Top women in technology 2014
Really honoured to have been listed among such an august list of women on the Smart Company list of Australia’s most powerful women in technology.
(That’s a pic of the lovely and smart Pip Marlow though).
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AI, power, and why open institutions matter
Software and AI are never neutral; they can quietly lock in existing systems of control and power. To avoid surrendering autonomy to a few proprietary platforms, we need open, community‑governed institutions that keep AI accountable and share its benefits more fairly.
Beyond AI hype: building new institutions for AI and the Digital Revolution
In history I saw how the English working class responded to upheaval of the industrial revolution by building new institutions Today’s AI disruption raises a similar question: what new institutions do we need for the AI age?
Losing faith in the system: distrust, AI, and the turn to alternative beliefs
Etsy witches, AI, & young people quietly returning to the Catholic Church might look unrelated, but they all signal a crisis of trust in institutions.
Etsy witches, Claude’s mythos, and the strange mood we are in
Etsy witches, constitutional AI, and rising geopolitical risk are all symptoms of the same restless zeitgeist.