EthicsTyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions. 141207613
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Glad to see M&S speaking Dorick and producing very funny signs. www.dictionary.com/browse/fashdictionary.com FASH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comFASH definition: worry; trouble; bother See examples of fash used in a sentence. 000
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's not a surprise that licensing your book through one avenue "a library" would affect another avenue "book shops". Those are 2 different outlets. Musicians have the same multi-market issues between music stores and music streaming. Each avenue requires different considerations. That's capitalism. 001
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026So, what are the alternatives to Spotify now that it is driven by AI slop? I am certainly looking into it. 001
Reposted by Data and EthicsEd Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Today is a huge win for creatives around the world, as Australia makes it clear it will not bow to pressure from AI companies to legalise the theft of creatives’ work. 🧵 1/3 25221
Reposted by Data and EthicsLuiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 14/07/2026🚨 China's new law on anthropomorphic AI comes into effect tomorrow, and the world should be paying attention: 133
Reposted by Data and EthicsCarissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026"Technology and social media promised to bring us together, but more often it feels like they siphon each of us into a solitary lifestyle, and it’s hurting us.” Bookstores are filling a social void. Go for the social event, stay for the #books? lithub.com/a-bookstore-...lithub.comA Bookstore Boom in a Time of Literacy DeclineI was standing in line at Chaucer’s Books, my local indie, when it occurred to me that the line was longer than usual. This has been happening regularly enough that I’ve stopped being s… 1219
Reposted by Data and EthicsCarissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 27/06/2026“Boards that have treated AI ethics as a reputational question will have to treat it as a litigation risk, faster than most of them currently expect.” #AIEthics #BusinessEthics www.ft.com/content/64fc...ft.comEthical AI rows open way to wave of litigationLawyers are at the forefront of debate and dispute over the technology’s lawful and responsible use 2105
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 23/06/2026More very wrong news from Grok. Labour won the Makerfield by-election with 55% of the vote. Partly due to the 6.2% surge in turnout - the biggest increase for a by-election since 1958. Groks opinion? "crushing by-election defeat". The grey text at the bottom doesn't excuse this level of wrong. 010
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Overall, it would be a reasonably popular pick across the aisle. If only he could find a safe seat to parachute him in to...what happened to Frank Dobsons old seat? 000
Reposted by Data and EthicsCarissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026You might think that AI is the topic of our time, but it's not. Prediction is. "Carissa Véliz (...) argues that data should always be regarded as a human artefact and that predictions tend to be downstream from power." #Prophecy www.ft.com/content/b1f4...ft.comIs the world becoming more predictable?Bigger and better data sets and powerful AI models are allowing us to spot previously undetectable patterns 0187
Reposted by Data and EthicsLuiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The tide has turned. Source: Pew Research Center, 2026 052
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I thought it was only certain Americans that called them "windmills" what are they milling exactly? 000
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 03/05/2026That's a very odd claim. Has he only ever been to restaurants on secure military bases or similar? 060
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 23/04/2026They are infiltrating America labs to steal? Or is this simple publicly accessible AI is being used normally, albeit at scale? GenAI was trained by massive data grab, calling foul on other data grabbing seems hypocritical. 000
Reposted by Data and EthicsDee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 19/03/2026When I disabled all the notifications on my smart phone, I felt such an enormous sense of relief. It took me a while to figure out why. It was because I wasn't being constantly interrupted New psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notifications www.psypost.org/new-psycholo...psypost.orgNew psychology research reveals the cognitive cost of smartphone notificationsA recent study in Computers in Human Behavior provides evidence that a single smartphone pop-up derails mental focus for seven seconds. Researchers found that fragmented digital habits cause more cogn... 1822621773
Reposted by Data and EthicsGraeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I follow Zara Gladman on Instagram and minutes ago she posted that her friends new hairdressing business has just burned down this evening in the glasgow fire. It opened just days ago. There’s a link if you can spare a few quid. www.paypal.com/pools/c/9nhn...paypal.comUnion street fire: support Haus of HairLast month, my wonderful hairdresser and friend Gemma left her job to fulfil her dream of starting her own salon with fellow stylist Aimee. 'Haus of Hair' opened last week. I visited on Friday and wa... 05634
Reposted by Data and EthicsGary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Dario is no saint either: open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...open.substack.comThere are no heroes in commercial AIWhen it comes down to it, Dario Amodei isn’t all that much different from Sam Altman 37418
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 18/02/2026The person responsible for the crime - is the one who committed the crime using the tool. We can all get access to things that can do harm, but actually doing harm is a choice. Legislation can be created to prevent harm which will create a new crime e.g. It's illegal to sell knives to under 18s 010
