Jack Hardinges

Data optimist.

Foresight (1m eye scans), Icebreaker One (data for net zero), Creative Commons (preference signals) + OpenMined (federated data networks).

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

📣 Introducing the eight initiatives now supported by the Data Empowerment Fund. It's a great group, empowering people with data to tackle the climate crisis, advocate for fair work, govern artificial intelligence and address other critical challenges: https://t.co/0BGG7Ihipd

[Francis Evans 🇺🇦 @francis_evans]

@thomasforth This was my favourite, in a crowded field

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

'Relationships are complicated! An analysis of relationships between datasets on the Web' https://t.co/mRxUQUrwLN

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

I'm trying to keep track of the different tools springing up to enable web users to control use of their data/content. Dark Visitors is a new one to me: https://t.co/U9xNflpqLG

[Nikolay Kukushkin @niko_kukushkin]

We think that all memory is stored in the brain. But our study published today in @NatureComms shows that all cells—even kidney cells—can count, detect patterns, store memories, and do so similarly to brain cells. My first (co)corresponding author paper!🧵https://t.co/biaahYiPRW

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

I find the disconnect between discourses like 'data can't/shouldn't be financially valued' vs the ongoing practice of pricing and charging for data access quite confusing.

eg circular discussions on NHS data vs CPRD charging, right now, £360k pa, for access to primary care data

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

This chart... via @FT
https://t.co/14OJHIysVY

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

I like the way @OpenFutureEU's new report describes the different policy issues + discourses around 'digital public infrastructure' https://t.co/HbZ4XlcQFp

[Joe Tidy BBC News @joetidy]

Organiser Charles Anderson takes to the stage. Says he’s only had 2 hours sleep in 48hrs since they announced this event. Been bombarded with calls from all over the world. He also claims to have invented ‘energy recovery systems’ in cars. And the show Britain’s Got Talent.

[Giles Wilkes @Gilesyb]

oh ffs (puts a new pot of coffee on)

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

"the Model Openness Framework (MOF), a three-tiered ranked classification system that rates machine learning models based on their completeness and openness, following open science principles" https://t.co/xYMDkDTkLv

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

"Silicon Valley.. [has] retreated into.. dealings that 'blur the lines between doing business and doing philanthropy'" https://t.co/sPsu9AhqhH

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

"the Smart Data Donation Service (SDDS), led by the University of York, will be aimed at empowering citizens to take control of their own data and share it safely with researchers.. initially focusing on 90k donations from video game users" https://t.co/1VPZ17SjZv

[Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr]

The Collective Intelligence Project has been doing incredible work lately with bringing democratic practices to AI, incl. w/ OpenAI and Anthropic. I've joined them to take this work one step further: bringing democracy into companies themselves.

Read here: ...

[Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay]

While this is obviously a great idea that will have immediate positive impact, we have decided to postpone implementation until we know for sure if it can scale.

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

'From Databases to Dataspaces: A New Abstraction for Information Management'... from 2005! (via @agentGav) https://t.co/iGBv3CMiBB

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

"Instead of alignment with the preferences of a human user, developer, or humanity-writ-large, AI systems should be aligned with normative standards appropriate to their social roles, such as the role of a general-purpose assistant" https://t.co/pDtIEXxYmJ

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

not really sure why the copyright + training data issue is so much more contentious here in the UK than it seems to be in the EU, where the AI Act basically points to existing (*opt out*) text and data mining provisions in the copyright directive https://t.co/Tc4HkrrPBh

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

"Fair Source Software (FSS):
- is publicly available to read.
- allows use, modification, and redistribution with minimal restrictions to protect the producer’s business model.
- undergoes delayed Open Source publication." https://t.co/edvLoXh6IE

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

"'Open Source Software Capital does not invest in open source. We manage money for people to multiply their investment, and make them tons more money'.. Buried in amongst all this is a bet — a big bet — that open core will ultimately win out over pure proprietary"

[Jack Hardinges @jhardinges]

"the go-to model for many ['commercial open source'] businesses has come to be known as 'open core', where the core functionality of the software is open source, but a significant portion of the utility is locked behind a paywall" https://t.co/CzokvJJG0G