Library Toxic technology Dave Rogers discusses the concept of 'toxic technology' in this series of posts. He defines it as the threat organisations face from the legacy technology they accumulate.
Library AI risk assessment A very useful draft risk assessment for a range of AI use cases, shared by the Wildlife Trust.
Library I Will F**king Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again The recent innovations in the AI space, most notably those such as GPT-4, obviously have far-reaching implications for society, ranging from the utopian eliminating of drudgery, to the dystopian damage to the livelihood of artists in a capitalist society, to existential threats to humanity itself.
Library Tech has no answers for you These are people who believe in spending massive amounts of public money to enrich themselves while they make shitty tunnels under Las Vegas or drop off scooters on city sidewalks or chase self-driving cars, so firmly believing that these are total solutions ready to solve all problems right now, in complete ignorance of any existing systems or mechanism or solutions that exist.
Resource Matching needs to tasks to tech capabilities 12 August, 202420 September, 2024 Something that I have found helps an awful lot is having a simple way to match identified user needs with the technology capabilities needed to meet them. It helps in two main ways: by encouraging people to consider the user needs they are trying to meet before thinking about technology solutions (always tempting, but dangerous!)…
Blog Countering the AI hype 10 April, 202420 September, 2024 It’s hard to look at LinkedIn these days without being instantly confronted by AI enthusiasts, almost foaming at the mouth as they share their vision for how the public sector can save millions, if not billions, of pounds by simply using AI. It sounds so easy! As a chief executive I would be reading this…
Library The Government IT Self-Harm Playbook No matter how well intentioned, when it comes to IT government has an awful habit of messing things up.
