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Stephan Geering

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Deputy General Counsel & Compliance, Trustworthy AI and Global Privacy Officer at Anthology. Posts are my personal views. Dad, immigrant, tech geek. He/him/his. Substack: https://incbetter.substack.com/

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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 16d

As a little birthday present to myself, I created my Substack "Incrementally Better". The first edition on why the EU AI Act is not truly risk-based (and more) is now live:

incbetter.substack.com/p/incrementa...

Incrementally Better #1

On why the EU AI Act is is not truly risk-based and my blogging past

incbetter.substack.com

Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 1h

Fascinating @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social interview with Brian Eno on our relationship with art and generative AI, why feelings are underrated and much more.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYY...

Brian Eno on AI, Art and What Makes Us Human

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 2h

Very niche UK politics, but wins the internet for me today.

Fraser Galbraith @frasergalbraith.bsky.social · 2h

Kemi's misunderstood the concept of the nuclear family.

Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 2h

This is actually not a bad tool, but the devil is of course in the detail - so please engage a lawyer and don't just rely on the tool!

(To be fair, there is a disclaimer about informational purpose / no legal advice)

Luis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 3h

The Commission has launched a tool crafted to help stakeholders determine whether they are subject to legal obligations and understand the steps they need to take to comply. ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en

AI Act Single Information Platform | AI Act Service Desk

ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu

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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 4h

P.S. Music posts will continue until engagement morale improves

Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 4h

Another great remix for your listening pleasure. #music

open.spotify.com/track/4BcaDQ...

Sleepwalking - FaltyDL Remix

open.spotify.com

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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 6h

This book still haunts me. Read it for a rather absolutely thrilling but rather bleak vision of the future of humanity.

Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · Nov 17

I just finished 'Blindsight' by Peter Watts. Wow. Highly recommended. A captivating story about contact with an alien race. The book discusses consciousness, human connection, and the implications of modifying brains to keep up with AI (amongst other things).
www.goodreads.com/book/show/48...

Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since si…

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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 7h

Less manly since 1893 ... what a thread

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 15h

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 17h

This is what Earth Rising from the Moon looks like.

Credit: JAXA / NHK

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Luca Bertuzzi @lucabertuzzi.bsky.social · 1d

The EU Commission has again delayed its decision on whether to propose a pause for the AI Act’s high-risk rules. An announcement was considered alongside the Apply AI Strategy, but dropped after the digital omnibus was moved up. Full story on MLex.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU keeps buying time on AI Act's potential pause | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

The European Commission has still not finalized whether to propose a pause of the EU AI Act's high-risk requirements, and therefore won't announce it alongside the Apply AI Strategy, which is due to b...

www.mlex.com

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 23h

🌏💉The Daily Dose via @gavi.org 🌏💉

According to Gavi's Annual Progress Report, Gavi-supported vaccines saved a record-breaking 1.7 million lives in 2024!

That's 400,000 more than in 2023.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · 21h

See that small, moving splotch?

That's 3I/ATLAS, a comet that formed in a different star system, photographed from Mars orbit by the ESA Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter.

A comet from a DIFFERENT SOLAR SYSTEM photographed by a ROBOT ORBITING MARS

last Friday

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DataGuidance @dataguidance.bsky.social · 19h

International: OECD publishes paper on mapping data collection mechanism for #AI training.

The paper introduces a taxonomy of how data is sourced, from direct user input to third-party providers.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4mPU8XC

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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 1d

Fair question. Don't know about my siblings but I certainly had a lower tax rate back in Switzerland. I love it here in the UK, but trains are certainly not the reason for it 😂

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 1d

This is an interesting debate about AI stories between an OpenAI researcher who works on AI writing and one of the greatest living short story writers.

Now that we have machines that can write novel stories, and increasingly very good or moving stories, we need to think more about what that means.

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 1d

Roy Lichtenstein, Tire, 1962
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136914

Fractional gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Fisher in honor of Kirk Varnedoe

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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 1d

Small sample basis but literally every time I venture into central London there are train problems.

Compare and contrast with my siblings commuting in Switzerland. Only one train cancellation in one year... when they were in London visiting me 🤦

Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 1d

Another good example

bsky.app/profile/kimz...

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 6d

The word that keeps running through my head about this administration (among others) is "adolescent." These are people with a little boy's idea of what sounds manly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"

Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing thread on the Arctic

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · Nov 26

I recently learned something amazing about the Arctic - & my tiny mind is blown.

Like many folk, I've always believed it's a featureless, empty place. Which is true! But this week I learned what's underneath it - & if THAT was on dry land, it'd be a wonder of the modern world.

Buckle up!

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Map of the Arctic Circle, showing Canada on the left, Russia on the right, Greenland below, and the frozen Arctic Ocean over the Pole.

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Christoph Fischer @beautysurroundsyou.com · 2d

The beauty of soft lines, of meandering lines...

#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #travel #nature #naturephotography #bluesky #sunrise #sunset

There is an infinite beauty to moving water, waiting to be discovered! The purple of a winter evening's twilight is softly reflected in the fast moving waters of the St. Lawrence River, Montreal, Canada.

Ripples of sand on the top crest of a coastal dune in Namibia catch the last light of day, while wind blown sand further down glows golden as it is lifted into the light.

A harmonious interplay of lines, shape, textures and tones, as the first light of day touches the ridge lines of a coastal dune. It was mesmerizing to see how the scene transformed as the light crept into the shadows.

For a short lived moment, the soft light of the morning sun draws beautiful, dreamy bands of satin across the tips of these otherwise inconspicuous dunes in Namibia's mesmerizing Sossusvlei region.

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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever my wife is away or poorly and I need to switch into "super dad" mode trying to juggle work and children, I am reminded how hard it is for the single parents out there. Hats off, you are all amazing.

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Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 1d

Great episode on the state of the UN at 80 (as well as many other geopolitical topics like Gaza and Ukraine).

Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 5d

Clip from my conversation with @ianbremmer.com.

Stephan Geering @stephangeering.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry about your experience. There is great content and discussion, but yes, certainly not all golden here.

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Craig McGowan @craigmcg.bsky.social · 2d

First light.

A still morning in nature watching and enjoying the start of another day. Hope yours is a good one...

#photography #nature #landscapephotography

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 2d

Some images are simply burned onto the pages of history.

The last helicopter out of Saigon is saying "Because of woke"

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colin @clcart.bsky.social · 2d

bird

#photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #StreetPhotography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Lumix

Black and white photograph featuring a vast, dramatic sky with scattered cumulus clouds taking up the majority of the frame. A strong diagonal line across the lower portion of the image is formed by the silhouette of a stone bridge, creating a high-contrast division between the light sky and the dark foreground. A small bird, also rendered in complete silhouette, is perched near the center-right of the wall, slightly breaking the horizon line. The light appears bright and slightly hazy, suggesting a sunny day with high dynamic range.

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