Are we seeing the start of a distinctively "Labour" approach to managing tech and cultivating the UK's industrial strengths — or is this government simply more of the same when it comes to AI?
I'll be discussing this and more with three fantastic panellists on Monday 11th 👇🏻
The AI Action Plan's pledge to increase public sector compute by a factor of 20 by 2030 is promising, but it'll need effective procurement to be a worthy investment
@halcyene Eleanor Shearer & @DantonsHead set out a strategy for expanded public compute ⬇️
https://t.co/olG6oQOzxs
Our awesome PhD students are organising a graduate political theory conference on 22-23 May. Keynotes by Rufaida al Hashmi (Reading) and John O'Neill (Manchester). Submit your abstracts by 20 Feb!
📣 New paper: AI depends on immense resources, mostly controlled by large companies.
This means "open" AI… isn't very open.
📄 From me, @mer__edith and @sarahbmyers in Nature:
https://t.co/askjAcz47C
Political theorists working/living in London! The London Political Theory Network is hosting a holiday reception at KCL next Friday. All are welcome. Details & registration here:
https://t.co/J3RnME7afy
This is such a moving interview recording with Gillian Rose, covering topics from taking LSD, medical discourse, Camille Paglia, Judaism, the perceived demise of Marxism, and eternity ("the only thing I believe in") https://t.co/NzC9YDLP5X
Today in American Legal Thought: @corinneblalock on Neoliberalism and the Crisis of Legal Theory, and @salome_viljoen_’s Relational Theory of Data Governance. Two remarkable essays, that diagnose our crisis and think our way forward
https://t.co/iWnsGu9fLB
Real pleasure to be part of this discussion on the UK's industrial strategy on AI -- hearing insights on union wins on AI from @MaryMay_ling & different approaches around the world from @ambaonadventure
If you've got some time, give it a listen!
(link, as ever, in 2nd tweet)
ICYMI: last week @AdaLovelaceInst published initial findings from my research w @JaaiVipra into "public compute".
Our briefing maps public compute strategies across the world (see snippet below) + sets out a provisional typology for understanding them.
Yesterday we were fortunate to welcome @maxkrahe in conversation with @BrunoLeipold to talk to our political theory masters & PhD students about his own experiences on the masters, the link between theory and public policy, and how political change happens @LSEGovernment
Please stop saying that the peasants voted for Bonaparte due to ‘economic anxiety’ - grain prices have in fact risen consistently since the 1847-1848 crisis. It’s about something else: misinformation.
Any analysis that conceives of “public opinion” as a hard, static constraint or, worse, a force *exogenous* to the constant swirl of discourse of politicians, pundits, and operatives of all sorts is fundamentally unserious and has zero understanding of the very basics of hegemony
Compute (the processing power to train/run AI models) has gained prominence as AI has become an industrial priority for countries or trading blocs globally.
Our policy briefing maps existing and planned strategies for public provision of compute.
https://t.co/8L5ZAz6kxl
Registration is now open for this year's Brian Barry Memorial Lecture delivered by Pratap Bhanu Mehta on Wednesday 20 November 2024 at 6.30pm https://t.co/sDkQPmJDfk