Join us in London on the afternoon of Friday 25th April for 'Conceptual Engineering: New ideas for a disrupted age', with speakers including Dr Manuel Gustavo Isaac, Dr Guido Löhr, @celinehenne.bsky.social, Lela Kogbara and @staplejames.bsky.social Tickets here: lu.ma/fnlconceptual #ai #philosophy

"If we are going to engage the public meaningfully in the root causes of AI systems, beyond sensationalist distractions, we need to build a public concept of data, as a collective, common good" @staplejames.bsky.social on #datacommons, #AI and narratives needed to build AI for public good #publicAI

Weds 11th Dec: Developing & Testing Messaging to Influence Public & Elites – the third & final workshop in our series for coalitions! Don’t miss how you can create effective messaging to move the public, elites, or both, in the direction of your aims. Register now to reserve your spot lu.ma/e6xy1nml

A massive strategic defeat for Putin and for Russia. Until a week ago, criminals around the world could still tell each other that Moscow are bastards but at least they stand up for their brothers-in-crime. Not any more. Moscow abandoned the Assad regime. Because Moscow is weak and unreliable.

💯 agree. Assad is a monster. The crimes he's committed are barely comprehensible. The war in Syria is, and always has been, incredibly complex, and there are real concerns over some of the factions who make up the Syrian rebels. But Assad's downfall is to be celebrated.

Russia will no longer be able to use the heartbreaking human suffering in Syria as a weapon, driving refugees to try to destabilise European countries.

Having worked on #Syria full-time since the crisis began nearly 14yrs ago, there really is no understating how remarkable the losses imposed on #Assad's regime have been over the past week. A large reason for this lies with #HTS — a 🧵:

Dr. Nessa Keddo (@nessakeddo.bsky.social), Senior Lecturer at KCL, is the guest speaker for our upcoming workshop, Translating Complex Research into Powerful Stories. With 10+ years in research, she blends industry expertise & academic insight. Register now to reserve your spot! lu.ma/2rdqw5vz

Looking forward speaking at this online event on Wednesday, talking about different methods and tools for synthesising big data into clear narratives. Link to sign up below!

May well be worse under Trump, but this is a fair and accurate assessment www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Loved this. Really excellent panellists, engaged audience and thought provoking discussions. Sets a new high bar for future events!

yes, the quality, size, & representatives of your training data does to some extent impact the performance of your system. but that's far from the whole story. automation by its very nature forces quantification and most social, cultural, political phenomena resist quantification 2/

Our third speaker for the ‘What Work is Not’ event is Zarina Muhammad, a cultural critic and writer of The White Pube, a collaborative identity and platform about art, video games, books, food, life and more. Find out more and register here: lu.ma/vykmve5n?tk=... We hope to see you there!

Very much looking forward to speaking at this on Tuesday! Have really loved the work that @fnlab.bsky.social do, and thrilled to be presenting. Look forward to seeing people there.

Our second speaker for ‘What Work is Not’ is Kester Brewin (@kesterbrewin.bsky.social), Associate Director at The Institute for the Future of Work (@ifow.bsky.social) and a writer, speaker, teacher, and broadcaster. Find out more and register here: lu.ma/vykmve5n?tk=... We hope to see you there!

Can't think of anyone better to tackle the distinction between care and work than Emily. Excited for next week!

Tues 26 Nov from 6-9pm, we’re hosting an event on ‘What Work is Not’ at Pelican House in London. Join us for engaging conversations, insightful speakers and fresh perspectives on how we understand and value ‘work’ in our lives and society. Register here: lu.ma/vykmve5n?tk=... Hope to see you there!

Coming up on Weds 27th November: Creating a Compelling Narrative for a Diverse Coalition - the first in our new series of free online workshops on narratives and messaging for coalitions: www.futurenarrativeslab.org/effective-na...

A new essay by me for the @britishacademy.bsky.social series on A Good Digital Society. The case for a Digital Civil Society Observatory - a new body responsible for putting the empirical expertise of civil society at the heart of tech policymaking www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

Amazon ad targeting really has me down to a tee

In just a few weeks we will be partnering with Climate KIC to hold the Reframing Food Futures forum in Dublin, exploring assumptions and beliefs around food systems change. Get in touch if you are interested in attending or seeing the outputs #narrative #framing #foodsystems #climate #agriculture

Our Director is one of the contributors to this new series of essays from Joseph Rowntree Foundation on the role of narratives in harnessing AI for public good: www.jrf.org.uk/ai-for-publi...

Roses are red Coffee is bitter We love it when you share your own thoughts Rather than the worst screenshots from Twitter