Kin

Artist, essayist, mum. Surveillance tech and human rights. Latest article in AI & Society journal.

[Kin @Cell_less]

@MrTibblesNewEra @RupertLowe10 Imagine wanting to vote for a party that promises pain and brutality to its own citizens 🤦‍♀️

[HOPE not hate @hopenothate]

Just 20 accounts drive more than a third of the activity in Stephen Lennon’s (aka Tommy Robinson’s) online network.

Our Data Desk analysed 13,000+ posts and key interactions for State of Hate 2026 to map how his ecosystem works.

Here’s what we found 👇

https://t.co/zu1QnGQsSC

[Kin @Cell_less]

@JohnTShallow @ultimapaul @Artemisfornow I haven't replied to you because your answers read like ChatGPT, sorry.

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow I don't see how limiting or discouraging access to higher education, and accepting lower job opportunities, sits comfortably with this.

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow For me, a government should be aiming to make lives better, and therefore increasing the happiness, of the people that live there. It links to increased drive and motivation, ambition, hopefulness and belief in themselves to achieve goals.

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow You don't think a government has any responsibility (or interest) in pursuing the happiness of its citizens?

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow Because what's the point in life if we can't have moments of joy and pursue happiness? Does it not feel dystopian to you to say I should not desire a life with joy?!

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow You mentioned China. They have a very diff approach to AI development, focusing on narrow AI. One theory is that because it is more controllable. Compared to the US that pushes for agentic AI with access to all kinds of sensitive systems, with huge scope for catastrophic error.

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow But you said we can't change anything and what we want doesn't matter. So there's no point in fighting for what you believe in, regardless of what it is. It's just agreeing to be swept along with whatever those in power want.

[Kin @Cell_less]

@JohnTShallow @ultimapaul @Artemisfornow Yes, because it is unfortunately a misinformed understanding of AI. It's also a consumer perspective shaped by AI hype and PR, rather than a computer science perspective or one informed by how cognitive and psychological processes like empathy work.

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow That's why I asked you about hope earlier. I get from your answers such a sense of resignation. It's like what's the point of trying anything. What's the point of me doing any work concerning policy? What's the point in voting? Apathy is demoralising and creates sick societies.

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow Neural nets spot patterns that we don't see. That's often what's used in medical AI. But often they pick up on the wrong thing, like the font that a certain hospital uses and then that becomes a predictor of illness. I'd prefer a specialist any day. https://t.co/wTYnjhpEcv

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow So say you have a couple that came here in 1990 (36 years ago), they have kids born in the UK, maybe even grandkids. You'd send the grandparents away, splitting up the family? Honestly sounds cruel to me. They've likely paid more tax than Jim Ratcliffe!

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow Sorry but anyone would need a source for the 15 mil figure to understand what you mean.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.

Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.

Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.

https://t.co/oqsZdtN3pZ

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow That's what the AI hype says of course. OpenAI is hemorrhaging money on a scale that is unprecedented. Billions down the drain. What do you tell the young people in your family to feel hopeful about? I don't know what to say about the 15 mil figure other than it's absurd.

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow AI gets stuff wrong all the time, it causes skill decline, and when it does, there's no accountability. Is that not concerning? And what do you do with the mass unemployment you propose ?

[Kin @Cell_less]

@ultimapaul @Artemisfornow @JohnTShallow https://t.co/uteMsJB8WT