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Charity dedicated to empowering kids with STEM and Data Science Skills, and building adult Data Literacy. Based in Australia. Mission global.
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The nice thing about this is, if this one person is saying it so clearly, then many, many, others are thinking it and acting to change it in lots of ways. Very much worth a read!
This is about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From climate change to education. Our systems are not serving us well, and it's time to push back.
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The Art of Being Difficult
I want to talk about change, about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From c…
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November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The nice thing about this is, if this one person is saying it so clearly, then many, many, others are thinking it and acting to change it in lots of ways. Very much worth a read!
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Oh, this is wonderful stuff from @lindamciver.adsei.org
Powerful mix of anger and love, darkness and light, detail and story, articulating the bullshit around AI and tech, and the need to be "horrible, ungrateful people".
Give it a read
Powerful mix of anger and love, darkness and light, detail and story, articulating the bullshit around AI and tech, and the need to be "horrible, ungrateful people".
Give it a read
The Art of Being Difficult
I want to talk about change, about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From c…
adsei.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Finally get to publish this fantastic conversation with Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre's very own Quantum Computing Mastermind, the very wonderful Dr Pascal Elahi.
"You know, you have data, but you don't have the infinite true data set you have a sample"
adsei.org/podcast/pasc...
"You know, you have data, but you don't have the infinite true data set you have a sample"
adsei.org/podcast/pasc...
Pascal Elahi on Quantum Computing, the value of a broad education, and a lot more!
The worst data mistakes I’ve seen, besides let’s say using obviously biased data to prove a result you want is also usually, uh having data, and being like I’m gonna ignore the bi…
adsei.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Finally get to publish this fantastic conversation with Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre's very own Quantum Computing Mastermind, the very wonderful Dr Pascal Elahi.
"You know, you have data, but you don't have the infinite true data set you have a sample"
adsei.org/podcast/pasc...
"You know, you have data, but you don't have the infinite true data set you have a sample"
adsei.org/podcast/pasc...
Finally get to publish this fantastic conversation with Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre's very own Quantum Computing Mastermind, the very wonderful Dr Pascal Elahi.
"You know, you have data, but you don't have the infinite true data set you have a sample"
adsei.org/podcast/pasc...
"You know, you have data, but you don't have the infinite true data set you have a sample"
adsei.org/podcast/pasc...
Pascal Elahi on Quantum Computing, the value of a broad education, and a lot more!
The worst data mistakes I’ve seen, besides let’s say using obviously biased data to prove a result you want is also usually, uh having data, and being like I’m gonna ignore the bi…
adsei.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Finally get to publish this fantastic conversation with Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre's very own Quantum Computing Mastermind, the very wonderful Dr Pascal Elahi.
"You know, you have data, but you don't have the infinite true data set you have a sample"
adsei.org/podcast/pasc...
"You know, you have data, but you don't have the infinite true data set you have a sample"
adsei.org/podcast/pasc...
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Oh, this is wonderful stuff from @lindamciver.adsei.org
Powerful mix of anger and love, darkness and light, detail and story, articulating the bullshit around AI and tech, and the need to be "horrible, ungrateful people".
Give it a read
Powerful mix of anger and love, darkness and light, detail and story, articulating the bullshit around AI and tech, and the need to be "horrible, ungrateful people".
Give it a read
The Art of Being Difficult
I want to talk about change, about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From c…
adsei.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Oh, this is wonderful stuff from @lindamciver.adsei.org
Powerful mix of anger and love, darkness and light, detail and story, articulating the bullshit around AI and tech, and the need to be "horrible, ungrateful people".
Give it a read
Powerful mix of anger and love, darkness and light, detail and story, articulating the bullshit around AI and tech, and the need to be "horrible, ungrateful people".
Give it a read
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AI boosters say, 'Get in, loser!' and so-called leaders & decision-makers in various fields climb on board...
Not so fast. "Fascism needs us to be afraid, but it also needs us to be accepting."
Other choices are possible—I really liked this from @lindamciver.adsei.org
Not so fast. "Fascism needs us to be afraid, but it also needs us to be accepting."
Other choices are possible—I really liked this from @lindamciver.adsei.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
AI boosters say, 'Get in, loser!' and so-called leaders & decision-makers in various fields climb on board...
Not so fast. "Fascism needs us to be afraid, but it also needs us to be accepting."
Other choices are possible—I really liked this from @lindamciver.adsei.org
Not so fast. "Fascism needs us to be afraid, but it also needs us to be accepting."
Other choices are possible—I really liked this from @lindamciver.adsei.org
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oh look, it's "reinvent phrenology" month already. 😬
www.economist.com/business/202... TL:DR to profile people this way replicates the biometric racism that Galton and Bertillon were so fascinated by, and which ultimately contributed significantly to the holocaust.
