@splunk2

Writer; ex venture capitalist ; digital era culture and business analyst/commentator. Seeking signals from noise

Joined August 2013
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I don’t wanna give Trump any more ideas, but these guys don’t have guns anymore…
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InnovationAus@Innov_Aus9 Jul 2024
The take-off is already wobbly for FMIA moonshot | @splunk2 #FMiA #Realpolitech #Industry #Policy buff.ly/4eR5isd

The take-off is already wobbly for FMIA moonshot

There are many unanswered questions regarding the viability of the new era of state-led, taxpayer-funded green industrial policy that has become de rigueur in Australia and much of the western world...

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InnovationAus@Innov_Aus18 Jun 2024
Manufacturing shows new life, and lessons for the economy | @splunk2 @jens_goennemann @OlegVornik @GilmourAdam #FMiA #Manufacturing #Realpolitech buff.ly/3Xy79fz

Manufacturing shows new life, and lessons for the economy

Back in 2016, during the time of the Turnbull Government’s Ideas Boom, the CSIRO Futures team, in collaboration with the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, laid out a vision for the future of...

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InnovationAus@Innov_Aus27 May 2024
Our skills black hole is Australia’s next urgent challenge | @splunk2 #Skills #Realpolitech #FMiA buff.ly/44WGJpo
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InnovationAus@Innov_Aus9 Apr 2024
Industry policy can’t wait for Productivity Commission revamp | @splunk2 #Realpolitech #NRF #IRF #Industry #Policy #Australia buff.ly/4aIUIkf
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InnovationAus@Innov_Aus18 Mar 2024
Australia’s mission impossible: What next if we choose to accept? | @splunk2 #Realpolitech #Missions #AI #GovTech AusTech buff.ly/3PrReu9
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InnovationAus@Innov_Aus11 Dec 2023
Australia’s re-industrialisation: Moon shot or magical thinking? | @splunk2 @IISA_Board #IndustryPolicy #NetZero #Fraunhofer #Mittelstand buff.ly/470R57a
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InnovationAus@Innov_Aus9 Nov 2023
Beyond the NRF: The nation’s search for industry policy | @splunk2 #NRF #AUKUS #CEFC #IRA #Industry #NetZero buff.ly/3QRy41V
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This is a recording of a phone call from inside Gaza about the failed rocket launch by Islamic Jihad which hit the hospital. Don't let Hamas and Islamic Jihad spread their lies. Share this.
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The words we use are important. "Hallucination" is a terrible anthropomorphic choice. "Machine guessing" is better. Or perhaps "machine fabrication"? I vote for machine guessing as it describes exactly what the machine is doing. How about you? bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

AI Doesn’t Hallucinate. It Makes Things Up

There’s been so much talk about AI hallucinating that it’s making me feel like I’m hallucinating. But first…

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Excellent piece from @splunk2 on the pause AI movement! #AI @unsw_ai @OpenAI innovationaus.com/the-pause-…

The pause AI movement is remarkable, but won't work

The open letter calling for an immediate six-month pause in the AI development arms race and signed by more than 1600 tech luminaries, researchers and responsible technology advocates under the...

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Matt Taibbi Joins to Discuss Twitter Files and More, Plus Big Announcement xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1jMJgLdjL…
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Sandy Plunkett@splunk223 Nov 2022
Replying to @AntigoneJournal
These entries made me smile (and think). Great collection of works to visit or revisit. And just in time for Xmas. :) – at Sydney, New South Wales
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This article is spot on #blanding medium.com/knowable/why-ever…
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Sandy Plunkett@splunk24 Nov 2022
Replying to @HooverInst @nfergus @LTGHRMcMaster @JohnHCochrane @billwhalenCA
This was excellent. Kotkin is a first rate thinker and communicator. Incredibly civilised and informative discussion. – at Sydney, New South Wales
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Sandy Plunkett@splunk228 Jul 2022
Replying to @cameronwilson
Ugh! Another example of Narcissists of the world uniting in a “leadership” cult. Very disturbing story well reported. – at Sydney, New South Wales
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Richard (RJ) Eskow
@rjeskow22 Jul 2022
Had another great conversation with @mtaibbi on The Zero Hour, this time on the proposition (which he argues quite well, IMO) that the NY Times has become the American Pravda. Check it out. youtube.com/watch?v=Ar448_fT…

Matt Taibbi: The NY Times as the American Pravda

Subscribe to The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow for more: https://www.patr...

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Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi9 Jul 2022
One former regulator on #CryptoCrash: “It’s 2008 on crack.” taibbi.substack.com/p/return…
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Andrew Keen
@ajkeen31 Mar 2022
Julia Hobsbawn on the nowhere office xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1MnxnkmRv…
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Andrew Sullivan
@sullydish8 Feb 2022
An awesome trans woman breaking barriers and increasing visibility by virtue of her brilliance and humanity. Such a break from some activist anger and toxicity. Love her.
Amy Schneider@Jeopardamy8 Feb 2022
Some of you may have heard, but I quit my day job yesterday! It's a bit nerve-wracking to pivot from software engineer to... public figure, I guess? But regardless of the outcome I'm so excited to spend the next couple years at least tackling this new challenge!
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