Nicholas Beale @Starcourse

Chair, 695th Lord Mayor's Ethical AI Initiative. Personal views only. Blog on science & religion etc. Work in Strategy & Search. I only follow people I’ve met. starcourse.blogspot.com London, England Joined January 2018

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Nicholas Beale @Starcourse

11 hours ago

Bravo Ken Wilson cycling with his cello round all 42 of the UK's cathedrals, and playing in most of them.

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Dan Neidle @DanNeidle

15 hours ago

Oh, and a prize if you can spot someone tweeting that Ms Rayner should be in jail. who also tweeted back in 2023 that Mr Zahawi should be in jail. I'd love to meet that person. They're dead wrong, but at least they're coherently wrong.

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Dan Neidle @DanNeidle

3 days ago

What's the difference between tax avoidance, tax non-compliance and tax evasion? This. Likely Ms Rayner is in category 4 - "non-compliant".

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Nicholas Beale @Starcourse

4 days ago

“Last month, Nestlé told @FT that, following the internal investigation…claims were “unsubstantiated”. However, after internal complaints persisted…board…decided to launch another investigation…This found the claims to be substantiated.” ft.com/content/c54182…

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5 days ago

Vg from @PJTheEconomist. Real danger of paying peanuts & getting monkeys, or, worse, zealots. Maybe: A. Decide which are 100 most vital public sector boards. B. Pay each Chair £350kfte. C. Allow these boards to set pay of their top execs as necessary? thetimes.com/business-money…

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5 days ago

“Sir Keir Starmer…has pledged £2bn for AI investment, including £750m for a supercomputer in Edinburgh. That is a rounding error next to the $320bn America’s biggest tech firms will spend this year alone on AI infrastructure.” economist.com/britain/2025/0…

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7 days ago

Someone with real grip (like Louise Casey?) should be given carte blanche to fix this, with emergency legislation to remove legal obstacles. thetimes.com/comment/the-ti…

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a week ago

Hugely thought-provoking… spectator.co.uk/article/denmar…

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a week ago

I was concerned at the time whether an AI initiative headed by a 28-yo MIT dropout who made his money from a data labelling & model evaluation would retain and motivate real AI experts. We'll see... ft.com/content/110786…

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a week ago

"French plans are like a splendid leather harness which is perfect when it works, but if it breaks it cannot be mended. I make my harness of ropes; it is never as good looking…but if it breaks I can tie a knot & carry on." Wellington via @allan_mallinson spectator.co.uk/article/the-gr…

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a week ago

Many sensible ideas from @TorstenBell. I’d add: * Phase in a % property tax starting with properties >£1m (to make no of valuations manageable) * make “triple lock” sustainable by automatically raising pension age to fix as % of GDP. ft.com/content/4b344a…

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a week ago

Another fascinating article by @jburnmurdoch. I wonder how much of the difference in fertility between progressive & conservative is driven by religion? ft.com/content/a08ca4…

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a week ago

"The demands of English religion are not excessive. The services are very short, and consist chiefly of listening to good music extremely well sung, for the English are excellent choristers" Saint-Saëns 🙂

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a week ago

For decades OfGEM cracked down on investment by National Grid in a misguided focus on consumer energy prices. Now we’re paying the price. And Wind power is staggeringly inefficient at delivering usable electricity, alas. thetimes.com/comment/the-ti…

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a week ago

Quite. And if AI code builds in common failure modes it could be very damaging. AI is a useful tool, but handle with care! ft.com/content/5b3d41… via @FT

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a week ago

Whatever one’s politics, we want UK to succeed economically. This requires investment, innovation and focus. Let’s hope HMG can achieve this. ft.com/content/b10315… via @FT

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a week ago

Purcell’s genius, Dido’s tragedy or @JoyceDiDonato’s great art. thetimes.com/culture/classi…

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a week ago

Secular materialism is an intellectual, morally and spiritual dead end. So it'd hardly surprising that Christianity is reviving among people who try to think deeply about the future of humanity. thetimes.com/us/business/ar…