Tim Kindberg

Interella And the search for knowledge

Interella - a new future fairy tale

Once upon a future time – and a time of techno-tyranny it will be – a girl called Interella will ask her father, “What is school?”

timkindberg.substack.com/p/interella

#fairytale #futurefairytale

Lunchtime Talk: Nature vs AI | Pervasive Media Studio In this Lunchtime Talk, PM Studio Resident Tim Kindberg will examine AI critically in the light of nature as both a point of comparison and a context in which AI is embedded.

Please join me for a talk and discussion about Nature Vs AI. Is Nature better than AI at distinguishing what's true from what's false?

In person at the Pervasive Media Studio (@pmstudiouk.bsky.social) or online. Friday 20th June at 1pm UK time
www.watershed.co.uk/studio/event...

Hi Kate - thanks. I'm hardly ever on this app so I've only just seen that you replied!

Hi Kate, wish I could come to this. I've just looked you up here after seeing you're no longer active on Tw****r. Is there a way I can DM you here - if you follow me back? Want to talk to you about a Nature and AI project...

The baby room — An AI thought experiment Note to readers: this is a purely intellectual exercise to help us compare humans to large language models like ChatGPT. It involves…

The baby room - an AI thought experiment. In which I critique not only LLMs but the epistemology of digital systems more generally. Your critiques of my critique are welcome medium.com/@timkindberg...

Have to agree...

1.5C -> 2C global heating causes >> proportionate harm. See thread for source.

A biochemical manifesto:

Intelligence is analogue
Consciousness is analogue
Knowledge is biochemical or a priori
The truth is offline
Epistemology is human

I listened to Chappell Roan so you didn't have to. By contrast, there's so much good music coming out of Africa nowadays - especially but not exclusively Nigeria and South Africa

Heidi Alexander’s appointment as transport secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history - great stat from @georgeeaton.bsky.social

Don’t underestimate the Rogansphere. His mammoth ecosystem is Fox News for young people | Sam Wolfson Podcasts like Joe Rogan’s and Theo Von’s aren’t on the fringes. Their blend of off-the-cuff, Trump-leaning commentary blurs traditional lines between left and right – and offers listeners companionshi...

'Two-thirds of American men aged 18-23 agree with the statement “no one really knows me”.' - And many turn to podcasts instead of human company. Ones that turn them towards Trump
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Just got "internal server error" off this app. Has Musk had a word with his mate Putin to bring it down?

SpaceX live: Donald Trump and Elon Musk arrive at launch site for Starship rocket Trump wishes Musk good luck on ‘incredible’ project ahead of expected launch in Texas

Crapman and Robbin'
www.theguardian.com/science/live...

Be magic. Don't be tragic.

Oh. We should all enjoy the relative lack of techbro billionaire crypto AI EA bollocks for the short time it's going to last...

Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started a...

If like Rebecca Solnit you think technology corporations have sapped our mental energy like vampires now, wait until you see 2087 - Vampires of Avonmouth vampiresofavonmouth.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

@bsky.app do you realise that one can't update a profile banner image with a .heic stored on an android phone (i.e. one previously taken and stored on the phone)?

Tech firm Palantir spoke with MoJ about calculating prisoners’ ‘reoffending risks’ Exclusive: Rights group expresses concerns as it emerges US spy tech company has been lobbying UK ministers

“Ministers need to push back against any use of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice, prison and welfare systems that could lead to people being discriminated against, unfairly targeted and other miscarriages of justice." By Palantir, in particular
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

All - Bluesky Directory A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

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Or is it a bug on Android that links don't open in the app? This app is pretty buggy. I can't even change the background on my profile - just ignores the image I tick

How do I use a starter pack from within the app? I can find them only on the web - and they don't link to the app