Prof. Tom Crick

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

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Today, @DCMS published its refreshed Areas of Research Interest on https://t.co/m0UCZfudjL.

These set out priority research and evidence needs across culture, creative industries, media, sport, civil society, youth, tourism, heritage and gambling.

https://t.co/fOXVN9djrd

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics https://t.co/P83EsOzT19 <-- "This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of AI within mathematics research. It is the result of a community initiative and is endorsed by the IMU."

[Kyle Siler (@kylesiler.bsky.social) @KyleSiler]

New article in @PNASNews:

We all know that ChatGPT loves to delve, bolster, leverage, encompass, showcase, underscore, et cetera. I analyzed full text of 7.3 million journal articles published 2020-2025, hunting for 228 words that spiked after ChatGPT launched in late 2022.

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Today, @DCMS published its refreshed Areas of Research Interest on https://t.co/m0UCZfudjL.

These set out priority research and evidence needs across culture, creative industries, media, sport, civil society, youth, tourism, heritage and gambling.

https://t.co/fOXVN9djrd

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Delighted to be elected Secretary/Treasurer of @TheOfficialACM for a two-year term; very much looking forward to working with Prof. Elisa Bertino as President and Rashmi Mohan as Vice-President!

[Association for Computing Machinery @TheOfficialACM]

Please join us in congratulating President-elect Bertino and welcoming our new leadership team as they prepare to guide ACM into an exciting next chapter!

👉 https://t.co/pUjyZ9HnOS

#ACM #Computing #TechLeadership

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Russia 'relentlessly targeting' critical infrastructure and democracy, @GCHQ says https://t.co/RJjwtvaHXL

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

As @DCMS Chief Scientific Adviser, I have written a short blog post on the wider context: why these ARIs matter, how they fit into our wider evidence ecosystem, and why the challenge now is to make them useful and usable.

https://t.co/VafVVn6LfI

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Today, @DCMS published its refreshed Areas of Research Interest on https://t.co/m0UCZfudjL.

These set out priority research and evidence needs across culture, creative industries, media, sport, civil society, youth, tourism, heritage and gambling.

https://t.co/fOXVN9djrd

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

These themes matter because DCMS sectors are not simply sectoral assets.

They form part of the UK’s social, cultural and economic infrastructure, shaping opportunity, belonging, participation, trust and place.

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

The UK Government consultation on "Growing up in the online world" closes TODAY:

https://t.co/E2ino9px0x

This is a difficult and important question for children, families, policymakers, platforms and wider society. Please engage!

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Two BBC stories today capture the challenge on children, screen time and social media.

https://t.co/cXq9Wxw77K

https://t.co/FgR5fNOvjv

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

There are real online harms. But many young people also see digital spaces as vital for friendship, identity, learning and support.

The policy task is to move beyond "ban or no ban" and balance protection, participation, rights, evidence and platform accountability.

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

From the archives:

Nearly fifty years later, James Burke’s Connections still feels strikingly modern in how it explores systems, technological change, media, and public understanding.

https://t.co/GaJem4O4O2

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Also see: https://t.co/RaEdGI4r0I

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Now published in The Computer Journal: “In Memoriam: C. A. R. Hoare”: https://t.co/9x1hESerqN

A brief editorial tribute to Tony Hoare’s lasting impact on computer science, and to the journal’s connection to that legacy through “Quicksort” in 1962.

@BCS @OUPAcademic

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

I’ve refreshed the framing of my personal blog as "Digital Society & Policy".

I’ve neglected it in recent years, but want to use it again for semi-formal writing and wider thinking on digital technologies, society, institutions, evidence and policy.

https://t.co/W7V0HaGMfU

[Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones]

Madeleine Alessandri has been an outstanding chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee, alongside our brilliant officials in the Joint Intelligence Organisation. We all wish Madeleine the best for her retirement.

Congratulations to Adrian Bird, the outgoing chair of Defence Intelligence at the MOD, who has been appointed as the new chair.

https://t.co/BRXCWFjqGw

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Now published in The Computer Journal: “In Memoriam: C. A. R. Hoare”: https://t.co/9x1hESerqN

A brief editorial tribute to Tony Hoare’s lasting impact on computer science, and to the journal’s connection to that legacy through “Quicksort” in 1962.

@BCS @OUPAcademic

[Prof. Tom Crick @ProfTomCrick]

Revealed by @FullFact: what the Scottish and Welsh election candidates talked about on social media https://t.co/CeM7VeDG7O

[Jeremy Farrar @JeremyFarrar]

Dame Bridget Ogilvie, @Wellcome director who fought the ‘anti-scientific’ frenzies of the 1990s https://t.co/1sfBysJCCn