Visited
#Tate
Modern,
#London
, today & came across wonderful exhibit: Babel 2001 by Cildo Meireles
A tower of
#analogue
#radios
, which is what you are hearing, that illustrates the challenge of 'being heard' in all the noise & the potential for misinformation
Lessons?
Everyone has an opinion but does it determine what happens?
How much of the rhetoric is just scaremongering?
Is there need for theoretical reasoning about
#tech
#futures
?
#Robot
takeover? Not quite. Here’s what
#AI
doomsday would look like
#futures
I explain how
#tech
will evolve & its impact upon humanity in my paper with
@sallyeaves
: Conceptualising technology, its development and future: The six genres of technology.
@tomlamont
adds to this with this interesting insight:
‘Humanity’s remaining timeline? It looks more
One of the challenges of writing is that we loose track of what we have written, especially if we are doing more than commentating and instead are offering new ways of thinking and framing issues. As I start work on another series of blogs, I thought it would be useful to reflect
Too often we miss the essence of what
#technology
is
My recent research in area of
#autonomous
#tech
has focused upon
#weapons
Imagine
#terminator
being real?
It with no pleasure I share latest article as it suggests we need to be more deeply engaged with way
#tech
can be used,
In what do we trust?
The factory system of publishing academic papers reveals the challenges of the 'publish or perish' ethos
‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point
#EmergingTech
Want to be taught by people at the forefront of
#space
#research
who are building & operating cutting edge hardware for multinational
#SpaceMissions
? Join the
@MSSLSpaceLab
Graduate Virtual Open Event on Thu 18 Jan & discover opportunities. Register here:
Is this true?
Is this ethical?
via
@ConversationEDU
Do you produce academic content?
Do you want it to be used by
#Microsoft
to train
#AI
?
I don't want my work used
This exploits the academic need to publish
What right has
@InformaPLC
&
#eWaste
is growing annually & is nearly double what it was in 2010 according to The Global E-waste Monitor 2024
A good overview of how harmful this is & what can be done is provided by
@ITUBDTDirector
The world generated 62 million tonnes of electronic waste in just one year and
This is my reply to my previous article about a
#sustainable
#future
, where I predict human extinction, but 'All is well - Planet Earth is Safe', it has already survived 5 mass extinctions
In this article I suggest there is hope - but it's all about people & their values.
This must be one of the most enjoyable academic conferences ever & on
#tech
Always such a positive experience
I used to go until
#Covid
hit, but aim to join in 2024
Recommend to anyone who wants to explore research ideas in a welcoming & receptive community
Submission deadline
A question: If it is claimed that
#SustainableDevelopment
is full of paradoxes - what are they?
For example, is to make
#profit
, cutting costs, as a priority counter to
#sustainable
practices as a priority?
What are the contradictions?
Am curious
THANKS in anticipation of