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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

For the past 10 years, big tech have been telling everyone that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is less than 10 years away. The current popular message is that AGI is less than 10 years away. See the game? 1/3

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AiLab (Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) @ailab.world · 18/07/2025

CONGRATULATIONS to our @drjohnflackett@bsky.social on receiving an Honorary Doctor of Science for his significant contributions to Artificial Intelligence & education, we’re so proud of you!♥️ Your dedication to AI over 30yrs & passion for helping everyone learn about AI is an inspiration.🏆

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Honoured to receive an Honorary Doctor of Science from @solentuniversity.bsky.social for my work in Artificial Intelligence & education. From an undergrad, to academic, to PhD in AI, to co-founding @ailab.world; this recognition means the world. Thank you to all who have supported my journey. 😀

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AiLab (Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) @ailab.world · 19/03/2025

AiLab are excited to partner with Business South & Lester Aldridge for this event tomorrow, where our @drjohnflackett.bsky.social will be giving a briefing on the UK Government's 'AI Opportunities Action Plan' & what it means for businesses. Only few tickets left: businesssouth.org/events/busin...

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Business South AI Breakfast Briefing – What you need to know | Business South

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 15/03/2025

friends, I am preparing an application for Assistant Professor in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) position. if you taught any of my papers in class or used my work to support AI policy/regulation, please let me know or direct me to some sources 🙏🏾🙏🏾

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Looked like a complete setup. When Zelensky remained calm, JD went nuclear, which in turn allowed Trump to berate Z and lie (no thanks & Kremlin talking points). The Q about Z not wearing a suit (er, Musk and his attire?) allows republicans to scream ‘disrespect’ to cover withdrawal of support.

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Donald Fagen’s 1982 debut solo album ‘The Nightfly’ is a musical masterpiece 🎵. I always imagine I’m in a late night, dimly lit whisky bar chilling out to it live 🥃.

Album cover of Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly. Man sat behind desk with microphone and turntable

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A really important point about Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is that the benchmark of equivalence to human intelligence, means the cognitive capabilities of a majority of humans not just 1 or a few. Couched in these terms it’s easy to see how far away we still are from achieving it. 1/4

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AiLab (Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) @ailab.world · 07/02/2025

Thank you to Business South for inviting our @drjohnflackett.bsky.social to give a presentation on the UK’s new ‘AI Opportunities Action Plan’ at the People South Action Group last week. John also spoke about AI Skills Development, AI in HR & how AiLab are helping organisations learn about #AI.

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Looking forward to 2025 - so many possibilities. Hope everyone has a fantastic year!

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Just logged in and my notifications say I’ve reposted ALL of my own posts (which seems to be true). Only problem is I didn’t do it. Anyone else had the same thing happen?

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Seems like every time a new OpenAI model is announced (this time o3), there’s a chorus of “AGI is here”, “programmers no longer needed”, etc, etc. Yes o3 seems impressive, but it’s not been put through its paces in the real-world. With no underlying understanding, AGI is still a long way away!

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The NINETY SECOND woman lost to violence this year in Australia and the 18th Indigenous woman. #DomesticViolence is a scourge and will continue unless we adress systemic misogyny. 💔💔💔 (🙏 @sherelemoody.bsky.social for keeping the heartbreaking running count) www.9news.com.au/national/ger...

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Man charged over alleged murder of his mother in Geraldton

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Michelle Chom 🇦🇺🦢 (she/her) @mrschom.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

For new followers, I have a website to help teachers new to teaching Digital Technologies in Australia (WA Curric), to help you get started. Some bits haven't been updated in a while, but it'll at least be a start that you can then build on. #EduSky #CSEducation sites.google.com/view/mrschom/

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Mrs Chom's DigiTech Resources

Welcome to Mrs Chom's Digital Technologies Resources!

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I predict the social media ban for U16s in Australia (that was just passed & becomes law in 12 months) will be a total disaster. The backlash once online ID for everyone is poorly rolled out should be enough to sink it. VPNs will bypass guardrails. In the meantime millions of $ wasted! 🤦‍♂️😞

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Books. When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it. Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 25/11/2024

If you make a hybrid event it is essential to make an online chat that links remote and in person attendees. I don't care what tech you use, but make that connection.

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Les Carr @lescarr.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Southampton Science Comedy on Dec 19th with @drjanegregory.bsky.social and Steve Hall. She’s a clinical psychologist with #misophonia who can't stand the sound of eating; he’s a comedian with no table manners. Come and enjoy the science comedy of their marriage! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampto...

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Southampton Science Comedy

An evening of science-themed stand-up comedy, stories, and silliness from some of Southampton’s funniest and nerdiest people!

