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CatherineFlick

@CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk

Professor of Ethics and Games Technology, Staffordshire University. Co-I IGGI CTD, Future Virtual Economies projects. Vice Chair ACM Committee on Professional Ethics. Responsible innovation, tech ethics, video games, “AI” & crypto sceptic. Erdos: 3; Bacon: 3. She/her.

Moderator mastodon.me.uk, content co-lead for https://social.emfcamp.org/@emf.
Aussie expat from Gamaragal country, mum to 2 humans and 4 chickens. Rural Leicestershire. Dances Morris with Black Annis.

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CatherineFlick, to random
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https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/20/icc-prosecutor-seeks-arrest-warrants-israeli-pm-netanyahu-hamas-officials-war-crimes About time. Not that it'll do much but hey.

CatherineFlick, to random
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10 years or so ago I went to Australia and saw that the big thing was bao buns. Now it’s finally caught up here. Like bubble tea and good coffee the UK is roughly a decade behind Australian culinary trends. https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/20/sales-of-bao-buns-on-a-roll-as-britons-fall-in-love-with-asian-treat

CatherineFlick,
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@kofanchen possibly, Australia is known for its fusion food so regularly transforms non western food for western audiences :)

CatherineFlick, to random
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Village WhatsApp groups are such great spaces to find out how people think the internet works. Just write “is anyone having trouble with their internet?” And immediately you’ll get all kinds of bizarre theories about what to do to get it back. Today’s: “we had a power cut so it might take a while to come back on”

CatherineFlick,
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@danieldurrans hahahaha wow that is so accurate 🤣🤣

SabinePahl, to Europe German
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Outside cafs and bars are now benefits, because... that really doesn't exist in the rest of ? 🤔

CatherineFlick,
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@SabinePahl definitely never sat down with a beer and a meal at a table outside on pavements in France or Belgium, damn those Europeans

DoubleTreble, to crochet
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@crochet
#crochet
For those of you who remember the Persian Tiles Afghan I made in February this year,
I am working on a different colour way of the design!
Ms DT has nabbed the original!
She just went daft when she saw it!!
'its pink and purple! ' 🥰🥰🥰
Was how she won me over

Six Persian Tiles for a Crochet Afghan in browns & orange

CatherineFlick,
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@DoubleTreble that is incredible!

tef, to random
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blinked and realised i've been using irc for over 25 years

CatherineFlick,
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@tef Oh wow same! IRC got me touch typing to keep up with the conversation.

Edent, to academia
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Hey #academia friends.

If - and it is a very big if - I wanted to start a PhD in about a year's time, what should I do now to prepare?

I got my MSc a year ago. I haven't started looking at any specific programmes yet.

UK-based tips especially appreciated!

CatherineFlick,
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@Edent happy to chat about PhDs! Can find me at EMF too :) LIED on the phone system :)

CatherineFlick, to OpenAI
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Exactly what I talked about in my TEDx talk the other night - the incentives just don’t align with making responsible technology. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/18/openai-putting-shiny-products-above-safety-says-departing-researcher

CatherineFlick,
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@Theriac hah!!

j2bryson, to random
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Milley’s comments about the second world war echoed in my head. It was, frankly, jarring to hear a recent top US official defend Israel’s mass killing of Gazan civilians by invoking wartime massacres that not only preceded the Geneva Conventions, but helped justify their creation.

‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’: my soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI warfare conference
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/17/ai-weapons-palantir-war-technology?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

CatherineFlick,
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@j2bryson yiiiiikes

CatherineFlick, to random
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I had a fantastic night. Met some lovely people! Nailed my talk. Yay!

CatherineFlick, to random
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It’s happening!

A picture of me standing next to a sign with my name and profile on it as a speaker at TEDxStaffordshireUniversity

CatherineFlick,
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@amcewen Grazie mille!

solderandchaos, to random
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I am sick of transcripts now.

CatherineFlick,
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@solderandchaos me but any kind of work

UKFilmNerd, to random
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Right what are we doing today?

Oh.

A speed awareness course.

😞

2½ hours!!

CatherineFlick,
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@UKFilmNerd I did a motorway awareness course a while back and actually learned something!!

CatherineFlick,
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@UKFilmNerd yeah, pretty much! I was surprised that I learned anything though

CatherineFlick, to random
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This Defector article is spot on about Kevin Roose. He’s a consummate band wagon jumper, licking the boots of SV VCs and other useless fools. https://defector.com/if-kevin-roose-was-chatgpt-with-a-spray-on-beard-could-anyone-tell

CatherineFlick,
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Full disclosure: with my crypto skeptic friends (led by @molly0xfff ) we edited Roose’s dreadful attempt to butter up cryptobros here https://www.mollywhite.net/annotations/latecomers-guide-to-crypto/

tef, to random
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i still miss pre sugar tax irn bru

CatherineFlick,
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@tef I miss pre sugar tax ribena :(

jeffjarvis, to random
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Oh, jeesh. The NYT gushes over OpenAI having bookshelves.
The Old-Fashioned Library at the Heart of the A.I. Boom https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/technology/openai-library-office.html?smid=tw-share

CatherineFlick,
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@jeffjarvis yikes

CatherineFlick, to random
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I have a TEDx rehearsal today for my talk. I’m pushing the timing a bit so I need to talk faster! 😅

CatherineFlick,
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@cloudhopper thanks buddy!

CatherineFlick,
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@cloudhopper hahaha

Edent, to opensource
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If you're coming to , I'll be giving a talk all about the UK's Contact Tracing app - and whether open source saved lives.

https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2024/16-lessons-learned-open-sourcing-the-uks-covid-tracing-app

CatherineFlick,
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@jonty @hugh @Edent sorry to crash that party but we def did it in 2018! Had a soft microphone box thing that Ben brought that we threw to the question askers in one tent! And my talk used slido to do the q&a! 😅

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