December 11, 2024, 10:57 am

Our positions on generative AI – Steve Messer details a sensible set of stances on the ethical and effective use of LLMs and so forth.

AI is more of a concept, but generative AI as a general purpose technology has come to the fore due to recent developments in cloud-based computation and machine learning. Plus, technology is more widespread and available to more people, so more people are talking about generative AI – compared to something even more ubiquitous like HTML.

December 11, 2024, 9:12 am

Digitisation, politicisation and the civil service by Martha Lane Fox:

Today’s reality is clear: digital skills are no longer optional extras. Data analysis, digital service design, agile project management, let alone the nuance needed in understanding new AI tools, have become as essential to governance as policy writing and stakeholder management. This shift creates real tensions within our supposedly neutral institutions.

December 10, 2024, 8:24 pm

Am testing a new way of doing my daily blogging. I’ve created a custom post type in WordPress, called ‘microposts’. This way, each of my ‘paragraphs‘ exist as separate items. For example, here is the permalink for this particular micropost.

I have used ChatGPT to help me produce some code that will assemble them everyday to create the ‘Daily note‘ style roundup. Will have to see how that works – expect some jankiness!