To the best of my knowledge the Starship delivery robots that operated for 5 years in Milton Keynes, UK, were not accorded any 'pedestrian' rights. They were regarded a great success, especially during Covid lockdown, see www.mkfm.com/news/local-n... 1/2

If you need some levity in these trying times, here's what's fresh out of Paris.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...

#AI From Scientific American: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

This, by @birmo.bsky.social, is the most hopeful thing I've ever read about LLMs. open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...

Lovely story from the brilliant @britishwildlife.bsky.social magazine. This mag is endlessly fascinating – recommend if you're not a subscriber already. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

implemented midi

Hull Minster, early evening in spring. #YorkshireDay #GodsOwnCounty

There is someone out there who wants your weird little book. Even if you doubt yourself sometimes, don't doubt their earnest enthusiasm.

Earlier today I searched for #ethical generative #AI, and found this @wired.com article: I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists www.wired.com/story/the-pr... Short answer: no.

AI and why we should all be worried. A recent talk for the Swindon Science Cafe alanwinfield.blogspot.com/2025/06/ai-a... #AI #AIethics #sustainability #exploitation

'Rising Tides' by contemporary US painter Samantha French #WomensArt

A portrait presented to a good chum for his 60th birthday present today.

US painter Maria Oakey Dewing, A Bed of Poppies, (c.1909) #WomensArt

Educators should attend. Education cannot merely involve using AI, given its proclivity to lie, deceive, and fabricate because that is what humans and human-behavior trained predictive algorithms do. Education must be a massive critique and dismantling of AI.

LLM reveals all the situations where you need text, but you don't really want to write it and you're not sure anybody is going to read it.

Natalie Rak, also known as Rak, is a Poland based street artist #WomensArt #Monday

#BlueMonday views from St Ives #Cornwall

Ancient Incas recorded information by tying knots into long cords they called khipus. Sam Kean reports from the Peruvian Andes, where scholars hope to unlock one of the most important lost writing systems in history.

Our paper "AI safety for everyone" with Balint Gyevnar is out at Nature Machine Intelligence: www.nature.com/articles/s42... We challenge the narrative that AI safety is primarily about minimizing existential risks from AI. Why does this matter?

Remarkable performance of Elgar’s choral work The Dream of Gerontius last night at Steam in Swindon. It is a complex work, but performed brilliantly by non auditioned singers and orchestral players plus 3 professional soloists, after only the day to practice. #classicalmusic @marstrina.bsky.social

This is extraordinary. A database tracking legal decisions in cases where generative #AI produced hallucinated content; both fabricated citations and ficticious court rulings. 112 cases so far; 19 this month: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio... Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

On Sunday @marstrina.bsky.social and I were utterly spellbound by Anrity Singh's exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries: www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/arp... #womensart @womensartbluesky.bsky.social

🔥 "Empathy ≠ emotional intelligence." Angelica Lim explains why emotionally intelligent AI could manipulate us - and why empathy is the better path forward. Full episode drops very soon 🎙️ youtube.com/@WomeninAIRe... #AI #EthicalAI #SocialRobotics #HumanCenteredAI #WiAIR

These are real images of exoplanets. Four super-Jupiters, imaged 10 times over 12 years around a star 133 lightyears away. These are real, giant worlds, out there in the dark. And we can see them.

Neil deGrasse Tyson on who is the greatest scientific mind in history.

Education in #Engineering and the Humanities have a strong, historic connection that engineers should promote and stand up for, argues Allison Marsh spectrum.ieee.org/engineering-...

Georgia O'Keeffe, Lake George Reflection, 1921, the painter's connection to the natural world is always apparent in her work #WomensArt

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #womensart

Good to see the detail on this from @faizsays.bsky.social. At the time, @alan-winfield.bsky.social and I wrote this piece www.theguardian.com/science/poli...

Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, 1616 #womensart

#AI #Meta chng.it/Xr4hVs5xSs

Reframing the Free Will Debate: The Universe is Not Deterministic arxiv.org/abs/2503.19672 - very excited to have this article out! 😊 With Henry Potter and George Ellis.

It really does

This morning I will be on TVNZ Breakfast show (remotely) to discuss chatbots! Specifically, we will talk a bit about the findings from these studies in plain language, and what they mean for everyday users: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Tolkien Reading Day (yesterday) marks the destruction of the Ruling Ring, Tolkien's symbol of the machine. Now his works are being used to train AI. What would he have thought? Find out at my blog. steadyhq.com/en/john-gart... #tolkien #AI #librarygenesis #copyright @societyofauthors.bsky.social

this is a deeply misleading clickbait a machine does not and can not have personality. the output genAI produces is not grounded in any experience, perspective, or positionality but from statistical patterns found in training data

It stole “Ethical Standards in AI” ! That IS meta That is Meta

Yes, and 50 of my articles (including middle names)🤬 #robotics

the king of the hill

Inspiring talk by @shannonvallor.bsky.social at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social today about de-coding humanity, and challenging framings of code. #AIethics

Here's a photo of a soft robotic prosthetic hand for children, developed by Jan Fras in Kaspar's research lab. Find out more by listening to Episode 113 of Robot Talk - available on all major podcast providers: linktr.ee/robottalkpod #Robots #Robotics #Prosthetics

Kaspar Althoefer is Director of the Centre for Advanced Robotics at Queen Mary University of London. His research on soft robotics has applications in minimally invasive surgery, rehabilitation, assistive technologies, and manufacturing. Listen to our chat here: www.robottalk.org/2025/03/14/e...

Just dreadful.

Wanna watch a moon landing??? This video of Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost is *chef’s kiss* The earth over the horizon, the shadows, the dust, it’s amazing 😍🧪🔭 📸: Firefly Aerospace

Sitting in SFO United Club with a Bear robot wandering about for people to put dirty dishes on. Has been here for two years. I built the first robot that could safely roll around among people 40 years ago at MIT. This is how long it takes to get from demos of technology to deployment. Remember that.

Congratulations! Such a great project 🦾

Delighted to be at the Royal Society for the AI & Robotics Research Awards. Our project www.robotips.co.uk has been shortlisted🤩 @marenka.bsky.social #robotics #responsibleAI

Coding tip from @mewtru.com . A fair warning, it is a game changer!