Andrew Bennett
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@sovereignalbion @txp_io
Joined April 2011
Launching the @SovereignAlbion Podcast: How to Regulate British Nuclear, with @JohnFingleton1 & Mustafa Latif-Aramesh Since writing @sovereignalbion, I have been lucky to have some of the truest and best conversations of my life. What was intended to be a personal essay, albeit
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2 arguments for ID which are hugely neglected: 1. proof of humanity increasingly important in a world dominated by agents 2. sovereign ownership of identity is the foundation of the state’s authority, and new companies being built to solve (1) our (2) at risk
@LawrenceLundy underrated angle here is that proof of humanity going to be increasingly important in a world/internet/economy dominated by agents
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given ID & civil service reform are in the news a lot, re-upping an earlier version of this piece which had a different ending: “Institutional agility is essential both to navigate this era and as an orthogonal offer to industrial champions building in the UK. And the only way
every few decades, Britain faces a generational moment of self-reflection, when a ruling consensus breaks down and a new settlement is required today we need a new, sovereign consensus a short piece on where Britain finds itself, where we need to be, and how we get there:
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~90% of the 550+ signups for our recent @txp_io on scaling AI state capacity were interested in joining UK govt to work on AI would love to see a UK Tech Force
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there are some people in the world who just have exceptional, outlier impact. we should want them on our team here's a plan to do that:
How can we MAKE BRITAIN WIN the great global talent war. The UK already has two strong routes for exceptional talent. They have strong outcomes but are underused (~3% of work visas combined). I have come up with four quick fixes that would increase uptake of exceptional talent
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How can we MAKE BRITAIN WIN the great global talent war. The UK already has two strong routes for exceptional talent. They have strong outcomes but are underused (~3% of work visas combined). I have come up with four quick fixes that would increase uptake of exceptional talent
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Gallic druidry:
This is what the French State religion used to look like De Gaulle as the high priest of the goddess Uranium
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(I know I'm a stuck record) An important assumption in AI discourse is that sufficiently capable generalist *models* are the main event. Get the model smart enough, and it more or less does everything. Value creation, competitive advantage, and risk would all concentrate at the
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credit to @davidsenra bagging James @Dyson just before the @sovereignalbion launch, really smart to get ahead of that
Here's my conversation with James Dyson, founder of @Dyson. 0:00 Introduction: A Love for History and Technology 0:48 The Inspiration Behind Writing a History of Great Inventions 2:01 The Importance of Learning from History 2:38 The Struggles and Triumphs of Starting Founders
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also strongly endorse this conclusion that Manchester should host the (first/founding) Lovelace Institute I grew up almost slap bang in the middle of Bet365 in Stoke and the 'UK's highest intensity private sector R&D hub in Cheshire'. The North West really is a much more dynamic
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great piece
I went to a dinner with the AI Minister and I read a paper on Lovelace Institue --- a proposal from Tony Blair's Institute on how we could fund breakthrough science better. And I wrote that all up into one incoherent mess for you to enjoy.
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We're wildly unprepared for the pace of change in AI, so I'm excited to have recorded a 5-part AI miniseries for @RestIsPolitics with @RoryStewartUK exploring the tech, where it's going and what it means Rory and I have v different POVs, so it's a fun series of conversations...
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Two conversations this weekend make me think that there's a vibe shift afoot in Silicon Valley around what one should work on and what is worthwhile. Culturally, it feels like the moment is ripe for new frameworks: • Davos expert morality is stale and discredited. • It's also
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this is a joke of course. Britain's only founder is @goodwin_ml
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great to see this progress from Britain's only founder:
I’ve always believed that AI will be the most transformational technology of our time, and partnerships like this are vital to turning that potential into real progress @SciTechgovuk. Read more here:
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this is the way
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Great conversation!
Launching the @SovereignAlbion Podcast: How to Regulate British Nuclear, with @JohnFingleton1 & Mustafa Latif-Aramesh Since writing @sovereignalbion, I have been lucky to have some of the truest and best conversations of my life. What was intended to be a personal essay, albeit
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