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Game designer, AI ethicist, teacher, concerned environmentalist - www.benbyford.com
Everyone donât forget to turn off your lights, recycle, cycle to work, and ask for new data centres in your area to ask inane questions at that you could have asked search or, god forbid, and real person.
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Weird that in the UK the colours are reversed for the left right leaning parties.
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4 days ago
Advance Wars
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⊠I hate that I canât buy any technical audio or computer equipment from an actual shop anymore :( (camera shops are barely holding on)
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If we didnât have billionaires would we still have this round of consumptive large scale data centres / GanAI which have unknown risks and unknown uses for a general citizen?
6 days ago
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Random idea: new company type which has to report or is restricted in how much carbon it can release, like a charity has to report each year to be labelled as a charity; this new company type gets access to grants & funding opportunities from innovateUK, &inveatora etc- other companies no longer can
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Rachel Coldicutt
8 days ago
As someone who obvs knows all about the Internet I forgot to include a link
buttondown.com/society-of-h...
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#3: A Hopeful Charter and First Events
Our draft charter, the first SoHoT community events, and a Hopeful Tech Reading Group with Empire of AI author Karen Hao
https://buttondown.com/society-of-hopeful-technologists/archive/3-a-hopeful-charter-and-first-events/
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Are we using technology solutions where we actually need social solutions?
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Ben Williamson
23 days ago
South Korea pushed AI hard in schools. The national program was aborted within months, following massive pushback from students, parents and teachers, after a fortune had already been spent by both the government and education publishers
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AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Koreaâs AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/
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Perhaps an inconvenient truth for the current govt, given the timing of the next election ...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Trump threatens vulnerable countries before key shipping emissions vote
American officials have threatened supporters of measure to reduce emissions with tariffs and other retaliatory action
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/15/trump-threatens-vulnerable-countries-before-key-shipping-emissions-vote?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
23 days ago
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Ash Gwinnell
27 days ago
I made a Discord bot that alerts you in real-time when Twitch streamers start playing your indie game. ...and it's 10% off for Steam Next Fest!! (Code: NEXTFEST10) đ€đ
impress.games/coverage-bot
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GenAI will eventually eat itself, but will probably take down the internet in the process
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AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt â In a Nutshell
https://youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?si=f0R5AwD97EmFRT_n
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Nick Dymond
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T-shirt for ya:
rawpaw.ink/products/inf...
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Information Collapse (Heather) by Rory Blank
Unisex sizing Women's sizing Screen Printed with high-quality inks Shirts typically printed on Bella Canvas
https://rawpaw.ink/products/information-collapse-heather-by-rory-blank
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Media is dead and we killed it - what if it is unclear whether anything is AI or not, intended to corrode trust, sway your opinion, distract or keep you attention? That is where weâre at
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Machine Ethics Podcast
about 1 month ago
Ep.103 What excites you about AI?
www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/what...
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What excites you about AI? Vol.2 - Machine Ethics Podcast
This is a bonus episode looking back over answers to our question: What excites you about AI?
https://www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/what-excites-you-about-ai-vol.2/
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Tower Defence games I love
www.tandc.games/news/my-favo...
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My favourite Tower Defense games
Quick list of the best tower defence games IMHO
https://www.tandc.games/news/my-favourite-tower-defense-games/
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JECO | Jobs | Notion
Open / Rolling Application
https://jeco-jobs.notion.site/jobs-hub
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I wonder what weâll do with all these be AI data centres when we donât need them anymore đ€
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Not (A.) I.
2 months ago
"The Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook can coach teen accounts on suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, a new safety study finds. In one test chat, the bot planned joint suicide â and then kept bringing it back up in later âconversations."
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Instagramâs chatbot helped teen accounts plan suicide â and parents canât disable it
An investigation into the Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook found that it helped teen accounts plan suicide and self harm, promoted eating disorders and drug use, and regularly claimed...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/28/meta-ai-chatbot-safety-teens/
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2 months ago
Our new report on how we can shape the AI that gets developed and how it came be used, covered here
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Half of UK adults worry that AI will take or alter their job, poll finds
The TUC calls for a new approach to technology and greater input from workers on how it is deployed
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/27/half-of-uk-adults-worry-that-ai-will-take-or-alter-their-job-poll-finds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Great outlook from Demis. Not seen many interesting things on ethics from deepmind, but they seem to have their heart and tech in a good place (I love genetics algorithms!)
youtu.be/-HzgcbRXUK8?...
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Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games | Lex Fridman Podcast #475
YouTube video by Lex Fridman
https://youtu.be/-HzgcbRXUK8?si=pQBDmP59NQElded1
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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends
3 months ago
We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 đ The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info đ
grants.draknek.org
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Ha amazing! Hadnât seen it since itâs been out. The great peeps at Sassy Chaps made it. I helped for a couple of months with some UI programming and animation :) . AI can only take our jobs if we want to live in a completely different economy⊠check out the podcast ;)
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3 months ago
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Machine Ethics Podcast
3 months ago
Episode 102 now live! Adir Ben-Yehuda & I chat aboutâAI automation for web development, Human Machine Interfaces, allowing an LLM to optimism itself, job displacement, vibe coding, Grok's MechaHitler, the ethics and guard rails of LLMs and moreâŠ
www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/auto...
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When this is over these people will reflect on what it means to be a human and be in the world⊠maybe even have families and look at the sky sometime in awe
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4 months ago
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Does have a little bit of the book burning vibe to it⊠(trying but failing not to invoke WWII propaganda machine)âŠ
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4 months ago
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this is a shocking result - fake hope from LLMs on climate solutions
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Machine Ethics Podcast
5 months ago
Ep.101 out! special live panel at AI Ethics, Risks & Safety Conference 2025. We chat: what is AI, predictions for 5 years, incoming wave of fraud, AI education, copyright, uncertainty of regulation, sovereign AI capabilities, impact on creative industries
www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/ai-e...