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
oh look, it's "reinvent phrenology" month already. 😬
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this is so succinct. Just because the parts you need are easier to steal, that doesn't make stealing them ok!
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
this is so succinct. Just because the parts you need are easier to steal, that doesn't make stealing them ok!
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A rather wide ranging keynote by @lindamciver.adsei.org
Difficult and unreasonable to summarise in a pithy one liner but many great and pertinent quotes and themes that ought resonate with anyone who looks around and sees a lot of “big on promise poor on delivery” in the world at large…
Bravo.
Difficult and unreasonable to summarise in a pithy one liner but many great and pertinent quotes and themes that ought resonate with anyone who looks around and sees a lot of “big on promise poor on delivery” in the world at large…
Bravo.
This is about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From climate change to education. Our systems are not serving us well, and it's time to push back.
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
The Art of Being Difficult
I want to talk about change, about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From c…
adsei.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A rather wide ranging keynote by @lindamciver.adsei.org
Difficult and unreasonable to summarise in a pithy one liner but many great and pertinent quotes and themes that ought resonate with anyone who looks around and sees a lot of “big on promise poor on delivery” in the world at large…
Bravo.
Difficult and unreasonable to summarise in a pithy one liner but many great and pertinent quotes and themes that ought resonate with anyone who looks around and sees a lot of “big on promise poor on delivery” in the world at large…
Bravo.
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This one is really striking a chord with people!
This is about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From climate change to education. Our systems are not serving us well, and it's time to push back.
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
The Art of Being Difficult
I want to talk about change, about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From c…
adsei.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This one is really striking a chord with people!
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This is about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From climate change to education. Our systems are not serving us well, and it's time to push back.
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
The Art of Being Difficult
I want to talk about change, about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From c…
adsei.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This is about people, about systems, what it takes to make progress, and why being difficult is so important. From fire alarms to hospital beds. From music apps to cars. From climate change to education. Our systems are not serving us well, and it's time to push back.
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
adsei.org/2025/11/17/t...
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Using AI to detect AI use? Sounds great, but there's a catch...
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Using AI to detect AI use? Sounds great, but there's a catch...
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I am so thrilled to be shortlisted among such a fascinating set of pieces!
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I am so thrilled to be shortlisted among such a fascinating set of pieces!
So you haven’t got time to read through hefty books about the AI industry. You’ve had fun with image generators, and you find chatbots useful although occasionally alarming. But there’s information firing at you from all directions What the heck are you supposed to do?
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Making Sense of AI
So you haven’t got time to read through hefty books about the AI industry. You’ve had fun with image generators, and you find chatbots useful although occasionally alarming. But there’s information…
adsei.org
September 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
So you haven’t got time to read through hefty books about the AI industry. You’ve had fun with image generators, and you find chatbots useful although occasionally alarming. But there’s information firing at you from all directions What the heck are you supposed to do?
adsei.org/2025/09/25/m...
adsei.org/2025/09/25/m...
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Looking for a new way to convey the issues with AI? A way to reach the folks who just don't get it? Try a modern fairytale!
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All Things to All People
On the implications of an All Things to All People Device.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Looking for a new way to convey the issues with AI? A way to reach the folks who just don't get it? Try a modern fairytale!
adsei.org/2025/09/10/a...
adsei.org/2025/09/10/a...
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A fairy tale for our times...
On the implications of oligarchs building an All Things to All People device. adsei.org/2025/09/10/a... #AI #ArtificialIIntelligence #ChatGPT
All Things to All People
On the implications of an All Things to All People Device.
adsei.org
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A fairy tale for our times...
Another amazing episode of Make Me Data Literate, this time with the phenomenal Dr Kat Ross. We covered everything from Diverse representation of Scientists in education to the place of errors in Science. A great intro to Scientific Method, too! Check it out!
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Dr Kat Ross on Astrophysics, Bias in Science, and Including Diverse Scientists in Education
I might ask the same questions every time, but there’s no knowing where the conversations will go! A fabulous episode with the incredibly Dr Katherine Ross. Check it out! “So I think my…
adsei.org
September 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Another amazing episode of Make Me Data Literate, this time with the phenomenal Dr Kat Ross. We covered everything from Diverse representation of Scientists in education to the place of errors in Science. A great intro to Scientific Method, too! Check it out!
adsei.org/podcast/dr-k...
adsei.org/podcast/dr-k...
On the implications of oligarchs building an All Things to All People device. adsei.org/2025/09/10/a... #AI #ArtificialIIntelligence #ChatGPT
All Things to All People
On the implications of an All Things to All People Device.
adsei.org
September 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
On the implications of oligarchs building an All Things to All People device. adsei.org/2025/09/10/a... #AI #ArtificialIIntelligence #ChatGPT
A spectacularly fabulous conversation with Dr Emily Kahl from Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre.
