Head of Digital Policy @whichuk | advising @CMAgovUK @ChathamHouse | own views | x-@techUK x-@ODIHQ x-@royalsociety x-@TuringInst | literary interests @mgzimeta
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I'm delighted to join @WhichUK heading up their Digital Policy team, covering fair and safe internet access, data, online markets, AI & consumer tech.
We're also recruiting for Principal to join my team 12-month FTC (FT/PT) - deadline for apps 14th Sept: careers.which.co.uk/jobs/pri…
I'm thrilled that this is now out in the world! @five_books is one of my favourite websites, my go-to for learning new things, so it was a delight to be interviewed by @UriBram on "The 5 Best Books On Tech Utopias and Dystopias"
Here's my 5, what would yours be, and why? 🧵
"It’s worth remembering that utopia is an impossibility, and yet we still feel compelled to think about it a lot." Tech policy expert Mahlet Zimeta (@TechMilly) recommends the best books on tech utopias and dystopias:
fivebooks.com/best-books/tec…
(4) "Voices from Chernobyl" by Svetlana Alexievich
It broke me.
Here's her 2015 @NobelPrize lecture describing the necessity of creating new artistic forms and new artistic languages to explore our new political, technological and cultural jeopardy:
nobelprize.org/prizes/litera…
(5) "Citizen: An American Lyric" by Claudia Rankine, prize-winning lyric essay/prose poem
My "way in" was this interview with systems engineer Professor @whkchun:
"What does it mean to understand race as techne—as something that makes things possible?"
artnews.com/art-in-america/i…
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
Every university in the world should be condemning this.
Staying silent now, and waxing lyrical about 'decolonising the curriculum' later, is all-round moral cowardice.
I've just found out that some more tickets for attending in person have been released! - Tickets are free: aifringe.org/
Today @AISummitFringe 1.30pm GMT I'll be on a panel on AI, Bias and Law with the brilliant @sarahchander/@edri (TIME AI 100) & Prof @SandraWachter5/ @OxGovTech, chaired by Herbert Swaniker/ @Clifford_Chance
Tickets have run out but the livestream is here: youtube.com/@AISummitFringe
Don't forget to check out this handy Explainer on AI that I've been working on with @nesta_uk which also explores how bias in AI happens
xitter.cf/nesta_uk/status/171899…
NEW: What is AI exactly? What are the building blocks? We’ve put together an explainer to try and reduce the barriers to participation in discussions about how best to harness digital tech, including AI🧵👇 #AIFringe
Today @AISummitFringe 1.30pm GMT I'll be on a panel on AI, Bias and Law with the brilliant @sarahchander/@edri (TIME AI 100) & Prof @SandraWachter5/ @OxGovTech, chaired by Herbert Swaniker/ @Clifford_Chance
Tickets have run out but the livestream is here: youtube.com/@AISummitFringe
Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
#TheStandardPodcast
Musk at AI Safety Summit as Biden regulates tech
Plus!
Race to control self-learning tech
How AI’s used daily
China AI development race
Expert analysis with @ConnectedByData’s Dr @JeniT
🎧pod.fo/e/1fd99a
NEWS: How is #AI built and how does it work? I’ve been doing some exciting new work on tech policy with @nesta_uk
For UK #AISafetySummit / @AISummitFringe week we’re releasing a sneak preview of an AI Explainer - and we’d love your input!
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docs.google.com/document/d/1…
And the best part is, this Explainer is published as an open document so you can Comment.
We’d love your reactions! What does it do well? What would make it more helpful? Is anything missing? Where do you disagree with us? Let us know by 9th Nov
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docs.google.com/document/d/1…
This piece is work is part of @nesta_uk's 2040 Options project on some of the defining issues facing the UK, identifying priorities any government will need to tackle and their options for doing so.
More here:
options2040.co.uk/
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