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Simon Piatek

@sjpiatek

Digital lead @vaccine_trust @LSHTM interested in AI, Social Media, SNA, Information Politics, #FakeNews and #misinformation narratives

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Perfection is about to get very cheap. Human error and ugliness in our creation will soon become expensive. AI is redefining where we apply value.

Perfection is about to get very cheap. Human error and ugliness in our creation will soon become expensive. AI is redefining where we apply value.
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For millions of non-native speakers AI removes a long-standing barrier to participation. It allows them to express their thoughts in a language that once excluded them. The net effect is more content and a more diverse set of voices entering global discourse. #ai

For millions of non-native speakers AI removes a long-standing barrier to participation. It allows them to express their thoughts in a language that once excluded them. The net effect is more content and a more diverse set of voices entering global discourse. 

#ai
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Soon, on social media, people will trust individuals more than institutions. Even when those individuals are consistently wrong.

Soon, on social media, people will trust individuals more than institutions. Even when those individuals are consistently wrong.
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Rebuilding vaccine confidence requires a strategic reorientation that centres on technology as the source of risk. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07…

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Children born today will not understand truth the way we do. They will grow up knowing that what they see, hear and read can be shaped or optimised. They will understand a synthetic truth that requires judgement, not assumption.

Children born today will not understand truth the way we do. They will grow up knowing that what they see, hear and read can be shaped or optimised. They will understand a synthetic truth that requires judgement, not assumption.
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AI shaming is judging people for the tools they use instead of the quality of their thinking. This misses the point. Tools evolve and progress has always gone to those who use new tools well, not to those who apologise for using them.

AI shaming is judging people for the tools they use instead of the quality of their thinking. This misses the point. Tools evolve and progress has always gone to those who use new tools well, not to those who apologise for using them.
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Digital addiction doesn’t look like failure or weakness anymore. It looks like productivity. Endless notifications, infinite scroll, performative responsiveness and the quiet anxiety of being unreachable for five minutes have been normalised as “being on it”. #socialmedia #AI

Digital addiction doesn’t look like failure or weakness anymore. It looks like productivity. Endless notifications, infinite scroll, performative responsiveness and the quiet anxiety of being unreachable for five minutes have been normalised as “being on it”.

#socialmedia #AI
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We’ve built systems that monetise attention, reward distraction and then act surprised when focus, depth and original thought disappear.

We’ve built systems that monetise attention, reward distraction and then act surprised when focus, depth and original thought disappear.
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Hard problem but probably the right one. Representation freezes. Reality doesn’t. Entrainment, as continual alignment, collapses that gap.

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Most people don’t need better apps or tools, they need boundaries and the courage to be temporarily unavailable. If you can’t put your phone down without feeling uneasy, that’s not connectivity but dependency. No amount of optimisation will fix a life that never gets any silence.

Most people don’t need better apps or tools, they need boundaries and the courage to be temporarily unavailable. If you can’t put your phone down without feeling uneasy, that’s not connectivity but dependency. No amount of optimisation will fix a life that never gets any silence.
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Right now the most interesting thinking about the future (of AI and humanity) is happening on Moltbook. We, humans, should be following these discussions. linkedin.com/pulse/moltbook…

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AI will decide how far into space humanity goes. The next leap in exploration will depend on intelligence that can operate autonomously, adapt to the unknown and make critical decisions millions of miles from Earth without waiting for instructions. AI will be able to do this.

AI will decide how far into space humanity goes. The next leap in exploration will depend on intelligence that can operate autonomously, adapt to the unknown and make critical decisions millions of miles from Earth without waiting for instructions. AI will be able to do this.