Blaise Thomson

Founder @ Bitfount. Formerly, Head of Cambridge, UK Apple team. Building to unlock the value of sensitive data.

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

It might even be better vs patient control, though that's more debatable. Some reasons:
* Protection from coercion
* Need for expertise
* Technically simpler
* Reduced burden on patients to manage control

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

Who should own medical data? - great question I was asked to talk about at Focus A-Eye. But it's a trick question - there is actually no legal concept of owning medical data. There are really three separate types of law that apply...

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

3. Clinical context matters: Sharing subsets of data without context loses critical info
4. Risk of re-identification/misuse: Even anonymised data has risk of re-identification

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

@mustufa4socials Kinda ironic that you count hardware integration as one of the moats that survives but simultaneously say Apple’s hardware focus won’t save it. What’s the nuance?

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

@b1rdmania @PrimaMente We’re here too! @bitfount - running federated AI infrastructure for clinical research

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

@burkov I suspect most people currently use it for their own personal use - not really for releasing. In my case I’ve set it up to sync personal emails, run topic models on them and manage them more easily. But the simplicity and flexibility for your own stuff seems to be the benefit.

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

@burkov While you’re right that all the components of OpenClaw were there already, what it did uniquely was have a clean architectural design of the gateway, channels etc that allowed people and agents to quickly build lots of bespoke stuff.

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

Regardless of whether a wealth tax is a good idea, the process seems broken.

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

The retroactive part of California’s Billionaire Wealth tax is highlighting a major flaw in the initiative process for adding laws to the ballot: the Attorney General plus one person can basically force massive life choices without a democratic mandate

Here’s how it works…

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

Not really democratic any more - the AG can single handedly force people to move if there’s any risk the population might vote something through. Critically - they have to make the decision before they know whether there is a democratic mandate.

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

@agupta A lot of the issues with automation are down to the signaling systems deciding if you can go on a section of track. Apparently there are parts of the Uk network that still require Victorian semaphore systems.

[SIMA Surgical Intelligence @simasurgery]

We’re excited to announce SIMA — a smarter, faster way to log surgical cases and track training progress. We’re starting with ophthalmology and going live mid-July. Check it out! https://t.co/6rkDeNkT4d

[Blaise Thomson @blaisethom]

@FaresAntaki Nice idea! Hope it goes well!!