Chief Scientific Adviser, @DCMS; Professor of Digital Society and Policy, @BristolUni. All views my own, etc.
Newport, Wales
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Personal view: prompted by the recent JCHR report, a human in the loop is not enough. Three tests: controllability, authority and contestability — and what makes human oversight meaningful.
What remains non-delegable?
proftomcrick.com/2026/10/11/…
I’ve now hosted seven Wales Journal of Education podcast conversations, most recently on generative AI in Welsh education. A look back at the discussions and how research can help shape policy and practice…
proftomcrick.com/2026/10/15/…
@WJEcylchgrawn
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Personal view: prompted by the recent JCHR report, a human in the loop is not enough. Three tests: controllability, authority and contestability — and what makes human oversight meaningful.
What remains non-delegable?
proftomcrick.com/2026/10/11/…
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What was your first computer? Whatever it was you’re sure to find it - or something similar - in our galleries & trigger some memories. Here’s a few of our favourites. Let us know yours and share your stories in the comments #TechNostalgia #RetroComputing #VintagePC
Who will speak for the em dash? proftomcrick.com/2026/08/10/…
.@NPL's call for evidence on AI testing and assurance closes 9 Oct 2026. If you use or assess AI, what can’t you test or verify? Practical examples can help shape better methods.
My post: proftomcrick.com/2026/09/18/…
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Happy 60th birthday today to @computerweekly - the world's first weekly technology newspaper, launched on this day in 1966. Here's a look back at that first ever issue...
youtube.com/watch?v=_jvpBD2r…
After reading a 2024 blog post from
@BristolUni colleague @BristOliver, max-flow/min-cut is a neat lens for thinking about complex socio-technical systems — and prompted some reflections of my own on where the critical constraints in a system actually sit: proftomcrick.com/2026/09/17/…
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#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1954, the first successful FORTRAN program was executed.
Developed at IBM by a team led by ACM A.M. Turing Award laureate John Backus, FORTRAN was designed to make programming scientific and engineering problems easier by allowing programmers to use mathematical formulas instead of writing everything in machine or assembly language.
FORTRAN went on to become a foundational language for scientific and engineering computing, and it is still used today, including in high-performance computing.
More #OTD here: buff.ly/yg2MIlN
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Voting closes on Monday 21st for this year's most influential woman in UK technology - this is your last weekend to submit your vote...!
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Can you trust the numbers?
New post + full @royalstatsoc William Guy Lecture on statistics, misinformation and the information ecosystem.
Trustworthy information is infrastructure. Maintaining it is stewardship:
proftomcrick.com/2026/09/13/…
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TMLR has faced a deluge of submissions, necessitating stricter desk rejection policies due to limited reviewer capacity
Co-EiC Nihar Shah reached out to authors of 10 papers slated for desk reject. Could they answer questions about their *own* submission?
medium.com/@TmlrOrg/asking-a…
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Our latest research reveals shifts in how people discover and consume news.
🔹 1 in 5 UK adults now use AI tools for news
🔹 73% access news through online intermediaries such as social media
🔹 Broadcasters remain a key source of online news.
🔗 ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-a…
ALT Webpage with a question on news sources and a note about research on changing UK news habits.
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Happy Birthday, ACM! Today, our organization turns 79 years old.
#OTD in #ComputingHistory in 1947, a group of computing pioneers came together to establish the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Led by Edmund C. Berkeley, the group set out to support a new world shaped by computers.
ACM was created to foster the development of computing and support the professionals and academics advancing this emerging field. Today, it has grown into a global community helping shape the future of computing.
What would our founders think of today’s advances?
Discover more #OTD in #ComputingHistory: buff.ly/yg2MIlN
Can you trust the numbers?
New post + full @royalstatsoc William Guy Lecture on statistics, misinformation and the information ecosystem.
Trustworthy information is infrastructure. Maintaining it is stewardship:
proftomcrick.com/2026/09/13/…
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24 Fields Medal winners have written a letter of objection economist.com/science-and-te…
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New post: WarGames (1983) as a way into questions about AI, automation, human oversight and the limits of delegation.
The issue is not only what systems can do, but what authority we give them:
proftomcrick.com/2026/08/26/…