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Aleks Krotoski
1 month
Guess where I've got to: Miss you all.
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Aleks Krotoski
9 months
Hello twitter #hivemind: I feel like the idea of Longevity Escape Velocity originated in #scifi, but perhaps under a different name. Can anyone out there help? I am anemic in my classics and need info for a new one. #writingabook.
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Aleks Krotoski
9 months
I resurfaced this ep of @BBCRadio4 #digihuman for part of a chapter on Engineer's Syndrome for my next book (The Immortals) and it's even more true today: Body - from 2015:
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Aleks Krotoski
9 months
Blown away by @Kevin_Fong's evidence this morning at the Covid-19 Inquiry. Hard listening, but essential.
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
Rather enjoying the irony of waiting for the 4th of July fireworks in the town where the US won its first battle of the American Revolution by listening to the UK election results roll in.
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
Just a reminder that @kevfong and I finished up the amazing 2nd series of #artificialhuman yesterday and will be back in the autumn! #canAIhelpmegetajob? #artificialhuman.
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
This stimulated a brain worm: I am a remember. Forgetters I know feel like they're letting people down because they can't recall. But I feel like I can't let go. If AI could be used to stimulate autobiographical memory, would it help us, or hinder us?
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
RT @Kevin_Fong: AI is gonna do a lot of incredible stuff, but it’s got a voracious appetite for energy. Is that a problem? Find out here on….
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
This is a peek-into-my-psyche post. Welcome to my worst nightmare:
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
RT @Jackstilgoe: Ever since the Artificial Human with @aleksk and @Kevin_Fong started, I've had my hand up at the back of the class, desper….
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
RT @Kevin_Fong: AI is increasingly impressive. So how come we don’t have driverless cars yet? @aleksk & I went in search of answers for thi….
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
RT @lauradavies24: If like me & listener Val you're at that phase in life when time is increasingly taken up by getting your head around fi….
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
Tell me you’re listening to the first ep of the new series of @BBCRadio4 #ArtificialHuman right this very minute. Tho it’s ok if not, you can catch up on whether AI can look after us in old age with @Kevin_Fong and I on @BBCSounds!
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
POLL TIME: I have a giant bottle of Orange Crush soda that needs to be not-drunk but used. Do I make:.
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
and fancy new artwork too! So excited for this series. So many answers! So many questions! Also: science!.
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Dr Kevin Fong
1 year
Me & @aleksk are back with S2 of #TheArtificialHuman. @BBCRadio4 tomorrow 1530. All about AI and where it’s gonna take us.
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
Teaching the first of three classes re serendipity today i my Designing Messy Humans course @nyuniversity and have been following my brain’s progression thru the serendipity engine project from a decade ago w @katjungnickel and it’s *delightful*
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
RT @BBCkatyaadler: White collar, blue collar . should we all be feeling threatened by AI in our jobs OR can we better harness AI to improv….
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
Me too!.
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Daniel Susskind
1 year
Really enjoyed this conversation with @BBCkatyaadler and @aleksk on how to flourish in the future.
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
RT @Kevin_Fong: #ArtificialHuman is all about the #Oscars this week. Wanted to call this ep “I’m Just Kev” but @aleksk wouldn’t let me. Lis….
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Aleks Krotoski
1 year
RT @Kevin_Fong: #Oscar fever? Check out Ep 4 of #ArtificialHuman in which @aleksk & me ask VFX guru @paul_franklin_ if Hollywood-kind has a….
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