Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social

Head of Digital Policy @whichuk | advising @CMAgovUK @ChathamHouse | own views | x-@techUK x-@ODIHQ x-@royalsociety x-@TuringInst | literary interests @mgzimeta

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

I'm delighted to join @WhichUK heading up their Digital Policy team, covering fair and safe internet access, data, online markets, AI & consumer tech.

We're also recruiting for Principal to join my team 12-month FTC (FT/PT) - deadline for apps 14th Sept: https://t.co/uVbDSTO5YM

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

@UriBram Wow - all these years I'd only known the Latin version, "Ars longa, vita brevis" ("art is long, life is short"), which I took to mean that I wouldn't be able to read or write all the books I want to...

I hadn't known the original was "tekhnē". The sentiment does feel very Greek

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

(5) "Citizen: An American Lyric" by Claudia Rankine, prize-winning lyric essay/prose poem

My "way in" was this interview with systems engineer Professor @whkchun:
"What does it mean to understand race as techne—as something that makes things possible?"
https://t.co/enoSdEEsDx

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

I'm thrilled that this is now out in the world! @five_books is one of my favourite websites, my go-to for learning new things, so it was a delight to be interviewed by @UriBram on "The 5 Best Books On Tech Utopias and Dystopias"

Here's my 5, what would yours be, and why? 🧵

[Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @five_books]

"It’s worth remembering that utopia is an impossibility, and yet we still feel compelled to think about it a lot." Tech policy expert Mahlet Zimeta (@TechMilly) recommends the best books on tech utopias and dystopias:
https://t.co/hThXetAfmP

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

(4) "Voices from Chernobyl" by Svetlana Alexievich

It broke me.

Here's her 2015 @NobelPrize lecture describing the necessity of creating new artistic forms and new artistic languages to explore our new political, technological and cultural jeopardy:

https://t.co/LY5wAiiyy4

[Naji Bakhti @anajibakhti]

Every university in the world should be condemning this.

Staying silent now, and waxing lyrical about 'decolonising the curriculum' later, is all-round moral cowardice.

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

@JeniT

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

@AISummitFringe @sarahchander @edri @SandraWachter5 @OxGovTech @Clifford_Chance Fabulous news! + for anyone attending in-person or online, check out this @nesta_uk AI Explainer, which includes bias in AI

It's open to Comments so you can add your thoughts and feedbacks in the doc itself
https://t.co/ShGGCGUrdv

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

Today @AISummitFringe 1.30pm GMT I'll be on a panel on AI, Bias and Law with the brilliant @sarahchander/@edri (TIME AI 100) & Prof @SandraWachter5/ @OxGovTech, chaired by Herbert Swaniker/ @Clifford_Chance
Tickets have run out but the livestream is here: https://t.co/BvdhMBnZW6

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

Don't forget to check out this handy Explainer on AI that I've been working on with @nesta_uk which also explores how bias in AI happens

https://t.co/Q6lGdMWNs0

[Nesta @nesta_uk]

NEW: What is AI exactly? What are the building blocks? We’ve put together an explainer to try and reduce the barriers to participation in discussions about how best to harness digital tech, including AI🧵👇 #AIFringe

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

I've just found out that some more tickets for attending in person have been released! - Tickets are free: https://t.co/Wg8Wn1ehm4

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

Today @AISummitFringe 1.30pm GMT I'll be on a panel on AI, Bias and Law with the brilliant @sarahchander/@edri (TIME AI 100) & Prof @SandraWachter5/ @OxGovTech, chaired by Herbert Swaniker/ @Clifford_Chance
Tickets have run out but the livestream is here: https://t.co/BvdhMBnZW6

[The Standard @theLDNstandard]

#TheStandardPodcast

Musk at AI Safety Summit as Biden regulates tech

Plus!

Race to control self-learning tech

How AI’s used daily

China AI development race

Expert analysis with @ConnectedByData’s Dr @JeniT

🎧https://t.co/0I6Y6AGT7U

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

@Sparkes @JakubKrupa +1 @JakubKrupa . (I'm writing a critical evaluation of the Summit for a civil society organisation.) @Sparkes I'd also be interested in your experience of trying to report from/at it if you're willing to chat. DMs should be open if you Follow me - Thank you!

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

@BVLSingler Lynchian - all of it.

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

@GavinFreeguard Where's mine pls

[Dr Mahlet (Milly) Zimeta | now bsky & mstdn.social @TechMilly]

@sebkrier @rachelcoldicutt @ISGnews But then is it the right theme?
It feels a bit odd to claim both "UK can lead the world in this important topic" and, at the same time, "UK has almost no civil society capacity in this important topic".

(Notwithstanding the wider pushback about the importance of the topic...)