A brief history of AI hype: Credit: Tom Fishburne

The Learning Disability and Autism Advisory group is looking for new members who are experts by experience. We want people with different experiences & backgrounds. Join us to help make the NHS work better for people with a learning disability & autism forms.office.com/e/Zp65PsRBE2

The Royal Society David Attenborough Award and Lecture is awarded to Professor Hannah Fry for her prolific science communication activity as the foremost populariser of maths in the country who continues to inspire young people to pursue maths and physics in fun and exciting

"[...]The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination." In this paper, Prof Gina Neff and I describe how the tech industry uses the language of magic to manipulate people’s perceptions of AI systems. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

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Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft, sister-in-law of Mary Wollstoncraft and aunt of author Mary Shelly, was a North American botanist, naturalist, botanical illustrator, and women's rights advocate. Her manuscript on plant specimens (1828) was rediscovered recently #WomensArt

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So tell me again why the tech builders are taking up all the airtime on AI transformation, not the people who actually understand how people or organisations work? Getting this transformation right is the main point of my next book, 'Negotiating Innovation' <hint in the title>

That came out rather well! Thanks Neil Selwyn - it was fun to discuss all things #data #EdTech #Googleclassroom #ChildRights #Critical #Education #Research with you!

Ok conference organisers, please do not do this: “The conference will take place only in physical presence.” And included with your EDIA (equity, diversity, inclusion & accessibility) statement.

Some universities provide flu jabs for staff - good. They should also provide covid vaccinations - Covid is airborne and it carries more risk. In the absence of regular covid jabs for everyone, unions should be demanding Covid jabs as a health & safety issue.

My "Qualitative Data Analysis and Interpretation" course syllabus is available here: To note: this course assumes a basic Qualitative Methods course as a pre-requisite. I do go over research design and research questions, but much faster than in QM. drive.google.com/file/d/1A3EC2v…

"Gen AI has heightened the need to accelerate the pace and scale of power more than any other technology in the past two decades........." mckinsey.com/industries/pri…

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