Head of Digital Policy @whichuk | advising @CMAgovUK@ChathamHouse | own views | x-@techUK x-@ODIHQ x-@royalsociety x-@TuringInst | literary interests @mgzimeta
I'm delighted to join @WhichUK heading up their Digital Policy team, covering fair and safe internet access, data, online markets, AI & consumer tech.
We're also recruiting for Principal to join my team 12-month FTC (FT/PT) - deadline for apps 14th Sept: careers.which.co.uk/jobs/pri…
I'm thrilled that this is now out in the world! @five_books is one of my favourite websites, my go-to for learning new things, so it was a delight to be interviewed by @UriBram on "The 5 Best Books On Tech Utopias and Dystopias"
Here's my 5, what would yours be, and why? 🧵
"It’s worth remembering that utopia is an impossibility, and yet we still feel compelled to think about it a lot." Tech policy expert Mahlet Zimeta (@TechMilly) recommends the best books on tech utopias and dystopias:
fivebooks.com/best-books/tec…
(4) "Voices from Chernobyl" by Svetlana Alexievich
It broke me.
Here's her 2015 @NobelPrize lecture describing the necessity of creating new artistic forms and new artistic languages to explore our new political, technological and cultural jeopardy:
nobelprize.org/prizes/litera…
(5) "Citizen: An American Lyric" by Claudia Rankine, prize-winning lyric essay/prose poem
My "way in" was this interview with systems engineer Professor @whkchun:
"What does it mean to understand race as techne—as something that makes things possible?"
artnews.com/art-in-america/i…
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Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social retweeted
Every university in the world should be condemning this.
Staying silent now, and waxing lyrical about 'decolonising the curriculum' later, is all-round moral cowardice.
Don't forget to check out this handy Explainer on AI that I've been working on with @nesta_uk which also explores how bias in AI happens
x.com/nesta_uk/status/171899…
NEW: What is AI exactly? What are the building blocks? We’ve put together an explainer to try and reduce the barriers to participation in discussions about how best to harness digital tech, including AI🧵👇 #AIFringe
NEW: What is AI exactly? What are the building blocks? We’ve put together an explainer to try and reduce the barriers to participation in discussions about how best to harness digital tech, including AI🧵👇 #AIFringe
And the best part is, this Explainer is published as an open document so you can Comment.
We’d love your reactions! What does it do well? What would make it more helpful? Is anything missing? Where do you disagree with us? Let us know by 9th Nov
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docs.google.com/document/d/1…
This piece is work is part of @nesta_uk's 2040 Options project on some of the defining issues facing the UK, identifying priorities any government will need to tackle and their options for doing so.
More here:
options2040.co.uk/
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