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   Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 17:39:55 JST Glyn Moody

   ‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of #AI - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/12/mainlined-into-uks-veins-labour-announces-huge-public-rollout-of-ai trouble is, politicians tend to be rather gullible about shiny new tech...

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 18:41:38 JST Glyn Moody

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     • Steve

     @steevc agreed; but the hype is very dangerous

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     Steve (steevc@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 18:41:39 JST Steve

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     @glynmoody There's a lot of scepticism about AI, especially around here. Some of it is just novelty, but it can have real uses to get insights into data. Have to get past the hype.

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     acb (acb@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 19:12:06 JST acb

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     @glynmoody Whatever happened to the project to put the pound on the blockchain? Is that still going ahead?

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 19:41:10 JST Glyn Moody

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     @acb yeah, they seem to have gone quiet about that...can't think why

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     Boris Barbour (borisbarbour@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 21:47:07 JST Boris Barbour

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     @glynmoody

     It does depend a bit on what is meant by "AI". There are some successes that could probably be built upon: translation, alphafold, weather forecasting, medical diagnostics.

     The (welcome) focus on public ownership could reduce the price and precipitate the bubble bursting?

     But it does feel like they bought the snake oil. And it's desperately disappointing not to see the same sense of urgency for the real social and climate emergencies.

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     Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 22:21:27 JST Glyn Moody

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     • Boris Barbour

     @BorisBarbour yes, AI definitely has its uses (I use it quite often, in a limited way). but UK gov does tend to be rather naive with tech, so yes, looks like snake oil here