John Bridle

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Speech and pattern processing research and development including "neural networks", since 1967. DTW, HMM, Softmax. Worked in (UK) Government labs (JSRU) and industry (ITT, Dragon Systems, Novauris, Apple). Fractionally retired.
‘Tinderbox’ UK may be one shock away from food riots, experts say

Weakened food security could tip into unrest after a cyber-attack, extreme weather or conflict, analysis finds

The Guardian
*Now do it again, but in French
Hand-held cross-eye stereogram of lichen and moss on a tree trunk. iPhone15.
#lichensubcribe #Mosstodon
Moss on an old garden wall.
Wall screw moss?
#Mosstodon
I post very rarely on X these days (I merely retweet and occasionally comment).
But made an exception following the execution of Alex Pretti by ICE.

It was obvious, even in 2016, that Trump was an aspiring dictator. I warned about it then.
His current strategy is clearly to create chaos, invoke the insurrection act, declare martial law, and cancel the mid-term election that he will inevitably lose.

https://x.com/i/status/2015193910532817198
Yann LeCun (@ylecun) on X

Murderers

X (formerly Twitter)
Crustose lichen on Cotswold limestone wall stones.
#lichensubcribe
small moss clump on an old stone.
#Mosstodon
Well said. And if the federal laws won't do this, the states, which grant corporate status, can and should.

Anthropomorphizing language can be cute when applied to your favorite car, but it helps to muddy the discourse when applied to tech sold as "AI", especially given all the boosters and AGI-cult members peddling their nonsense about imminent artificial minds. New from me & Nanna Inie on Tech Policy Press -- how to spot & revise away from anthropomorphizing language applied to "AI":

https://www.techpolicy.press/we-need-to-talk-about-how-we-talk-about-ai/

We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'

We share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.

Tech Policy Press