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Working for an Abundance Agenda for news in the emerging AI-mediated information ecosystem. Author of 'Radically Informed' on Substack. Ex-Californian.
London, England
Joined October 2013
I have a SubStack. 'Radically Informed' focuses on an abundance agenda for news in the AI era. It is unapologetically future-oriented, detailed and optimistic about the emerging AI-mediated information ecosystem. News can be better. AI can help. https://t.co/itCVCepp01
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Being Director General of the BBC might be 'an impossible job' for a reactive, safety-seeking *manager*, but it's an exceptional job for a visionary *leader* prepared to face reality & fundamentally transform public service information for the AI era... https://t.co/P9VTKmLEUW
theguardian.com
After Tim Davie’s resignation, the next director general will face internal strife, external noise and looming talks over the corporation’s existence and purpose
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uh oh...
We disrupted a highly sophisticated AI-led espionage campaign. The attack targeted large tech companies, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies, and government agencies. We assess with high confidence that the threat actor was a Chinese state-sponsored group.
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Slop's getting good!
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Walk My Walk: https://t.co/zLY5Fcq89o Walking Away: https://t.co/7TQYyGDsoI AI has mastered popular music. It will master popular TV & cinema.
It was only a matter of time, yet it came faster than expected: An entirely AI-generated country song titled “Walk My Walk” by the mysterious artist Breaking Rust has hit No.1 on the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart—despite no human singer behind it.
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I think we need more criticism that starts with the acknowledgment that AI is real & having a large impact in work and it’s not going to go away regardless of financial ups-and-downs or which company “wins” or even if AI doesn’t get much better than today. Less heads in the sand
This is correct, and also true of every recent AI paper (the METR slow-down study, the Apple reasoning one) that casts doubt on AI's effectiveness. People are desperate to prove that LLMs don't work, aren't useful, etc. and don't really care how good the studies are.
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Its really great that Microsoft is going to 'prioritize human control' in their superintelligence initiative. 😳
🟡 NEW: Microsoft is joining the race for superintelligence, but with a caveat: It will prioritize human control over the technology at the expense of maximum capability. https://t.co/e6WfumwQiU
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Coca-Cola’s annual Christmas advert is AI-generated again this year. The company says they used even fewer people to make it — “We need to keep moving forward and pushing the envelope… The genie is out of the bottle, and you’re not going to put it back in”
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This is the kind of speech that sparks a movement. We can all get more of what we want if we create more of what we want. We just need to imagine a better future, and then build it.
The UK is a great country with an extraordinary history. Our stagnation is real, but it's fixable and worth fixing. Enjoyed giving this talk at @lfg_uk last week and so encouraged by the optimistic responses I've had from people who are building a brilliant future for Britain 🚀
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Prompting and evals will be everything Prompting is agency Evals is taste
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Prediction: LLMs in their current form may not be able to do everything, but AI now has enough momentum that this won't matter. Beam engines couldn't do everything either, but they were enough to set off the Industrial Revolution.
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"Basically my AI timelines are about 5-10X pessimistic w.r.t. what you'll find in your neighborhood SF AI house party or on your twitter timeline, but still quite optimistic w.r.t. a rising tide of AI deniers and skeptics." This is a good take.
My pleasure to come on Dwarkesh last week, I thought the questions and conversation were really good. I re-watched the pod just now too. First of all, yes I know, and I'm sorry that I speak so fast :). It's to my detriment because sometimes my speaking thread out-executes my
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This a huge deal and *could* bring a truly spectacularly improvement in user experience. Kudos for trying it.
The 𝕏 recommendation system is evolving very rapidly. We are aiming for deletion of all heuristics within 4 to 6 weeks. Grok will literally read every post and watch every video (100M+ per day) to match users with content they’re most likely to find interesting. This should
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I am thrilled to announce the 'AI in Journalism Futures 2025' scenario development project! AIJF 2025 re-create the manual AIJF 2024 project using only agentic AI. Supported by @TiniusTrust, owners of @schibsted, AIJF 2024 and 2025 provide a like-for-like comparison between
aijf2025.tinius.com
The Tinius Trust is proud to present the publication «AI in Journalism Futures 2025».
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I'm delighted that @risj_oxford has published my exploration of a utopian ideal for AI in news, excerpted from my SubStack 'Radically Informed'. An abundance agenda for news, enabled by AI, can help us to become far more informed & far less overwhelmed. https://t.co/Ch1EKFu3Dj
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
An AI-mediated news ecosystem has the potential to improve audience experience, argues this essay by expert David Caswell.
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Never forget. Never forget the 223 Palestinian journalists and media workers targeted and killed by Israel in Gaza. https://t.co/oiWAIu9Xu0
ifj.org
Coronavirus, Covid-19, virus, safety, media, reporting, journalism, journalists, unions, rights, work, labour, precaution, measures
A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰 How genocide happened
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This is EXACTLY my experience with GPT-5 Pro. You need to architect systems to force it to explore a concept space (e.g. generate & judge, self-debate, etc).
GPT-5 thinking is much better at digging than most humans. But humans can see solution spaces that don't seem to occur to GPT-5
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A first note on SubStack announcing my new blog, 'Radically Informed'.
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This is the most poignant thing I've ever read about what we're losing in a more technologically-mediated, less humane world. ... Including the community note...
A message from a Kindergarten teacher: After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old: “My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.” No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s
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Throwing the word 'slop' around when referring to AI-generated content is kinda lazy. Why is it 'slop'? Is it worse than equivalent human-produced content? If it's worse, then in what way is it worse? How could it be made better? Honest and specific criticism is useful.
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