For the past 10 years, big tech have been telling everyone that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is less than 10 years away. The current popular message is that AGI is less than 10 years away. See the game? 1/3

CONGRATULATIONS to our @[email protected] on receiving an Honorary Doctor of Science for his significant contributions to Artificial Intelligence & education, we’re so proud of you!♥️ Your dedication to AI over 30yrs & passion for helping everyone learn about AI is an inspiration.🏆

Honoured to receive an Honorary Doctor of Science from @solentuniversity.bsky.social for my work in Artificial Intelligence & education. From an undergrad, to academic, to PhD in AI, to co-founding @ailab.world; this recognition means the world. Thank you to all who have supported my journey. 😀

AiLab are excited to partner with Business South & Lester Aldridge for this event tomorrow, where our @drjohnflackett.bsky.social will be giving a briefing on the UK Government's 'AI Opportunities Action Plan' & what it means for businesses. Only few tickets left: businesssouth.org/events/busin...

friends, I am preparing an application for Assistant Professor in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) position. if you taught any of my papers in class or used my work to support AI policy/regulation, please let me know or direct me to some sources 🙏🏾🙏🏾

Looked like a complete setup. When Zelensky remained calm, JD went nuclear, which in turn allowed Trump to berate Z and lie (no thanks & Kremlin talking points). The Q about Z not wearing a suit (er, Musk and his attire?) allows republicans to scream ‘disrespect’ to cover withdrawal of support.

Donald Fagen’s 1982 debut solo album ‘The Nightfly’ is a musical masterpiece 🎵. I always imagine I’m in a late night, dimly lit whisky bar chilling out to it live 🥃.

A really important point about Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is that the benchmark of equivalence to human intelligence, means the cognitive capabilities of a majority of humans not just 1 or a few. Couched in these terms it’s easy to see how far away we still are from achieving it. 1/4

Thank you to Business South for inviting our @drjohnflackett.bsky.social to give a presentation on the UK’s new ‘AI Opportunities Action Plan’ at the People South Action Group last week. John also spoke about AI Skills Development, AI in HR & how AiLab are helping organisations learn about #AI.

Looking forward to 2025 - so many possibilities. Hope everyone has a fantastic year!

Just logged in and my notifications say I’ve reposted ALL of my own posts (which seems to be true). Only problem is I didn’t do it. Anyone else had the same thing happen?

Seems like every time a new OpenAI model is announced (this time o3), there’s a chorus of “AGI is here”, “programmers no longer needed”, etc, etc. Yes o3 seems impressive, but it’s not been put through its paces in the real-world. With no underlying understanding, AGI is still a long way away!

The NINETY SECOND woman lost to violence this year in Australia and the 18th Indigenous woman. #DomesticViolence is a scourge and will continue unless we adress systemic misogyny. 💔💔💔 (🙏 @sherelemoody.bsky.social for keeping the heartbreaking running count) www.9news.com.au/national/ger...

For new followers, I have a website to help teachers new to teaching Digital Technologies in Australia (WA Curric), to help you get started. Some bits haven't been updated in a while, but it'll at least be a start that you can then build on. #EduSky #CSEducation sites.google.com/view/mrschom/

I predict the social media ban for U16s in Australia (that was just passed & becomes law in 12 months) will be a total disaster. The backlash once online ID for everyone is poorly rolled out should be enough to sink it. VPNs will bypass guardrails. In the meantime millions of $ wasted! 🤦‍♂️😞

Books. When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it. Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.

If you make a hybrid event it is essential to make an online chat that links remote and in person attendees. I don't care what tech you use, but make that connection.

Southampton Science Comedy on Dec 19th with @drjanegregory.bsky.social and Steve Hall. She’s a clinical psychologist with #misophonia who can't stand the sound of eating; he’s a comedian with no table manners. Come and enjoy the science comedy of their marriage! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampto...

