Mark Acton

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

The birth of a snowball of bullsh*t ... as if there is not enough already ...

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

The internet is increasingly awash with AI-generated text. Here's how to detect whether something was written by a human or a machine. https://t.co/ES9d81sDMR

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

@MickPuck Thank you for enduring the cold ... feels surreal that you will be rocking us tonight !

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

Global power struggles and the atom meet again ... this time in a machine https://t.co/qrjFbPNabk via @wired

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

Bill Gates on C-19: "'It’s not World War I or World War II, but it is in that order of magnitude as a negative shock to the system."https://t.co/gy4zrlBCE3 via @wired

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

The uselessness of orthodox economics & usefullness of bottom up economics https://t.co/4OTK4gBVv6

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Evidence that people pay for the Chanel brand to impress their neighbors, not for the underlying quality.
It is all about buying certification, not knowledge.

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

OPINION | 'It is not working' - an open letter from the principal of Aloe High School https://t.co/TjjzMC7ECT

[Eusebius McKaiser @Eusebius]

Let’s slay some academic freedom myths [My latest analysis piece for @mailandguardian ] --> https://t.co/vQ12pNyI3E via @mailandguardian

[Eusebius McKaiser @Eusebius]

The unbearable whiteness of hypocrisy ---> https://t.co/PipHxxWpwZ

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

When a doctor with a reputation built over a lifetime has a wide awake nightmare on camera with an international audience ...

[Daniel Lewis @Daniel_Lewis3]

Here is Dr. Birx's reaction when President Trump asks his science advisor to study using UV light on the human body and injecting disinfectant to fight the coronavirus.

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

Good read from central bank perspective - demystifying payment systems in context of crypto, central bank digital currency etc https://t.co/n8VMXRRRLz

[Rory Sutherland @rorysutherland]

Technology versus behaviour change.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

Facial recognition technology is spreading fast. https://t.co/YrLDToZKKF

[Paul Craven @CravenPartners]

A reminder of David Ogilvy’s comment that “The trouble with market research is that people don't think what they feel, they don't say what they think, and they don't do what they say.”
https://t.co/mMpyesao3s

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

"Quite simply, economics is anthropologically tone-deaf: ... it has far too narrow a conception of what people really care about to justify the influence it carries." https://t.co/mu7KTVIkoA

[Jeremy Chen @Jeremy_Kid]

Kyocera bucking the bigger screen trend by releasing a minimalist phone that fits in a credit card holder. This looks amazing.
https://t.co/DdAOAgjwJX

[Steve Mathew @SteveMathew]

And managers wonder why developers don’t trust them. When they’re referred to as “resources”, which to even an untrained ear, sounds like “disposable” or worse “non human”! https://t.co/1iCIqbd779

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

"Revive complexity in a time of false simplicity" - "Complicating the Narratives" - @soljourno https://t.co/1WqhqXIHuQ

[Helen Zille @helenzille]

What an amazing historical photo. Four ANC Presidents who became SA Presidents.

[Mark Acton @markactonza]

AI/ML ‘Smart Notification’ to ensure people have no time out !?https://t.co/bBUkBhfLsb