Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
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My interests include:
#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
Joined Oct 2018
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Wrth ffin #Ceredigion a Phowys heddiw. Pa fath o deryn sy'n creu nyth fel hyn? Brân?
On the Ceredigion - #Powys border today. What sort of bird builds a nest like this? A crow?
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In HG Wells' "Men Like Gods" (1923) the Five Principles of Liberty which govern life in Utopia are:
* privacy
* free movement
* unlimited knowledge
* truthfulness
* free discussion
Written nearly 100 years ago for a fictional parallel universe, those principles should apply to our present day real world.
Here's the relevant link to Unesco's global consultation on AI ethics (as posted earlier today).
https://survey.unesco.org/2020/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=661611
I hope as many people as possible will participate in the survey and share the link.
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My most favoritest person finally joined QOTO! Make sure you all say hi to @RayneSilver and show her some love :)
Omg I did it where am I who are you people
#COVID19 #coronavirus #pandemic #global #inequality #justice #protests #politics
Protests predicted to surge globally as Covid-19 drives unrest
#video #radiohead #global #uk #germany #greece #symi
Probably the best video (whether official or unofficial) of Radiohead’s Everything in Its Right Place.
https://www.phidoc.net/misc/everything_in_its_right_place.mp4
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RT @AaronMesh
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown goes HAM: "The President is failing to lead this nation. Now he is deploying officers to patrol the streets of Portland in a blatant abuse of power. Trump is looking for a confrontation in Oregon in the hopes of winning political points in Ohio or Iowa."
#IT #programming #coding #health #stress
Address decision fatigue - before it turns code into spaghetti
https://www.itproportal.com/features/address-decision-fatigue-before-it-turns-code-into-spaghetti/
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Until a year or so ago, I don't think I'd ever seen the word "normalcy". Over the last few months I've seen its use increasing.
Is this to be the new normal, or will "normality" be restored?
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#Pandemic shows #climate has never been treated as #crisis, say scientists | #ClimateChange | The Guardian
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There were zero deaths recorded once again today in the official #Covid19Cymru figures (total remains at 1545). There have been just 5 deaths in the past week, meaning that the 7-day average is now 0.71.
The main risk now I think is complacency, coupled with tourism (especially in rural areas).
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@gemlog there are a lot of unanswered questions regarding immunity. A recent study in the Karolinska institute in Sweden suggested that T-cell immunity is much more widespread than IgG immunity. If that's the case, then we are measuring the wrong thing when we do antibody tests.
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Plaid and SNP accuse UK Government of 'clear power grab' and 'con trick' over internal market bill. https://nation.cymru/news/plaid-and-snp-accuse-uk-government-of-clear-power-grab-and-con-trick-over-internal-market-bill/
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@gemlog And if T cell immunity from past Corona viruses protects (it's thought that SARS 1 survivors have adequate T cell immunity against Covid) then, with a number of recent common colds having been Corona type viruses, I do wonder if the 1-(1/R0) level for herd immunity might possibly be being reached in some places.
We just don't know though, because those were mild, few people would have reported them, and there's no easy test now.
#IT #video #search #google #youtube #antitrust #politics #democracy
Searching for Video? Google Pushes YouTube Over Rivals
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#Livestock #farming and #FossilFuels could drive 4C global heat rise | #ClimateChange | The Guardian
This is very worrying.
#IT #facebook #zuckerberg #monopoly #global #politics #democracy
'Too big to fail': why even a historic ad boycott won’t change Facebook
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a superintelligent alien may not understand what we call mathematics. the mathematical tools we use may be built-in to their brains/bodies so they don't need to externalize ideas like prime numbers
Director of the Centre for Information Ethics and Public Policy
Personal website:
My interests include:
#cyberethics #privacy #censorship #encryption #steganography #decentralised_internet #AI #philosophy #ethics #politics #psychedelic_research #music #film #symi #mycology
Joined Oct 2018
