Timandra Harkness
@BigDataSizeBook
Big Data: does size matter? by @timandraharknes published by @SigmaScience agent: Will Francis @zcosini http://bit.ly/2QzTMLe
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What is Big Data? And why should you care? My 5 minute answer for @guardian theguardian.com/science/video/…
Obviously a LOT about microtargeted political campaigns in @TechintProblem - much of it about why the problems of personalised politics go back long before the internet.
Delighted that the Conservative use of microtargeted campaigning in 2015 got a mention - I wrote about that in @BigDataSizeBook before it was fashionable to care (I.e. before Trump/Brexit votes). Paperback edition got a new chapter with lots on digital politics!
Love this photo by @paul_clarke of @tiffanyjenkins and me at the launch of @TechintProblem. Caption competition?
I asked my daughter what she thought about this exchange (not mine). She solemnly warned that it was probably a scam. She has a nose for this kind of thing.
Both @BigDataSizeBook and @TechintProblem are available as audiobooks read by @TimandraHarknes
Too busy to read @TechintProblem ? Let me read it to you…
Please read it before doing any stories about how technology is changing politics:
Again, if you're interested in how technology affects political campaigning: 1) read @TechintProblem (especially chapter 3) 2) follow these guys⤵️
Trying to work out if the algorithm that assigns volunteers to seats is more refined than "target seats less than 100 miles away"...
on publication day, read this edited extract in @Quillette on the digital mirror of Narcissus:
"The problem is not technology, but our own obsession with how others see us, and our insatiable need to be reassured that we are the person we want others to see." @TimandraHarknes for @Quillette quillette.com/2024/05/23/the…
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The Digital Mirror of Narcissus
Technology steers my life along tracks chosen for my digital double, not for me. But this proxy personalisation wouldn’t work at all if I didn’t play my part.
My younger sibling going cheap this weekend!
You can get @TechintProblem with 40% off this weekend via this link - use code BANKHOL40 at checkout harpercollins.co.uk/products/techn…
now yesterday's event - but may still be copies in the @hayfestival bookshop
Both @BigDataSizeBook & @TechintProblem on sale at @hayfestival - I will happily sign both after today’s event
My baby sibling is due on May 23rd!
I am reconsidering my opinion that LLMs know nothing and could never convincingly impersonate a human being.
Congratulations to our Director @carlykind_ on her appointment as the new Australian Privacy Commissioner. We wish her the very best in her new role. We are now looking for a dynamic, forward-thinking and inclusive leader to become our next Director⬇️ adalovelaceinstitute.org/job/director/
Delighted to share that I've been appointed as the new Australian Privacy Commissioner. I'll be farewelling London for a while and relocating to Sydney to take up the role in February 2024.
glorious
Ted Chiang has the best way to think about ChatGPT: newyorker.com/tech/annals-of…
Do you have a data fanatic in the family? Buy them a personal subscription to Significance this Christmas: ow.ly/zC0R50QaXv6 #statistics #data
This week I have mainly been getting inside the life of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (the company that gave us ChatGPT). Listen from 7pm Saturday on @BBCRadio4 or @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
and this, my children, is why I don't do consumer DNA tests. Once your genetic data is out there, it's out there. You can't pull it back. And remember, if you do a DNA test, you're also uploading at least some of your family members' DNA too. techcrunch.com/2023/12/04/23a…
“We all share the same values, the real question is about the best means to achieve them” is the ultimate technocratic power move. It’s deeply undemocratic because it puts out of contestation the key judgment about values and their prioritisation.
New age check guidance published today by @Ofcom for consultation: ‘Implementing the #OnlineSafetyAct : Protecting children from online #pornography’ #OnlineSafety #OnlineHarms #eSafety #OSA2023 #OnlineSafetyAct2023 #AgeAssurance #ChildSafeguarding ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/20…
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