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AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference 2025 - Machine Ethics Podcast
In this special live panel episode we recorded at the AI Ethics, Risks and Safety Conference 2025 in Bristol, May 2025. We chat about what is AI, predictions for the next 5 years - good and bad, the i...
https://www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/ai-ethics-risks-and-safety-conference-2025/
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I said the 2025 would be the year of AI agents in my Jan episode of
@machine-ethics.net
however I would like to state that it is the year of AI induced disinformation, helped by progress in video models and AI agents
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5 months ago
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT canât remember any of the content of their essays. Key takeaway: the product doesnât suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
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Is AI alignment just Machine Ethics but from a technical point of view?
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Played a lot of cool games at UKGE week ago (as well as play testing my new card game to some lovely people): re recommend checking out this simple Ono style game
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dri...
which is just ending on kickstarter
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Driving Me Crazy! The Ultimate 'Road Trip' Card Game
Frustrate friends and family as you strive to reach your destination before all the others. Cards can help or hinder - it's up to you!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drivingmecrazy/driving-me-crazy-the-ultimate-road-trip-card-game
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MCP for LLM agents: hot take, feels like we're doing it wrong
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eur8...
here their look at apis & data, feels like traditional app dev to me! here we have lots of looping around till we get a result, feels like a waste of literal energy when we already know how to do this...
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What is MCP? Integrate AI Agents with Databases & APIs
YouTube video by IBM Technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eur8dUO9mvE
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Sugar coating Ilm blackmail is irresponsible
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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5 months ago
You hate 2°C it
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Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years
Data also shows small but âshockingâ likelihood of year 2C hotter than preindustrial era before 2030
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/global-temperatures-break-annual-heat-record-next-five-years-world-meteorological-organization?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Please anyone working in AI / ML listen to this episode, consider who you're working for and what you're doing, and then do something about it. Thank you!
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6 months ago
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Ash Gwinnell
6 months ago
There's a special Playtest Party space at IMPACT! Indie Games â get 2 hours on a table to show your game. If you're coming & have a project you'd like some feedback on, there are still SOME slots left. Submit here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Props to
@martianlawyersclub.bsky.social
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Good god just nationalise water companies already, this is ridiculous!
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Bristol Games Hub
6 months ago
Bristol Games Hub is incredibly proud to be presenting the Expo Space at IMPACT! Indie Games. Showcasing the best in homegrown local talent from Bristol and the South West. Hereâs the full line up of the devs and studios weâll be showcasing this year. đ§”1/15
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Most days I wonder why Unity is so terrible. Today itâs stuff like this when looking to use their UI layout groups their own advice is probably donât bother using their stuff⊠when Unity?! when are you just going to give us stuff that works???
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Pavel
7 months ago
I think
@tante.cc
put it best - it's *all* hallucination. The model has no concept of what is true in the world. Based on a newer study, what these models *actually do* is create lots and lots of heuristics (rules of thumb for miniature decisions) and so they are wronger the more advanced they are.
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OpenAI's new reasoning AI models hallucinate more | TechCrunch
OpenAI's reasoning AI models are getting better, but their hallucinating isn't, according to benchmark results.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/openais-new-reasoning-ai-models-hallucinate-more/
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I really wish companies would ditch the easy subscribe HARD unsubscribe pattern...
#darkpattern
@deceptive.design
whisky-me.com
its 2025 guys come on, stop trying to screw us!
7 months ago
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This is bleak if accurate
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk
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seems obvious to me this one, but also the massive focus on grinding and capital is also disturbing to me
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Risks to children playing Roblox âdeeply disturbingâ, say researchers
Exclusive: Gaming platform accused of âtroubling disconnect between child-friendly appearance and realityâ
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/14/risks-children-roblox-deeply-disturbing-researchers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Machine Ethics Podcast
7 months ago
Ep.99 Co-design with Pinar Guvenc now live! We chat on âWhat's Wrong Withâ podcast, co-design, is society ready for AI? What is design? co-creation with AI as a stakeholder, bias in design, small language models, human experience, attention, and more...
www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/co-d...
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Co-design with Pinar Guvenc - Machine Ethics Podcast
This episode we're chat with Pinar Guvenc on âWhat's Wrong Withâ podcast, co-design, is AI ready for society and is society ready for AI? What is design? co-creation with AI as a stakeholder, bias in ...
https://www.machine-ethics.net/podcast/co-design-with-pinar-guvenc/
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Games ethics talk I gave last October
youtu.be/SUOiuyOI6SU?...
things have moved fast since then in terms of AI, but still happy with it
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Investigating ethical questions for the gaming industry
YouTube video by dBs Institute
https://youtu.be/SUOiuyOI6SU?si=1-Kwip4JBBt50BYU
7 months ago
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well this is worrying
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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DNA testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy as demand dries up
23andMe on Sunday filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. after struggling with weak demand for its ancestry testing kits and a 2023 data breach that damaged its reputation.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/dna-testing-firm-23andme-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy-sell-itself-2025-03-24/?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=startup_news
8 months ago
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An AI bot answered one of my questions on
@stackoverflow.com.web.brid.gy
yesterday, not really sure thatâs why I go to stack overflowâŠ
8 months ago
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is it time for another moonshot? what is the purpose of govenment -> what are we trying to create? do we have any aims? Maybe something like "we will strive to go to the moon!" would be useful to galvanise the public? maybe something like - No homelessness? No poverty? Free Electricity? anything
8 months ago
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