Timandra Harkness

Big Data: does size matter? by @timandraharknes published by @SigmaScience
agent: Will Francis @zcosini

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What is Big Data? And why should you care?
My 5 minute answer for @guardian
https://t.co/y1Y2Z2NiFz

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@katierazz @Marthalanefox @shonaghosh @katyballs @jessicaelgot @SeanTopham @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds @BigDataSizeBook Obviously a LOT about microtargeted political campaigns in @TechintProblem - much of it about why the problems of personalised politics go back long before the internet.

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@katierazz @Marthalanefox @shonaghosh @katyballs @jessicaelgot @SeanTopham @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Delighted that the Conservative use of microtargeted campaigning in 2015 got a mention - I wrote about that in @BigDataSizeBook before it was fashionable to care (I.e. before Trump/Brexit votes). Paperback edition got a new chapter with lots on digital politics!

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Love this photo by @paul_clarke of @tiffanyjenkins and me at the launch of @TechintProblem.
Caption competition?

[Armand D'Angour @ArmandDAngour]

I asked my daughter what she thought about this exchange (not mine). She solemnly warned that it was probably a scam. She has a nose for this kind of thing.

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Both @BigDataSizeBook and @TechintProblem are available as audiobooks read by @TimandraHarknes

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Too busy to read @TechintProblem ?
Let me read it to you…

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Please read it before doing any stories about how technology is changing politics:

[Technology is not the Problem @TechintProblem]

Again, if you're interested in how technology affects political campaigning:
1) read @TechintProblem (especially chapter 3)
2) follow these guys⤵️

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on publication day, read this edited extract in @Quillette on the digital mirror of Narcissus:

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My younger sibling going cheap this weekend!

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You can get ⁦@TechintProblem⁩ with 40% off this weekend via this link - use code BANKHOL40 at checkout https://t.co/2cPkYVz36o

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now yesterday's event - but may still be copies in the @hayfestival bookshop

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Both ⁦@BigDataSizeBook⁩ & ⁦@TechintProblem⁩ on sale at ⁦@hayfestival⁩ - I will happily sign both after today’s event

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My baby sibling is due on May 23rd!

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I am a REAL BOOK

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I am reconsidering my opinion that LLMs know nothing and could never convincingly impersonate a human being.

[Ada Lovelace Institute @AdaLovelaceInst]

Congratulations to our Director @carlykind_ on her appointment as the new Australian Privacy Commissioner. We wish her the very best in her new role.

We are now looking for a dynamic, forward-thinking and inclusive leader to become our next Director⬇️

https://t.co/R8leDsK9AY

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glorious

[Joshua Rothman @joshuarothman]

Ted Chiang has the best way to think about ChatGPT: https://t.co/WpNJEcsO9n

[Significance @signmagazine]

Do you have a data fanatic in the family? Buy them a personal subscription to Significance this Christmas: https://t.co/UBC20szchg
#statistics #data

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This week I have mainly been getting inside the life of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (the company that gave us ChatGPT).
Listen from 7pm Saturday on @BBCRadio4 or @BBCSounds
https://t.co/1O0y5eyjo7

[Kate isn't really here any more @katebevan]

and this, my children, is why I don't do consumer DNA tests. Once your genetic data is out there, it's out there. You can't pull it back. And remember, if you do a DNA test, you're also uploading at least some of your family members' DNA too. https://t.co/0pUAYEPKbi

[John Tasioulas @JTasioulas]

“We all share the same values, the real question is about the best means to achieve them” is the ultimate technocratic power move. It’s deeply undemocratic because it puts out of contestation the key judgment about values and their prioritisation.

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New age check guidance published today by ⁦@Ofcom⁩ for consultation: ‘Implementing the #OnlineSafetyAct : Protecting children from online #pornography’ #OnlineSafety #OnlineHarms #eSafety #OSA2023 #OnlineSafetyAct2023 #AgeAssurance #ChildSafeguarding https://t.co/RJiuGw2KpU