Multi-agent systems are trying to cover-up the fact that we don’t yet have AI-based software systems that meet the definition of an ‘agent’. A proper agent should be able to do everything current ‘multi-agent’ systems do + more i.e. reason autonomously. In other words, just 1 real agent is enough.

Is deep learning hitting a wall? I’ve more to say later, but I think progress will slow because scaling isn’t all you need. There’s still lots of applicable problems DL-based systems are useful for, but the next big jump in #AI capabilities will come via new algorithm development, not just more data

…and it’s paid off again - contract signed! 😃 My one piece of advice around proposal writing (& we have a very high success rate), is make sure you fully understand what the customer pain point is (problem), solve it (address it), & then go beyond (something unexpected). Giving value is not lower $$

my Aussie educators starter pack is growing nicely. Welcome to bluesky, education friends! let me know who I've missed! go.bsky.app/CWpFnns

Hi Bluesky! 🦋👋 #Newbie

Watermarking #AI generated outputs is key. Eg., use a visible watermark to highlight AI generated content, or an invisible watermark to track provenance (amongst other things). 👇 Gradio by @mmitchell.bsky.social (@huggingface.bsky.social) makes watermarking easy! huggingface.co/spaces/meg/w...

I use AI to process my struggle with mental health. I find it hard to express myself in complete thoughts and sentences, prompting helps me compartmentalize and express myself in a meaningful way.

Since there’s no algorithm here, likes don’t promote content. If you see content you think others should also see, be sure to repost it. (Likes are a nice signal to the creator though!)

HOT OFF THE PRESS—"Insuring emerging risks from AI", our brand-new report on how insurance is critical to the future of AI. www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications...

Writing proposals today. Lots of people don’t like writing them, but that’s because most proposals are templates. Not ours! All clients are different with specific needs, so proposals should be too. I ❤️ them because they outline exciting new work & possibilities!😃

one of the world leading research institutes that prides itself in responsible & public benefiting AI: we want you to write a blog post me: sure, I can write about my expertise; holding those that are developing/deploying harmful AI accountable them: let's not be overly critical of powerful actors

What gif pops up when you type in your name?

In 1996 I wrote my first artificial neural network (ANN). It was coded in C++ (no Python back then) and took about 2 weeks to design and build from scratch. I still remember the joy when it worked, & I get the same feelings now when building AI-based systems with the latest techniques. #AIForLife

Been a fantastic journey so far, can’t wait for the next 7! Let me know if you’re interested in our professional AI education/advisory or would like me to present at one of your events! #AI #Business #AITalks

Hello Bluesky! 🦋 We’re excited to be here & meet the community. Please feel free to say hello & connect. 👋 We’d love to hear your thoughts on all things Artificial Intelligence & emerging technology. 💙 #Newskies #Hello #AI

Quick reminder that the field of #AI is much greater than Large Language Models (LLM), Deep Learning (#DL), Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Machine Learning (ML). I ❤️ AI because there’s so much to learn outside of what’s popular😃 (💡and BTW, the above terms are not interchangeable)

An AI in Education feed! Thanks, @leonfurze.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...

Let’s meet new people on Bluesky. Share three things you are passionate about, share if you use AI, befriend likeminded!

“Can AI make life easier for people with dementia? A number of AI-based tools offer to help with the daily routines of people living with dementia.” (BBC) I particularly like The Florence Project to help with communication (Uni of Queensland). #AI #health #AiForGood www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So far I’m getting great vibes from #bluesky - seems like the other place of old! In fact, I want to post daily again (something I haven’t done for months). Quick question: what type of #AI or #FutureTech content would you like to see?

The term ‘agent’ is being used a lot at the moment in AI (wrongly IMHO) to describe the chaining of prompts using LLMs for document processing (eg, retrieval/summary) - that’s not an agent, it’s just automation. 1/2

I’m beginning to think that for many AGI simply means A Giant Investment (i.e., it’s about the money rather than the quest for intelligent machines) #AI

Today's a good day for me to start the migration from Twitter (X)

I'm here at last...