I don’t usually comment on such things, but given the truly horrific nature of what is being implied up and down my timeline today, I wanted to respond publicly with
@elonmusk
’s permission. However, I speak only for myself.
Everyone should read Max’s article.
Most people I speak to suffer from combo of normalcy + survivorship bias when discussing AI; lots of “oh, but jacquard looms/printing press/automation/internet etc. etc.”
I keep being told that history is cyclical by people working to a…
@elonmusk
@cstanley
Only just seeing this, but can confirm. We got the rabbit a friend and built a hutch designed to look like a Hobbit-hole. 🐰
We also had an amazing rescue chicken called Destiny’s Chicken…
According to wiki, this is the oldest mask in the world, 7000BC, from the pre-ceramic Neolithic period.
I like how friendly, optimistic, and familiar it looks 😀
My grandpa, who survived torture in a Japanese POW camp. He was tall and strong, but gentle in manner. He wore soft cotton shirts and smoked cigars. I would sit on his knee while he played endless solitaire, and he fed me weak tea and bits of toast. He is my hero.
#VEDay
🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
@elonmusk
You called it over a decade ago. It’s been most disconcerting [read: terrifying] to watch your predictions play out in real-time…
Especially the response from government officials/tech oligarchs etc.! xx
This is real and true. The most imminent threat facing the existence of humanity is AGI.
All political activists should be focussed on global AI regulation. Otherwise we all die
#shutitdown
Shut It Down | Time
Hello! I have a novel with
@HodderBooks
coming June 2022. It is about a group of women who turn the UK into a political matriarchy. Not for the faint of heart...
It can be pre-ordered
@waterstones
and
@amazon
Links:
Using a novel undulating propulsion system, this robot is able to efficiently glide through the water, over rough land and has recently become adept at the art of ice-skating
So proud of my mother: left school at 15 with no qualifications, started company in male dominated industry when pregnant with me. Now, (blind and in her 70s) still pioneering!
And taught me no matter what happens: “everything stops for a cuddle” ❤️
Pre-Twitter my best friend and I wrote to the
@OED
requesting that the word sporange be added (we were upset that there was no rhyme for orange). We created a definition and everything. Many thanks to Mrs. J.E.A. Field for making two schoolgirls very happy.
Dear
@RobertJenrick
Please rescue the Whitechapel Bell Foundry! We don’t need another boutique hotel in London, even if it is bell-themed! A viable proposal exists, maintaining it as the last working foundry in the city. This is a matter of huge cultural and historic import.
A robot wrote this article.
“Do they worry that future humans will work and play together... in a simulated reality to keep human minds occupied while they die off?”
This is one of the less-scary excerpts.
So, America is “spreading freedom gas throughout the world...” as the US energy department rebrands fossil fuels as 'molecules of freedom'. Despicable. Dumb. Deadly.
Have loved being in Canterbury. Book-in-hand Marlowe, with a couple of days to rehearse. Playing a fallen spirit. Fun.
Review: The Wire star Dominic West plays Doctor Faustus at Canterbury's Malthouse Theatre
29th December 2022.
Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London.
The world needs people like Vivienne to make a change for the better.
@TalulahRiley
I thoroughly enjoyed your new book this weekend. Laughed throughout and some parts about children hit pretty close to home. Good luck with the revolution. Here's a shot of your new baby in the wild for your collection and a... thematic illustration for fun. 😉
The cartoon trope of gravity not having any effect until the character realises/reacts is just a retelling of Matthew 14:28-33.
All art really is derivative.
My wonderful friend Sophie is supporting this charity to aid Britain's most vulnerable children and families who have been affected by lockdown. Please do support if you can xxx
Three Westworld thoughts: 1.
@TalulahRiley
*killed* it in this episode. 2.
@benbarnes
(who I'm sure is a nice guy) is perfect at playing a scum bag. And 3.
@ccollinsjr
's hair was superb.
Thank you
@RoryStewartUK
for visiting and pledging support to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry today. Your enthusiasm for saving this important building, and the craft, was massively heartening. ♥️ 🔔 🇬🇧
Remembering my grandfather, who was a POW at Changi. He was tortured and forced to work on the Death Railway.
I am so grateful to have known him; kind, stoic, loving, strong. A man who risked his life to save others, during war and peacetime. The most wonderful grandpa.
#VJDay
This morning, as the sun rose on the 75th anniversary of Victory Over Japan Day, a lone military piper played ‘When the Battle’s O’er’ on the deck of
@I_W_M
HMS Belfast, London.
#VJDay75
#Neverforgotten
Who is having heated debates with their family about when exactly ‘midnight of the 20th’ is..?
“It’s midnight on the 20th: that’s tomorrow night...”
“You dolt, midnight of the 20th is tonight, the rules kick in at 00:01 tonight!”
“But that’s midnight of the 19th!!” etc.
Wrapped this afternoon and already missing everyone.
Truly a dream cast. ❤️
And living/working in North Yorkshire for the past month was such an unbelievable treat. I am feeling VERY festive!