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drkatedevlin.bsky.social
Academic; writer. Professor of AI & Society, Chair-Director @kings-dfi.bsky.social, King’s College London. Come for the sex robots; stay for the eye-rolling at AI nonsense on a daily basis. #academicsky . Norn Irish in Norwich.
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Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes? Trye a tarot deck. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes.

submitted 21 hours ago • 22 comments

This is extraordinary. A database tracking legal decisions in cases where generative #AI produced hallucinated content; both fabricated citations and ficticious court rulings. 112 cases so far; 19 this month: www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio... Source: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Business dudes have been suckered by “yo, this computer *thinks*” since the 1950s.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

How can we build plagiarism machines if you don't let us plagiarise? Come on, be reasonable www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

It is nearly 4 months on and I am still obsessed by Benson Boone’s flip off the piano at the GRAMMY’s. Can I learn to do that? Am late 40s. Suspect it’s too late for me. Can I at least try it without suffering a non-fatal injury?

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

💬 The Digital Futures of Literature: What threat does AI pose to novelists? How can AI be used as a tool in the creative process? Is creativity human? A lively panel @aiatkings.bsky.social with @clemicollett.bsky.social @drkatedevlin.bsky.social, Professor Genevieve Lively and Dr Sarah Perry

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This has been the consensus of every leading AI researcher I know who is serious about the science and the evidence, as opposed to a) trying to push a product or a brand and/or b) viewing the creation of AGI as an article of religious faith and devotion.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Yes! Hallucinations and sycophancy are not some unintended consequence of AI. They are features, not bugs. If we want to improve things, we need changes in design, governance and incentives, not end-of-pipe fixes.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

If M.R. James wrote safety signage

submitted 5 days ago • 19 comments

@technologyreview.com published an ambitious package on AI & energy today that reveals new insights into how much electricity generative AI really uses — & what it all means for the climate. Please be sure to check out the main piece by @jamesmodonnell.bsky.social ‬& @caseycrownhart.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

🗣️ Is AI a tool for enhancing creativity or does it pose a threat to authentic human expression? Join us and @aiatkings.bsky.social for the discussion featuring @drkatedevlin.bsky.social, @clemicollett.bsky.social, Genevieve Liveley and Sarah Perry. 🗓️ 21 May 2025 ⏰ 19:30-20:45 🎟️ Register ⤵️

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 New study reveals that when used to summarize scientific research, generative AI is nearly five times less accurate than humans. Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

And if you want something to do in London on the evening of Friday 6th June, come to my inaugural lecture! @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, @kingsartshums.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

In London and want something to do this week? It's @aiatkings.bsky.social Festival of AI, and on Weds evening is the @kings-dfi.bsky.social Digital Futures of Literature event (with novelist Sarah Perry, @clemicollett.bsky.social, and Genevieve Liveley, and me.) www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-d...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

i dont want to be a killjoy but we desperately need to make it socially unacceptable to talk about asking chatgpt things in regular conversation

submitted 7 days ago • 141 comments

I suppose if you’re proposing to torpedo British arts by wrapping our IP in a bow and giving it to Sam Altman in the hope he might let you clean his shoes, there’s no longer much call for a Culture department in government.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Hell no what is WRONG WITH THEM??!! If you do not want AI assessing your REF outputs, impact case studies and environment statements you might just like to fill in this little survey 👇👇👇

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

It should be illegal to publish the rich list without an accompanying (anonymised) list and account of the lives of some of the poorest people in the country.

submitted 9 days ago • 16 comments

Right, it's been A TIME, and it might be too late, but we have a fantastic website thanks to @natbuckley.bsky.social. Anti-SXSW is vaguely go! We just need you to help make it happen. If you'd like to run an FKFJ event, or get involved: fkfj.london

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

A tense movie scene but it’s me with my husband cradling my face, his forehead pressed to mine, as he sobs the words “You. cannot. answer. all the emails. You cannot. No one can.” and I nod acceptance as tears stream watery tracks down my cheeks.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Just spent 45mins at my kid’s school listening to them talk (fib) about their inclusion support. The perky duo from the mental health team did a chirpy “hi! Your kids have probably mentioned us!” at which point mine turned to me, solemn, and said “I’ve never seen these people before in my life.” 🤣

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

If anyone needs me, I’m outside WH Smith shrieking “£7.99 for envelopes?!?!?”

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

"Let's give our paint some lovely evocative colour names!" Are you effin' kidding me?

submitted 11 days ago • 12 comments

Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright. Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."

submitted 12 days ago • 18 comments