Reposted by Data and EthicsEd Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Models we know were trained on pirated books (a non-exhaustive list): GPT-3 (OpenAI) GPT-3.5 (OpenAI) Claude 1 (Anthropic) Claude 2 (Anthropic) Llama 1 (Meta) Llama 2 (Meta) Llama 3 (Meta) OpenELM (Apple) BloombergGPT (Bloomberg) Megatron-Turing NLG 530B (Microsoft & Nvidia) 🧵 1/2 211641
Reposted by Data and EthicsLuiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Next phase: 021
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Should we be impressed more by the size of the M&M or the size of the Chicken Leg? What's the scale here exactly? 010
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Seems unnecessary. Once they are in the cloud they can't do anything other than be experimental data or at best virtual "lab rats". 120
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 02/01/2026The other sellers of Tai Chi Super Hero training are after me now. I have done Tai Chi before, many years ago and its quite a laid back art. One thing it is not is super muscle building. 000
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 02/01/2026The avatars even appear shirtless in "Ted Talk" style settings. That would be absolutely fine. I image it's normal and even expected at a Ted Talk for a random audience member to ask how her husband can get get the full benefits of Tai Chi. "start small" is the key it seems... 100
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 02/01/2026The answer is no. Obviously i's no. Your "Dad" is 'just doing it wrong' ...as you can see from my shirtless body. 100
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 02/01/2026The algorithm has locked me in for these adverts now. Clearly any interest at all = show more and charge their customer for better quality "interested" eyes. My interest is mainly hilarity. This one address the complaints... 100
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Mr.Fake Universe is back. This time topless at a conference. Is the inference we are meant to take is Tai Chi makes you this size? :) 100
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Internet Adverts have been unethical for quite some time, but in the era of AI, adverts can now have a high level of "visual exaggeration" :). Like here a YouTube Ad that sells Tai Chi exercises via Mr.Universe avatars that try to look like Shao Lin monks (there were 2 in this 1 ad). 110
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Its always had a desktop form factor - just buy a case for it. This is just a bigger case with a bigger power supply. 010
Reposted by Data and EthicsEd Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Brutal (but fair) Guardian headline today Only 3% of respondents to the UK government’s consultation on AI & copyright supported their unfair plan to hand AI companies people’s work for free. 95% said AI companies should license training data. 🧵 1/2 311636
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 12/12/2025I really don't understand the love for this film. It's very odd. 010
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 08/12/2025It's never good to use simpler words. Then people only really know simpler words. 010
Reposted by Data and EthicsData and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 17/08/2025The most unsubtle, yet brilliantly done, argument on popular Podcasts and the "both sides" argument. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBq3...youtube.comWhen Podcasts Platform Terrible PeopleYouTube video by Ryan George 001
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Ethics is part of Data Governance. AI is just another technology solution your pay for or build, and is subject to your Data Governance framework. The concepts, controls and processes around this are free and available. 110
Reposted by Data and EthicsHannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.site · 13/08/2025Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT preparedhannahshelley.neocities.orgGoogle Scholar Is DoomedAcademia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong? 54960409
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 16/11/2025There's always someone along in a minute that wants to make it about them. :) 000
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Bending the knee? That's British subtlety, but it is still clear. 000
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 02/11/2025I immediately went to the replies to count the occurrences of "inconceivable". :)media.tenor.coma man talking to a robot which says it 's high it 's very highALT: a man talking to a robot which says it 's high it 's very high 0271
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Well that was nonsense. Hope someone had some fun making it up at least. 000
Reposted by Data and EthicsIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 24/09/2025“Either we have copyright law or we don’t. Either plagiarism and the theft of intellectual property are anathema to higher education or they aren’t. We’re either modeling academic honesty and integrity to our students or we aren’t.” —@thetattooedprof.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/some... 1/nchronicle.comAdvice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good ReasonsWhy higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work. 12393104
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 03/09/2025The "internet" is just computers networked together - there was nothing to doubt. The unethical use of it is a different matter. 000
Reposted by Data and EthicsDatNoFact @datnofact.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Microsoft Word to begin saving people's documents in the cloud *by default* Reminder that LibreOffice is free and a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office software: www.libreoffice.org www.theverge.com/news/767522/...theverge.comMicrosoft Word now automatically saves new documents to the cloudWord documents will be automatically saved to OneDrive 811548685
Data and Ethics @dataethics.bsky.social · 31/08/2025There are legal implications behind social media posts made to fit a fake persona or appeal to a certain group. You can be legally punished for those. Is the recognition that an AI could be making it up better or worse for social cohesion and free speech? Will people be punished the same way? 010
