Excellent reporting on AI-generated spokespeople from @pressgazette.co.uk pressgazette.co.uk/news/named-5...

As the head of the Freelance Chapter for Women in Journalism, I wanted to flag up this amazing course that some brilliant journalists are running. I've already signed up. I'm so sick of hearing that AI is coming for my job - now I hope I can gain the AI skills I need to fight back.

Bring back fact checking! I find this so fascinating. It can’t just be someone trying to make it as a freelancer, this must be a research project or something? pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...

Delighted to have had my book reviewed by @peterhemminger.com in my hometown's best magazine, the excellent @albertaviews.bsky.social Check it out here: albertaviews.ca/the-long-his...

Spot-on.

Once more I ask, if LLMs are so good, why do people have to be bribed or cajoled into using them? www.ft.com/content/f8ca...

So Evri says delivery robots are good because they can wait for disabled people to come to the door -- as long as ten minutes! Imagine buying robot dogs so you don't have to pay couriers well enough to let them wait at the door. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Happy @alcs.co.uk day to all who celebrate.

These policies are not only a hugely effective way to cut carbon emissions, lower air pollution, improve public health and foster stronger communities, but they're also popular among voters. London needs to catch up. bsky.app/profile/reut...

Imagine if traffic lights didn't require pedestrians to whack a (probably pointless) beg button but could actually see people and prioritise them? Excellent AI project from @astonuniversity.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/nicole...

Unbelievable...we get chatbots that are wrong 60% of the time and some mythical AGI that promises to save the world. The real logic: the AI industry distracts from the Oil industry and needlessly drives up electricity demand to distract from renewable energy, which could soon manage current needs.

Love this, hate tablets mounted in cars, not least because looking at them makes me carsick

I'm actively looking for a new role, ideally outside of journalism and fully remote. If you wouldn't mind resharing my LinkedIn post I'd be most grateful. 🙏🏼 www.linkedin.com/posts/aendra...

I really feel for AI makers on this one. Imagine doing so much hard work, only for someone else to use your work in an unauthorised way without payment to make their AI system better. I can't imagine what that would be like. Poor lads. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Will we ever get flying cars? 🚗 Join us online on 11 Feb with author Nicole Kobie @njkobie.bsky.social to explore why the futures of tomorrow always seem just out of reach. Register to attend: bit.ly/3WjN9fa

We often see the future as a sudden breakthrough, but in reality, it unfolds gradually through incremental progress, pushed forward by innovators. On this episode, we explore what it takes to create the future and why some ideas fail. 🔗 lnk.to/whyy-thepulse

Truth from @bcmerchant.bsky.social - from "The fires are everywhere": www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-fires-...

This by @davidzipper.bsky.social is great. Buses are great. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

My interview with @njkobie.bsky.social about her book "The Long History of the Future: Why Tomorrow’s Tech Still Isn’t Here." Stream the show (interview starts at 3:48): wfmu.org/archiveplaye... Episode links: www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh... More Techtonic: techtonic.fm

Wrote about robots for @newscientist www.newscientist.com/article/2457... TLDR: if a robot is walking and talking, odds are it's an avatar or really heavily programmed. And when super smart androids do get built, expect a better reveal than delivering canapes and chat at a party.

So I'm not even really on this site (I have yet to decide if I can be bothered) but I already get more interactions than in the other place and so far no one is yelling at me.

This was a nice welcome to blue sky!