"I wanted to use the tools of maths and science and the life of the mind and thinking about things rigorously to make things better for people and to help people out.”
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"I wanted to use the tools of maths and science and the life of the mind and thinking about things rigorously to make things better for people and to help people out.”
adsei.org/podcast/dr-e...
Dr Emily Kahl on pretty much everything!
Amazing conversation with Dr Emily Kahl from Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, on everything from the need for a humanities education in STEM, the application of Marxist and Feminist Lenses to…
adsei.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A spectacularly fabulous conversation with Dr Emily Kahl from Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre.
"I wanted to use the tools of maths and science and the life of the mind and thinking about things rigorously to make things better for people and to help people out.”
adsei.org/podcast/dr-e...
"I wanted to use the tools of maths and science and the life of the mind and thinking about things rigorously to make things better for people and to help people out.”
adsei.org/podcast/dr-e...
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Oh look! it's gone public! My "From Hypnotised to Heretic: Immunising Society Against Misinformation" piece is being published in the Best Australian Science Writing of 2025 Anthology.
so chuffed!
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so chuffed!
unsw.press/books/the-be...
The Best Australian Science Writing 2025
The annual collection – now in its fifteenth year – celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.
unsw.press
August 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Oh look! it's gone public! My "From Hypnotised to Heretic: Immunising Society Against Misinformation" piece is being published in the Best Australian Science Writing of 2025 Anthology.
so chuffed!
unsw.press/books/the-be...
so chuffed!
unsw.press/books/the-be...
Can Chatbots be creative? What is creativity anyway?
Creativity requires a new take on something. An original perspective. LLMs, by definition, produce the kinds of things they have already seen. That reinforce the status quo, entrench bias, and emphasise the mundane.
adsei.org/2025/08/18/w...
Creativity requires a new take on something. An original perspective. LLMs, by definition, produce the kinds of things they have already seen. That reinforce the status quo, entrench bias, and emphasise the mundane.
adsei.org/2025/08/18/w...
What is creativity, and can chatbots have it?
Creativity requires a new take on something. An original perspective. Something no one else has thought of. LLMs, by definition, produce the kinds of things they have already seen. The kinds of thi…
adsei.org
August 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Can Chatbots be creative? What is creativity anyway?
Creativity requires a new take on something. An original perspective. LLMs, by definition, produce the kinds of things they have already seen. That reinforce the status quo, entrench bias, and emphasise the mundane.
adsei.org/2025/08/18/w...
Creativity requires a new take on something. An original perspective. LLMs, by definition, produce the kinds of things they have already seen. That reinforce the status quo, entrench bias, and emphasise the mundane.
adsei.org/2025/08/18/w...
A fantastic episode of Make Me Data Literate on the science and data of sleep with Professor Darren Mansfield.
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August 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A fantastic episode of Make Me Data Literate on the science and data of sleep with Professor Darren Mansfield.
adsei.org/podcast/dr-d...
adsei.org/podcast/dr-d...
Regardless of what the frantic hype machine tells us, chatbots don’t think, or reason, or try to give us correct answers. They are racist lie generators that happen, by bizarre coincidence, to occasionally get the right answer.
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Hallucinations all the way down
The thing is, it’s not reasoning. It’s not a reasoning machine. It’s not even trying to give you correct answers. It’s trying to give you statistically plausible text. The f…
adsei.org
August 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Regardless of what the frantic hype machine tells us, chatbots don’t think, or reason, or try to give us correct answers. They are racist lie generators that happen, by bizarre coincidence, to occasionally get the right answer.
adsei.org/2025/08/08/h...
adsei.org/2025/08/08/h...
Awesome episode of Make Me Data Literate Podcast with Dr Sarah Beecroft.
"I like puzzles. I like figuring things out. I really always want to understand the why of these types of things. And I love biology. So it's like, puzzle biology. Well, what more could you want?"
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"I like puzzles. I like figuring things out. I really always want to understand the why of these types of things. And I love biology. So it's like, puzzle biology. Well, what more could you want?"
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Sarah Beecroft on Bioinformatics and the joy of puzzles
Dr Sarah Beecroft from Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre “it’s fun. Like you, you know, uncovering kind of the deeper insights, I think, which is quite interesting as well. You̵…
adsei.org
August 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Awesome episode of Make Me Data Literate Podcast with Dr Sarah Beecroft.
"I like puzzles. I like figuring things out. I really always want to understand the why of these types of things. And I love biology. So it's like, puzzle biology. Well, what more could you want?"
adsei.org/podcast/sara...
"I like puzzles. I like figuring things out. I really always want to understand the why of these types of things. And I love biology. So it's like, puzzle biology. Well, what more could you want?"
adsei.org/podcast/sara...