Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 13hI didn't realise until this that David Robinson (the whisteblower who blew an actual whistle) was the founder of @upturn.org, which I've been appreciating for a whileyoutube.comWhat This OpenAI Insider Saw That Made Him Quit | The Ezra Klein ShowYouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show 000
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 19hMirror life is not as fun as it sounds www.economist.com/leaders/2026...economist.comMirror life is dangerous. Regulators must act before it becomes realPlaying catch-up with the technology is not an option 100
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 19hAnd if you want a distraction for AI's existential risk, try spending some time with mirror life 250
Reposted by Jack Stilgoecaptain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 19/09/2023okay okay OKAY i’ll list Rolling Stone’s 500 Worst Albums 500. Moondance -- Van Morrison 499. Young Sheldon -- Radiohead 498. Turd Smokin’ -- The Turd Smoker Band 497. Well Whaddya Know 99 More Luftballoons How About That -- Nena 496. Songs to Fuck To -- Leonard Cohen 21712171
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And he did Bergerac, which is a banger. As though he asked ‘what’s Jersey like?’ And someone said ‘Bit French. But also like the Jamaica of Britain. Maybe some accordion reggae?’ 030
Reposted by Jack StilgoeMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 06/10/2026It's arrived!! I gave this book everything I had and I hope there's something in here for you. It's not officially out until 10/20, but @yalepress.bsky.social seems to be shipping orders now. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 3762893
Reposted by Jack Stilgoe🫣 stuart reeves 🫣 @5tuartreeves.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm looking for a strong PhD student candidate for applying to EPSRC DLA (Doctoral Landscape Award) studentships (starting Oct 2027) topic: studying software developers' practices with "AI tools" (i.e. LLM-based assistance) and mapping out its implications stuartreeves.mataroa.blog/blog/phd-adv...stuartreeves.mataroa.blogPhD advert: Candidate search for EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award studentship on AI-assisted software development — notes on research 1810
Reposted by Jack StilgoeKashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Terraforming America for compute, as seen from the sky: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comWhat the Data Center Boom Looks Like From the Sky (Gift Article)In the race for A.I. computing power, hundreds of new projects are coming online across the country — and they’re getting bigger. 33219
Reposted by Jack StilgoeNathaniel Comfort @nccomfort.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Exciting new historical work on Rosalind Franklin continues to appear. This is a neat bit of sleuthing by historian @alistairsponsel.bsky.social and crystallographer Brian Sutton. Here's the DOI to the actual article (it's OA): 10.1007/s10739-026-09866-7 The main finding is an x-ray image of exactly 314460
Reposted by Jack StilgoePhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“The fact that it was a demonstration image, for publication, should put to rest claims that photo 51 held the magic data unknown, unseen, undreamed-of before,” Comfort says. 14011
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqRg...youtube.comWe Recreated a Dead Economist With A.I. Here Is His Warning.YouTube video by New York Times Opinion 000
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026static.klipy.comDodger Artful DodgerALT: Dodger Artful Dodger 010
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026First day of term, and my t-shirt is raising questions not answered by my t-shirt 040
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm trying to work out what to think about the 1% of 5-year olds allowed to go anywhere 141
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Really enjoyed seeing the Croatia pre-teen football crowd, there because the country's adult supporters were banned for being racist thugs 020
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Dogs with jobs is one of my favourite genres, but they've named this one after the wrong Paw Patrol poochbbc.co.ukLondon Fire Brigade trains 'inquisitive' puppy as latest recruitFive-month-old cocker spaniel Chase joins London Fire Brigade's fire investigation team. 010
Reposted by Jack StilgoeAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In the Biden administration, l led the team that developed what was arguably the first White House “AI safety” framework, the AI Bill of Rights. David Robinson, author of this forthright and sobering essay about risk culture at OpenAI and in Silicon Valley was on that team. 10443188
Reposted by Jack StilgoeMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026'He asked good questions in bad times.' The Standard of Living at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until 12 December.ft.comJohn Maynard Keynes and the search for the good lifePlaywright James Graham on an economist who asked the right questions in bad times — and why he matters so much today 082
Reposted by Jack StilgoeDan Thomas @itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most disappointing video you’ll see today. 1042257654
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Also, for @stsucl.bsky.social, it's nice to see Gordon Square play its part. Keynes's house - one of the main sets - is opposite our office 010
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026standardoflivingplay.comThe Standard of Living | Theatre Royal Haymarket 2026James Graham’s world-premiere play The Standard of Living comes to the West End for a strictly limited season from 21 September to 12 December 2026. Book now. 100
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Loved James Graham's new play, The Standard of Living, with Maynard Keynes as the central character. Played by a very hard-working Rory Kinnear. Not as desperate to communicate its cleverness as Stoppard would have been. The conversations with Hayek are oddly touching and, AFAICT, actually happened. 220
Reposted by Jack StilgoeBrigitte Nerlich @bnerlich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In this post I study 'going rogue' as a dominant/hegemonic metaphor and some counter- or polemic metaphors - contains blenders, Glocks, robot dogs and some serious metaphor debunking #AI #linguistics #metaphor makingsciencepublic.com/2026/10/02/r...makingsciencepublic.comResisting rogue metaphorsReaders of this blog will know that from antiquity onwards, philosophers, rhetoricians and cognitive scientists have examined the use and abuse of metaphors. More recently, they have also begun to … 0106
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sam Altman: We shouldn't treat AI Safety only as an engineering problem... Go on... 110
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026AI safety debate update. "Safety is an engineering problem" 210
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I love how straightforward, tight and self-explanatory it is. imagine if it was Oprah... 000
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is how to do TVbbc.co.ukEsther Rantzen surprises Nicholas Winton with children he savedOne of her most memorable career moments came during one particular episode in 1988 - the footage of which has gone viral several times over in recent years. 121
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sad. A moment of accidental honesty, naming it after a famous scam, launched with the slogan "artificial artificial intelligence" 0154
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026An oddly retro-futurist week, seeing Public Service Broadcasting, then the New Scientist birthday party 030
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’d like to understand the politics of this. If it was straightforward gerontocracy, wouldn’t the Tories’ older demographic think ‘well we’ve already got our nest eggs’? Or is this about vibes that just feel anti-old, even if they’re anti-future old people? 110
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Apparently they stopped selling swordsticks in the 80s. Boo. 050
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Londoners may recognise the shop as the excellent James Smith & Son, still advertising swordsticks, should you need to protect yourself against blackguards and cutpurses. 160
Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026On my way to the government’s expert advisory panel on self-driving vehicles. Passed this guy, stopped in a pedestrian crossing. Oops. 3334
Reposted by Jack StilgoePhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh I have been waiting for someone to dig into this issue. 👏 "The spectre of population collapse serves highly concrete economic purposes...world-building and market domination go hand in hand in the current fertility obsession manifested by tech elites." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comTech oligarchs’ obsession with pronatalism and fertility marketsPublished in Science as Culture (Vol. 35, No. 3, 2026) 13314