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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 6d

Great think piece: deconstructing the many complex interacting nodes of a multi-level intelligence, whether human or artificial, by means of a periodic table of cognitive elements. > kk.org/thetechnium/...

The Periodic Table of Cognition

I’ve been studying the early history of electricity’s discovery as a map for our current discovery of artificial intelligence. The smartest people alive back then, including Isaac Newton, who may have...

kk.org

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 9d

Many claims are made for the power of poetry to change lives. All I can offer on the death of Brian Patten is a simple truth. This poem - sent to me by my not-then-wife - is the reason I am with her 40 years on.

RIP Brian. x

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 17d

It is a truth too often unacknowledged, that a populist in possession of the public's rage must be in perpetual want of an enemy.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 20d

a group of people are sitting on a set of stairs and one of them is wearing a hat

ALT: a group of people are sitting on a set of stairs and one of them is wearing a hat

media.tenor.com

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 20d

I didn't, but like his other work.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 20d

Bought it last week - just started it. x

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 23d

Part of a photo study entitled 'Amphetamine bears of Poplar'

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 25d

👍

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 25d

An axis of stetson-related evil.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 26d

Many think the trouble started with the financial crisis of 2008. I believe it was more the public acceptability of line dancing.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 28d

Political consequences turn violent in the same way that Hemingway turned bankrupt.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 28d

I'm currently looking at the world the way that sheep in Alien:Earth looks at anyone who enters the lab.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 15

It's what Sid would've wanted.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 15

The soundtrack to ALIEN:EARTH is ace.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 12

"How was it for you?"
"Five stars on TripAdvisor, baby"

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 12

Just had a mail from a hotel I stayed in, which suggested I discuss my feedback over a drink at the bar. Things are getting spicy in the customer experience space.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 11

In fact, the most horrifying thing about the whole story is the fact that the route in question, to the Cape Verde Islands, is six hours continuous flight. On EasyJet.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 11

Aww come on....it wasn't like he was working for UptightJet.

EasyJet suspends pilot after claims he wandered naked around luxury hotel

Pilot reportedly removed all his clothes and walked into reception area of Cape Verde hotel after drinking session

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 10

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 10

Here he is reminding us how high we should set our thermostats this winter.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Aug 9

Must-read piece. Excellent work, Jemima.

Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social · Aug 9

I spent the day with Curtis Yarvin and the "dissident right" at a garden party in Surrey and wrote quite a few words about it.

My cover story for today’s FT Magazine

on.ft.com/4ooXS4t [GIFT LINK! 🎁]

Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right

[FREE TO READ] What you learn at a gathering of neoreactionaries, Very Online rightwingers and the formerly cancelled

on.ft.com

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · Aug 5

From the NHS to live music, care homes to online safety, join @stephenmcgann.uk for the 'AI & Us' podcasts and find out how we can make sure AI works for people, not against them civicdatacooperative.com/ai-and-us/
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AI & Us: The Future in Our Hands

Credits Producer: Nija Dalal-Small Executive Producer: Ailsa Rochester Sound Designer and Engineer: Craig Edmondson Commissioning Editors: Dr Emily Rempel and Gary Leeming This series was commissioned...

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Jul 30

Thank you Peter!

Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Jul 30

Me and her successfully leaving Heathrow on a flight today at 1:30pm.

a man in a nurse 's uniform is standing in front of an emergency room

ALT: a man in a nurse 's uniform is standing in front of an emergency room

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · Jul 25

The vessel sailing by my hotel window is first-class only, apparently... :-)

#liverpoolfc #hongkong #ynwa

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