James Garforth (jamesgarforth.bsky.social) @jgarforth

Teaches ethics / social responsibility @infAtEd. Gone to the blue place that isn't a garbage fire. Who else's opinions would they be? He/him. jamesgarforth.com Edinburgh Joined March 2009

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Björn Ross @bjoernross

9 months ago

How do I make sure my LLM research is ethical? Read our whitepaper, or hear about it at #coling2025 arxiv.org/abs/2410.19812 Joint work with @MxEddie_, @NikVits, @ZeerakTalat, @jgarforth, Arno Onken, @Dr_Atoosa and @alexandrabirch1 Notice anything missing? Get in touch please!

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James Garforth (jamesgarforth.bsky.social) @jgarforth

10 months ago

My people!

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mike cook @mtrc

11 months ago

The use of AI is expanding to meet the needs caused by the expanding use of AI.

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Ben @FTLP_FTT

11 months ago

The centrist argument that you need to be in government first to implement change should never be seen nor heard ever again.

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Ali Alkhatib @_alialkhatib

11 months ago

i keep thinking of something David Graeber wrote > The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently it's not precisely correct to say this gives me solace. but it gives me the faintest outline of hope i guess

Sonia Sulaiman Ignyte Award Finalist @SoniaSulaiman

11 months ago

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James Garforth (jamesgarforth.bsky.social) @jgarforth

11 months ago

I guess we ran out of physics?

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James Garforth (jamesgarforth.bsky.social) @jgarforth

11 months ago

Just the most well deserved!

Benedetta Catanzariti @techno_katt

11 months ago

Just the most well deserved!

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Alex Hanna (اليكس حنٌا) @alexhanna

11 months ago

As opposed to your rockets, which are meant to bring puppies and sunshine, right?

Israel ישראל @Israel

11 months ago

As opposed to your rockets, which are meant to bring puppies and sunshine, right?

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James Garforth (jamesgarforth.bsky.social) @jgarforth

11 months ago

I wanted to comment on how little this government understands AI but WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS PICTURE. I had to check this was a real tweet, because my god he looks like he's starting a podcast a doxxing immigrants.

Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer

12 months ago

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James Garforth (jamesgarforth.bsky.social) @jgarforth

12 months ago

OpenAI have almost certainly said this about every version of ChatGPT. They were, and remain, woefully out of their depths.

Guardian US @GuardianUS

12 months ago

OpenAI have almost certainly said this about every version of ChatGPT. They were, and remain, woefully out of their depths.

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James Garforth (jamesgarforth.bsky.social) @jgarforth

12 months ago

Nick Clegg getting in bed with a greater evil, convinced he's doing the right thing? Who would have ever predicted.

Nick Clegg @nickclegg

12 months ago

Nick Clegg getting in bed with a greater evil, convinced he's doing the right thing? Who would have ever predicted.

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Mostly here now: @davidthewid.bsky.social @davidthewid

a year ago

🎉📢 I'm on the tenure track job market! 👋✨ I study how people building “AI” think about the downstream harms their work makes possible, and the epistemic and political economic systems which shape their thoughts, and our future.

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Abeba Birhane @Abebab

a year ago

make no mistake, the constant push by governments, NGOs, the AI community & general public to focus on “opportunities”/“positive narratives” comes at the cost of uncritically endorsing hype & diminished focus on rigorous testing & supporting claims with empirical evidence

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Peter Armstrong @PeterAr18228396

a year ago

Struggling universities should be able to make money by leasing out their highly paid, super-efficient senior management teams as consultants to other companies

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James Garforth (jamesgarforth.bsky.social) @jgarforth

a year ago

"other" philosophers. Bud you aren't even at the level of an undergrad.

Tsarathustra @tsarnick

a year ago

"other" philosophers. Bud you aren't even at the level of an undergrad.

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James Garforth (jamesgarforth.bsky.social) @jgarforth

a year ago

There's an easier line of criticism here imo: irrespective of whether we can meaningfully define a "Science" existing in ideal apolitical form separate from context, EDUCATION is political. A whole host of politics and value judgements go into deciding what to teach and how.