Colin Gavaghan
@ColinGavaghan
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Tech law and assorted geekery. Professor at Bristol Digital Futures Institute and Bristol University Law School.
Bristol, England
Joined January 2015
Anyonbe else thinking of joining the X-odus, come and have a chat to @digitalfutures.bsky.social.
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Are you teaching technology ethics this fall? Or are you a student taking a class on the topic? Then you might find the 10-episode podcast series "This is Technology Ethics" by @JohnDanaher and me helpful. Based on my book with the same name: https://t.co/ikWqkFQHhI
#aiethics
technologyethicspod.wordpress.com
A podcast-based introduction to the philosophy and ethics of technology
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This looks like being a great event. And if nothing else, I got to hang out with two of thje coolest colleagues. 🥳
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Inbuilt bias and racism in AI algorithms - this relates to a key point made by @ColinGavaghan in our AI talk earlier this year #ai #bias #alteredstate
https://t.co/Mb3rYj3n8A
theguardian.com
Transparency campaigners welcome government move to publish details of system algorithms
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New paper with @SvenNyholm on the axiology of digital AI duplicates. We look at something we call the ‘scarcity thesis’ (first image below) and the threat that AI poses to it (second image). We then make five key arguments- full paper here https://t.co/dqiZzQIxO7
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As a final point, if you really think the SNP are doing a bad job of governing at Holyrood, the thing to do is to vote them out in 2026, not to give Ian Murray an increase in his pocket money.
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Saw this on Facebook, I'd just add "and then buy the record collection all over again".
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Do they mean the traffic island?
Cheers in Blackpool as two men raise British and English flags on a roundabout shouting “England til I die” and “Take the island back”. Things here remain peaceful but tense.
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“When I owned Twitter I posted that the the UK was on the verge of civil war after a gang of piss heads stole some sausage rolls from Greggs.”
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Court finds govt cannot be compelled to use AI to save time, cos "an expert would be required to explain ...the sources ....and the methodology that they applied." -> "little weight" to be given to them. Well, tell that to Tony Blair! 😝 https://t.co/B4OLeJkjx2
lexology.com
In a recent decision of the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) Information Rights (FTT), the Cabinet Office succeeded in its…
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In case you're wondering, the treadmill is going about 25kph. (I think most gyms have them capped a fair bit below that, for safety reasons.)
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I once had a trainer who explained to me that there were 'runners' and 'people who run.' I never kidded myself about which I was, but Olympic runners are basically a different species. Do not try this at home!
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Me at every Olympics: this random sport is incredible! I'm totally going to watch this sport from now on. Followed by 4 years of not even thinking once about that sport ...
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Becoming a dinosaur scientist and winning a gold medal for jumping on the trampoline, don't tell any 7 year old their dreams are out of reach
OMG, Bryony Page, who just won Olympic Gold for trampolining, studied palaeontology and wrote her dissertation on acoustic signalling in dinosaurs 🤩🦖🦕
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WTF? "A pro-British march." Either the BBC are being a mixture of lazy & deeply reactionary; or they are trying to subvert Britishness by making it synonymous with the far-right.
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Bristol standing firm against the knuckle-draggers. ❤️
Outside a hotel in Redcliffe, Bristol - the hotel is being protected by hundreds of Bristolians shouting ‘We are many, you are few. We are Bristol, who are you?’ to a group of around 100 protesters who had marched on the hotel
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+5 for "this is more complex than I first thought." -5 for "this latest thing just proves what I already thought about this other thing."
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Idea to improve the garbage quality of X debate: an anti-polarization prize. 10 points for admitting you changed your mind on the basis of evidence or argument. -5 for obvious "badge-kissing" Tweets in front of the home fans. Winner has most points at end of year.
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