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Multi-agent systems are trying to cover-up the fact that we don’t yet have AI-based software systems that meet the definition of an ‘agent’. A proper agent should be able to do everything current ‘multi-agent’ systems do + more i.e. reason autonomously. In other words, just 1 real agent is enough.

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Is deep learning hitting a wall? I’ve more to say later, but I think progress will slow because scaling isn’t all you need. There’s still lots of applicable problems DL-based systems are useful for, but the next big jump in #AI capabilities will come via new algorithm development, not just more data

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

…and it’s paid off again - contract signed! 😃 My one piece of advice around proposal writing (& we have a very high success rate), is make sure you fully understand what the customer pain point is (problem), solve it (address it), & then go beyond (something unexpected). Giving value is not lower $$

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 21/11/2024

my Aussie educators starter pack is growing nicely. Welcome to bluesky, education friends! let me know who I've missed! go.bsky.app/CWpFnns

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Watermarking #AI generated outputs is key. Eg., use a visible watermark to highlight AI generated content, or an invisible watermark to track provenance (amongst other things). 👇 Gradio by @mmitchell.bsky.social (@huggingface.bsky.social) makes watermarking easy! huggingface.co/spaces/meg/w...

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Watermark Demo - a Hugging Face Space by meg

Demo of watermarking with gradio

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Glenn Williams @glennhasabeard.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I use AI to process my struggle with mental health. I find it hard to express myself in complete thoughts and sentences, prompting helps me compartmentalize and express myself in a meaningful way.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Since there’s no algorithm here, likes don’t promote content. If you see content you think others should also see, be sure to repost it. (Likes are a nice signal to the creator though!)

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Maike Osborne @maosbot.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

HOT OFF THE PRESS—"Insuring emerging risks from AI", our brand-new report on how insurance is critical to the future of AI. www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications...

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Insuring Emerging Risks from AI

This report examines the implications of recent progress in artificial intelligence (AI) for liability regimes and insurance markets within the United…

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Writing proposals today. Lots of people don’t like writing them, but that’s because most proposals are templates. Not ours! All clients are different with specific needs, so proposals should be too. I ❤️ them because they outline exciting new work & possibilities!😃

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 20/11/2024

one of the world leading research institutes that prides itself in responsible & public benefiting AI: we want you to write a blog post me: sure, I can write about my expertise; holding those that are developing/deploying harmful AI accountable them: let's not be overly critical of powerful actors

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

In 1996 I wrote my first artificial neural network (ANN). It was coded in C++ (no Python back then) and took about 2 weeks to design and build from scratch. I still remember the joy when it worked, & I get the same feelings now when building AI-based systems with the latest techniques. #AIForLife

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Been a fantastic journey so far, can’t wait for the next 7! Let me know if you’re interested in our professional AI education/advisory or would like me to present at one of your events! #AI #Business #AITalks

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AiLab (Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) @ailab.world · 18/11/2024

Hello Bluesky! 🦋 We’re excited to be here & meet the community. Please feel free to say hello & connect. 👋 We’d love to hear your thoughts on all things Artificial Intelligence & emerging technology. 💙 #Newskies #Hello #AI

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Quick reminder that the field of #AI is much greater than Large Language Models (LLM), Deep Learning (#DL), Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Machine Learning (ML). I ❤️ AI because there’s so much to learn outside of what’s popular😃 (💡and BTW, the above terms are not interchangeable)

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Anna Mills @annamillsoer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

An AI in Education feed! Thanks, @leonfurze.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Kris Kashtanova @kris.art · 17/11/2024

Let’s meet new people on Bluesky. Share three things you are passionate about, share if you use AI, befriend likeminded!

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

“Can AI make life easier for people with dementia? A number of AI-based tools offer to help with the daily routines of people living with dementia.” (BBC) I particularly like The Florence Project to help with communication (Uni of Queensland). #AI #health #AiForGood www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Dementia: AI developed to help make life easier

AI projects are underway to help ease the challenges of dementia.

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

So far I’m getting great vibes from #bluesky - seems like the other place of old! In fact, I want to post daily again (something I haven’t done for months). Quick question: what type of #AI or #FutureTech content would you like to see?

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The term ‘agent’ is being used a lot at the moment in AI (wrongly IMHO) to describe the chaining of prompts using LLMs for document processing (eg, retrieval/summary) - that’s not an agent, it’s just automation. 1/2

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I’m beginning to think that for many AGI simply means A Giant Investment (i.e., it’s about the money rather than the quest for intelligent machines) #AI

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Dr John Flackett @drjohnflackett.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Today's a good day for me to start the migration from Twitter (X)

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