Helen Margetts
@helenmargetts.bsky.social
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Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and the Alan Turing Institute, trying to make sense of governance and democracy in a digital world #public policy #digital government #data science #AI #democracy #behavioural science .. more

Helen Zerlina Margetts, is Professor of Internet and Society at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford and from 2011 to 2018 was Director of the OII. She is currently Director of the Public Policy Programme at The Alan Turing Institute. She is a political scientist specialising in digital era governance and politics, and has published over a hundred books, journal articles and research reports in this field. .. more

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helenmargetts.bsky.social
The audience have won #bbcqt

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politicalquarterly.bsky.social
"The risk of inequity is always there, wherever you've got AI"

Anya Pearson asks @helenmargetts.bsky.social, Professor of Society and the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute, about digital government and the opportunities and challenges of AI.
"The Risk of Inequity is Always There, Wherever You've Got AI": Interview with Helen Margetts
Anya Pearson interviews Helen Margetts on the relationship between digital technology and government, politics and public policy.
politicalquarterly.org.uk

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janinegibson.ft.com
Good morning here is your thread of Weekend FT highlights:
1. Nobel winning economist and author of "How Nations Fail" Daron Acemoglu shows how this weakening of institutions could lead to the end of the era of US prosperity on.ft.com/4hOXBU5
The real threat to American prosperity
[FREE TO READ] Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral
on.ft.com

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politicalquarterly.bsky.social
It's the latest episode of 'Uncovering Politics'.

How far could AI tools help to tackle stagnant public sector productivity? What are the dangers?

@helenmargetts.bsky.social, Cosima Dorobantu and Jonathan Bright discuss.

https://buff.ly/4jUQgEm

@ucl.ac.uk @uclpolicylab.bsky.social
wepsocial.bsky.social
We are very happy to host the WEP 5️⃣0️⃣th Anniversary Workshop @lmumuenchen.bsky.social today & tomorrow!

Great presentations, intense debates & we are grateful for colleagues all around the globe joining us.

Sessions on:
👉elections, parties, mobilization
👉welfare politics
👉🇪🇺
👉policy & administration
Picture of the participants of the workshop.

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kobihackenburg.bsky.social
📈Out today in @PNASNews!📈

In a large pre-registered experiment (n=25,982), we find evidence that scaling the size of LLMs yields sharply diminishing persuasive returns for static political messages. 

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helenmargetts.bsky.social
I am so proud of the brilliant @oii.ox.ac.uk DPhil @kobihackenburg.bsky.social and this wonderful “bees-knees” paper on conversational AI and political persuasion @AISecurityInst - it is a “must-read”, comments welcome!
kobihackenburg.bsky.social
Today (w/ @ox.ac.uk @stanford @MIT @LSE) we’re sharing the results of the largest AI persuasion experiments to date: 76k participants, 19  LLMs, 707 political issues.

We examine “levers” of AI persuasion: model scale, post-training, prompting, personalization, & more! 

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kobihackenburg.bsky.social
Today (w/ @ox.ac.uk @stanford @MIT @LSE) we’re sharing the results of the largest AI persuasion experiments to date: 76k participants, 19  LLMs, 707 political issues.

We examine “levers” of AI persuasion: model scale, post-training, prompting, personalization, & more! 

🧵:

helenmargetts.bsky.social
I thought they were skeets?

helenmargetts.bsky.social
Yes, but is that the only cancer - 26(ish) years ago? Statistically, in comparison with heart attacks - does it stand up?

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owldaily.bsky.social
Those big, beautiful eyes! A tiny owl braving the winter snow, perfectly camouflaged in its snowy perch. Nature's little marvel.
📸 mon_regard_sur_la_nature
A Northern Saw-whet Owl, perched on a snow-covered branch in a close-up view. The owl has large, bright yellow eyes and mottled brown and white feathers, blending into the snowy background.

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conunitucl.bsky.social
How could AI affect democracy? Are there opportunities as well as dangers? And how should policy-makers respond?

On 15 May, our star-studded panel made up of Danielle Allen, @helenmargetts.bsky.social and @ciaranm.bsky.social will discuss just this.

Sign up for this free, online event 👇
AI and democracy
An expert panel discusses how the rise of artificial intelligence could change democracy in the coming years.
www.ucl.ac.uk
justinwolfers.bsky.social
I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.
thetimes.com
The number of migrants applying for visas to the UK has fallen by more than a third over the past year in a sign that net migration is set to tumble from record levels
Number of visa applications falls by more than a third
www.thetimes.com

helenmargetts.bsky.social
Just to be right? I had better factor that in 😵‍💫

helenmargetts.bsky.social
This morning my phone asked me insistently whether I wanted to send a ‘running late’ message to the person I am meeting at lunch time tomorrow. Is that predictive capability - will I be late? Or is it a sign that the age of useful agentification is not quite here?

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helenmargetts.bsky.social
A lovely two days @wepsocial.bsky.social Anniversary Workshop, thank you everyone!
wepsocial.bsky.social
We are very happy to host the WEP 5️⃣0️⃣th Anniversary Workshop @lmumuenchen.bsky.social today & tomorrow!

Great presentations, intense debates & we are grateful for colleagues all around the globe joining us.

Sessions on:
👉elections, parties, mobilization
👉welfare politics
👉🇪🇺
👉policy & administration
Picture of the participants of the workshop.