Ignacio Castro
@ignactro.eurosky.social
(Mostly) Internet data science.
Lecturer (aka Assistant Prof.) at QMUL and IRTF chair of RASP RG. My orthography is creative, no typos here.
Lecturer (aka Assistant Prof.) at QMUL and IRTF chair of RASP RG. My orthography is creative, no typos here.
Reposted by Ignacio Castro
Democracy isn’t restored by good intentions defeating bad ones. Historically it returns when new binding institutions emerge that can again convert truth into constraint and participation into legitimacy
January 24, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Democracy isn’t restored by good intentions defeating bad ones. Historically it returns when new binding institutions emerge that can again convert truth into constraint and participation into legitimacy
la peor hasta ahora y la mejor de lo que queda?
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 PM
la peor hasta ahora y la mejor de lo que queda?
with the link :) www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/res...
CGD Annual Conference 2026: Democracy and Its Perils
www.qmul.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM
with the link :) www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/res...
With looming early elections and the left well behind in the polls, a strong pro-EU stance might be useful pre-campaign ammunition against a more trump-phile right --specially the ultras from VOX (necessary for a right wing majority)
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
With looming early elections and the left well behind in the polls, a strong pro-EU stance might be useful pre-campaign ammunition against a more trump-phile right --specially the ultras from VOX (necessary for a right wing majority)
And university grading giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Rise in top grades at English universities sparks alarm
Office for Students says almost two-thirds more first-class degrees were awarded than can be explained
giftarticle.ft.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:26 PM
And university grading giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
This explores the idea of estates as AI precedent: artificial entities with a complex network of nodes/weights that produces outcomes approximating goals (eg, poverty reduction) & instructions (eg, tax changes), with similar challenges wrt explainability of the outcomes
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, AI, states and corporations
Tom Sutcliffe with Mike Wooldridge, Naomi Alderman and David Runciman.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 12:49 PM
This explores the idea of estates as AI precedent: artificial entities with a complex network of nodes/weights that produces outcomes approximating goals (eg, poverty reduction) & instructions (eg, tax changes), with similar challenges wrt explainability of the outcomes
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Reposted by Ignacio Castro
It’s part of this story exploring the impact of funding changes at @ukri.org. There are some big changes happening and the article is right that it’s a bit uncertain how it will all play out in practice. Important to flag that discovery research is maintained
www.thetimes.com/article/be92...
www.thetimes.com/article/be92...
Taxpayer-funded research will prioritise economic growth
UK Research and Innovation will back university projects that fit the government’s modern industrial strategy and probably redirect funds from ‘soft’ subjects
www.thetimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:25 AM
It’s part of this story exploring the impact of funding changes at @ukri.org. There are some big changes happening and the article is right that it’s a bit uncertain how it will all play out in practice. Important to flag that discovery research is maintained
www.thetimes.com/article/be92...
www.thetimes.com/article/be92...
It would be useful to see a breakdown by universities that have online exams and those who have moved back to sit in exams
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
It would be useful to see a breakdown by universities that have online exams and those who have moved back to sit in exams
Is there a link to the draft
January 16, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Is there a link to the draft