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another year another Tiree Ultra

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Sep 8

Finished 2025 Tiree Ultramarathon and the toughest weather yet, 50mph (80kph) winds at some points of the day and wind flung hail that stung every bit of exposed flesh. However the spirit of the day, as ever, was wonderful.
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Finished 2025 Tiree Ultramarathon and the toughest weather yet, 50mph (80kph) winds at some points of the day and wind flung hail that stung every bit of exposed flesh. However the spirit of the day,...

The challenge The first day was clearly going to be the biggest personal challenge, a marathon length run over the mountain pass between Brecon and Merthyr. I hadn't realised how anxious about it I h...

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jul 28

Last post about 65-for-65. Having now turned 65 I've written some reflections on the experience: 70 miles running in five days through spectacular Welsh mountains and valleys and over £1300 raised for @cancerresearchuk.org ‬ - thank you so much to all who contributed.
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Reflections

Crime and Policing Bill: counter-terrorism and national security factsheet

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jul 17

In the UK looking suspicious is illegal: "it an offence to wear any uniform, or wear, carry or display an article ... in a way which would arouse reasonable suspicion that the individual is a supporter or member of a proscribed organisation." www.gov.uk/government/p...

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alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jul 10

Finished 65 for 65. Day 5 Aberaeron - Llanerchaeron loop 6.5 miles, so total of just over 70 miles in 5 days, averaging a half marathon a day, but heavily front loaded.

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alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jul 10

About to set out for Day 5, the last day. Five miles from Aberaeron to Llanarchaeron and back, but only a mile of that needed to reach 65 miles! Set to be heatwave today, but will be finished well before the heat of the day sets in.

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alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jul 9

Just setting off for Day 4, finishing off Taff Trail and then a loop around the Cardiff Bay Trail. Approx 9 or 10 miles. Hoping to get breakfast at the Senedd when I finish :)

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alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jul 8

Getting ready for Day 3 of 65-for-65. Shorter day, about 10 miles from Pontypridd to Llandaff, including popping up to Castell Coch, one of the small wonders of Wales. Short walk and train to get to start. Hoping to get finished before it is too hot!

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Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jul 7

Just getting ready to set off for day 2 of 65-for-65 now. Shorter run today about 14 miles Merthyr to Pontypridd.
A bit of a drive and then train journey to get to start, so my first tweet on @ alanwalkswales won't be for a couple of hours.

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Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jul 6

Packing my bag at Brecon ... just 27 miles or so to Merthyr Tydfil ...

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Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jul 5

A day to go before my 65 for 65 run starts. Weather looks a bit miserable for Sunday (marathon over the mountains) I'll look just like the picture! After that much better. Many thanks to everyone who has donated so far, I've pushed target up to £1065.
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Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

The issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 1

Welcome to Britain 2025: where a musician's words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza | Owen Jones

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alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jun 27

In just over a week (6-10 July) I'm 65 miles leading up to my 65th birthday. I'm collecting for Cancer Research as cancer has touched several family and friends recently. The multi-day run starts with a marathon distance over the Brecon Beacons mountains.

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Help Alan Dix raise money to support Cancer Research UK

Enabling the Digital Artisan

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jun 25

See slides and notes of "Enabling the Digital Artisan" my talk at ICOCI earlier today. Unhindered technology always favours the big and powerful - can radical digital and AI technology empower thesmall?
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Digital technology seems to lead inexorably towards the concentration of power into a tiny number of vast corporations. As physical manufacture is increasingly digital and AI-based, will the same hap...

Artificial Intelligence: Humans at the Heart of Algorithms

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jun 20

AI Book 2e at the AI Summit London :) alandix.com/aibook/secon...

Taylor and Francis Grup stabd with copy of Artificial Intelligence book on display

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Jun 10

Just a week to go! "Artificial Intelligence
humans at the heart of algorithms" is due out on 16th June ...
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#AI #ArtificialInteligence

An authoritative and accessible one-stop resource, the first edition of An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence presented one of the first comprehensive examinations of AI. Designed to provide an u...

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alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · May 28

Today is my last day at Cardiff Met. I won't be idle; "Introduction to AI" is due out in June and other books in the way, but a change of pace and focus. To mark this and turning 65 I will run 65 miles in a week in July in aid of Cancer Research UK.
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Retiring today!

Today is my last day at Cardiff Met. I won't be idle; "Introduction to AI" is due out in June and other books in the way, but it is a change of pace and focus. To mark my retirement and turning 65 ...

Is AI just another technology, or does it fundamentally change the way we live and think? Every technology has a direct impact with micro-ethical consequences, some good, some bad. However more pro...

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alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · May 26

Detailed notes now complete of "AI Changes Everything" the talk I gave a few weeks ago at the final event of the British Council UK-Saudi Challenge Fund project Data Fusion Dynamics. (~8000 words, 72 refs)
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AI Changes Everything

Who's choice? Making decisions with and about Artificial Intelligence

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · May 20

Slides of my talk "Who's choice? Making decisions with and about Artificial Intelligence" online. Thanks to all at Keele University for a great welcome last week at their Digital & AI Revolution week.
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In many areas it already seems that AI is in charge. Can we design ways for humans and AI to work together that retain essential human autonomy and responsibility, whilst also allowing AI to work to i...

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Human-centre design & sustainability are the two topics for the Wednesday… | Keele Digital Society Institute (DSI)

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · May 14

Looking forward to taking part in Keele's Digital & AI Revolution week, I'll be talking about "Who's choice? Making decisions with and about Artificial Intelligence"
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Human-centre design & sustainability are the two topics for the Wednesday (May 14) of our Digital Revolution week with invited talks from Alan Dix, Dr Andrew Crossland (GivEnergy) and Peter Matthe...

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Is AI just another technology, or does it fundamentally change the way we live and think? Every technology has a direct impact with micro-ethical consequences, some good, some bad. However more pro...

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · May 1

AI Changes Everything – slides available of recent talk as part of the final event of Data Fusion Dynamics: A Collaborative UK-Saudi Initiative in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence, at Cardiff Metropolitan University. alandix.com/academic/tal...

AI Changes Everything

Infant intimations of infinite regress

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Apr 23

Can chance childhood thoughts shape a whole life? Maybe a lifetime studying the nuanced complexity of humanity alongside the elusive simplicity of mathematics comes down to The Woodentops.
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Can chance childhood thoughts shape the whole life? Maybe a lifetime studying the nuanced complexity of humanity alongside the elusive simplicity of mathematics comes down to The Woodentops.

UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Apr 9

Two ways to use predictive #AI: (i) understand ways to help people avoid crime; (ii) further stigmatize those already weakest in society. We do have a choice.

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Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’

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AI Book glossary complete!

alanjohndix.bsky.social @alanjohndix.bsky.social · Mar 20

The AI glossary is complete, 1229 entries ready for the publication of my new edition of the AI book in June. A resource in its own right and with the book a hybrid digital/physical media. Find more about the glossary and how it was made:
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#ai #artificialintelligence

The AI glossary is complete -1229 entries in all, ready for the publication of the AI book in June. This a resource in its own right and interlinks with the book as hybrid digital/physical media. Find...