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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 15h

Or in other words if there is an AI correction it could get interesting for the US in the next year or so. Probably a limited impact à la 2000 shakeout, but still

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 15h

Even if Kylie did the unintended consequences 😉?

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 15h

Indeedy! Fully agree on that one. I’m in tech and have no illusions about the “tech will save us all” narrative - complete borrocks. Politicians are scared of the economics, I guess. There are also risks in the economics too, though: taking AI out of US GDP would be a big delta (2-8 percent - eek!)

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 16h

Ps I chose to respond to you because I saw you first - same response to all. It’s funny thing, this AI. And tech has a habit of getting a pass until quite late (see the “platforms aren’t publishers” excuses - in my view they very much are). I agree with you all regarding the “should” or “prefer”.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 16h

The problem is that said unpredictability is an inherent component of the value that AI allegedly embodies, and govts/regulatory authorities have been chary of regulating it for fear of losing ground in the competitive race. So we are in a grey zone. Dangerous, IMV. How dangerous, I have no idea.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 17h

It’s complicated, because an apparently simple instruction (book me into the gym next Thursday) can turn into something bad (AI hacks gym booking system, boots someone off, replaces them with its subscriber). This has happened. Worth listening to Geoffrey Hinton - he invented much of this gen of AI.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The network effect, like it or not, is real

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The one facing the camera had an extremely cute face.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Squirrel. Doing a cute little left arm thing (it seemed OK).

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Allegedly. Even if the association is … difficult to interpret in other ways

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Just looked it up. Blimey. On the surface it is a compelling approach, too.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Could be more - upper end of the range pf damage estimates using doppelgänger method is 6 percent - over 150bn pa. That’s a lot of mooley

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And he won (a little) more vote share than Andrew Feinstein plus ours last time around. Not much, but a bit. We do have some important lessons to learn around all this though, IMV. I think @sianberry.bsky.social has it spot on

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

lol - hopefully not! I also find the breathlessness a bit mystifying, while also feeling there are several lessons over the last few months which I would hope we can learn - and sooner rather than later.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That not a bad idea. Are there sidings/terminus locales for platforms off the main line, or is there at least capacity for them? That will be the issue, won’t it. As well as needing space for all the usual Brexit madness stuff. Deary me

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When is a simulation not a simulation? Nobody has a bloody clue because any answer is wrong pretty much unprovable.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Masses of Greens and Labour everywhere. Contrary to some perspectives, many of us get on with each other quite well. A Lab London Assmebly member just popped over to say hi, even.

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Scott Doney @scottdoney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I agree, George. My guess is that the leadership realises that and is trying to find a way to fix this

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I a little less online these days. I think AI saturation might be part of it

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Great piece, too. And extremely sad. I am very fond of the French and France

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m Green and I think you are correct. The motion is desperately misguided, partly because nobody has taken the care to deconstruct the topic as carefully as you have done. Impressive, BTW

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another. Bit of an unusual subject, but ...? Criticism welcome.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Won't happen. A tiny percentage of the membership voted for this, including several jewish people (including one Holocaust survivor). We will fix it.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I grant you that might be unlikely, but then the motion is itself somewhat unlikely to be actioned meaningfully, lets be clear. A terrible waste both of time and an awful lot of hard work over the years. All very sad, really.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The state could be called Israel, nothing to exclude that. I don’t agree with the motion though. It won’t help anyone and won’t help our argument in the end, either

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That’s one my my major concerns with the motion as passed. It’s forcing a definition onto others of a widely used word which has many meanings in different contexts. It’s also likely to increase the chances of ending up at Godwin’s law whenever these difficult topics are discussed.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yep, tragic. A setback, no question. Good statement BTW

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t accept that view. There may be attempts to push us in that direction, but that isn’t the outcome so far. I don’t support that sort of politics BTW, because it doesn’t get us to a better place.

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David Stansell @daves1412.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I hear a lot of Tories who say they like Badenoch but that isn’t reflected in the numbers, which is interesting

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