Prof. Tom Crick

Chief Scientific Adviser, @DCMS; Professor of Digital Society and Policy, @BristolUni. All views my own, etc.

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Personal view: prompted by the recent JCHR report, a human in the loop is not enough. Three tests: controllability, authority and contestability — and what makes human oversight meaningful.

What remains non-delegable?

https://t.co/HQAtkdLYf2

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@davidcornock @richburton10k I did it last year, was beautiful but a brutal start and first half. Amazing atmosphere!

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Very nice post from @profserious:

“Systems, Seriously…10 engineering concepts to help understand the digital world” https://t.co/0DYND4KJrk

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Very sad news: Patrick Stewart, Master of Shakespeare, ‘Star Trek’ and More, Has Died https://t.co/9fZQxcrQUC

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Margaret Hamilton helped establish software engineering as a serious discipline. But who gets to join the profession she helped build, whose expertise is recognised, and who shapes its future?

My new post: https://t.co/VyyCbEVQQ0

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Harry Kane’s Ballon d’Or is richly deserved. I think I underrated him for years, seeing him as a solid goalscoring centre-forward before appreciating the intelligence and range that make him a playmaker as well as a finisher:

https://t.co/3B58zjtH7L

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*Very* similar to how I do my academic writing…

[john sturgis @sturgios]

Perhaps the single most extraordinary detail in the Barbara Cartland biography - a book full of extraordinary details - is *how* she was able to write a whole novel a week, right down to the manner in which the manuscript was physically delivered to her publisher

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Margaret Hamilton helped establish software engineering as a serious discipline. But who gets to join the profession she helped build, whose expertise is recognised, and who shapes its future?

My new post: https://t.co/VyyCbEVQQ0

[Welsh Government @WelshGovernment]

At 9:15am today, Wales will fall silent to remember those who were taken from us in the Aberfan disaster.

60 years may have passed, but we will never forget them.

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I’ve now hosted seven Wales Journal of Education podcast conversations, most recently on generative AI in Welsh education. A look back at the discussions and how research can help shape policy and practice…

https://t.co/ySO2ygVks5

@WJEcylchgrawn

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Personal view: prompted by the recent JCHR report, a human in the loop is not enough. Three tests: controllability, authority and contestability — and what makes human oversight meaningful.

What remains non-delegable?

https://t.co/HQAtkdLYf2

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

@AlecMuffett Ha — adjacent loops, different problems. "Human somewhere near the loop" remains a fairly weak assurance claim, though. I promise I wasn't trying to reopen the entire content-moderation debate before lunch.

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Personal view: prompted by the recent JCHR report, a human in the loop is not enough. Three tests: controllability, authority and contestability — and what makes human oversight meaningful.

What remains non-delegable?

https://t.co/HQAtkdLYf2

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Human rights in the loop https://t.co/HQAtkdLYf2

[TNMOC @tnmoc]

What was your first computer? Whatever it was you’re sure to find it - or something similar - in our galleries & trigger some memories. Here’s a few of our favourites. Let us know yours and share your stories in the comments #TechNostalgia #RetroComputing #VintagePC

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.@Cymru vs. Denmark

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Who will speak for the em dash? https://t.co/2WSb9z0DQh

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@BristOliver Zoinks.

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@Grady_Booch How bizarre — I received the same email from France today!

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.@NPL's call for evidence on AI testing and assurance closes 9 Oct 2026. If you use or assess AI, what can’t you test or verify? Practical examples can help shape better methods.

My post: https://t.co/eXWEbyc5Jh