Technology | Innovation prizes | Director of Development at Challenge Works, a @nestauk.bsky.social enterprise | ojusher.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mwnc7z7rpc22I think I’d have a bit more respect for AI if it just said “oh shit oh fuck”, rather than this pathetic snivelling [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnc7z7rpc22https://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mwiwy5x2jc2gLet’s have an annual flagship science and technology prize for the UK - @nestauk.bsky.social ‘s event at the Labour conference in Liverpool27 Sep 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwiwy5x2jc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mwgwzjjwy225I agree with this, and I think AI is going to make it a million times worse. https://ojusher.medium.com/theory-of-mind-eaf6dd61aae7 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Sep 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgwzjjwy225https://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mwaym5bjjs2xAn opinion I semi-seriously hold is that AI text, by law, should have to be rendered in that 1980s-style robot font. You know which one I mean. I am now extending this to say that you should, by law, have to read it out through a vocoder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_%28typeface%29 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwaym5bjjs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mvn3iwwmkc2vNot gonna lie, I am not tempted to eat one of these AI oysters16 Sep 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn3iwwmkc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mvazvfa7yc2fWhat happens in a world in which all text is reprocessed for us by LLMs? https://ojusher.medium.com/theory-of-mind-eaf6dd61aae711 Sep 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvazvfa7yc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3msvvfqow6c2cI was never quite able to take the BBC series seriously after my dad said he thought the triffids looked like celery [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvvfqow6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3msv5ukdes22zDelighted to be targeted for ads for, uh, whatever these are. I wouldn't dream of penny-pinching and going for the £4,600 option.12 Aug 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv5ukdes22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mrcl67ssys2jMy vibes-based but strongly-held opinion: 🪖 The Soviets, Pinochet, Mobutu and Mussolini would have loved AI. 🎖️ The Khmer Rouge, English Puritans, Nazis and Falangists would have hated it. https://ojusher.medium.com/chatkgb-what-would-the-soviets-have-made-of-ai-8062a2e57cbf23 Jul 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcl67ssys2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mrb3yn2nss2wThis excellent question from @zachweinersmith.bsky.social has been playing on my mind, so I've had a go at thinking through what various horrible dictatorships would have made of AI. https://ojusher.medium.com/chatkgb-what-would-the-soviets-have-made-of-ai-8062a2e57cbf [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrb3yn2nss2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mr5ekgg36k2xIt's now over 18 years since there was a government department led by a Welsh MP (Hain, DWP) and over 16 years since there was a Scottish MP (Darling, Treasury; Alexander, DFID). I know there's a lot going on, but I think this is genuinely insane if you care even slightly about the union.21 Jul 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5ekgg36k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mr5cppls3s2vEveryone in science and technology policy world today21 Jul 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5cppls3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mr2vf7fkuc2aThe thing with these freaks like Dominic Cummings and all his imitators is that they've never had a real job, so you could stick a Salesforce or Looker Studio dashboard on a big screen and tell them all about the "PhD physicists" who had developed it and they would be impressed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2vf7fkuc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mqyaaob6rs2pThis posts your Trophies directly to your National Record of Achievement [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jul 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyaaob6rs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mqtvdzoy3s2tReviewing dozens of job slopplications today. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.17 Jul 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtvdzoy3s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mqqmfwjshc2fThis is ridiculous, but there’s also a ridiculous loophole. Fly to Dublin on your EU passport. You’re then in the common travel area and can continue on to the UK without checks. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/16/british-girl-stranded-rome-six-weeks-new-passport-rules16 Jul 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqmfwjshc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mqotsyubmc2wThis is art. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqotsyubmc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mqmwheofns2rThis is a really excellent question, and I think the answer is that they would have loved it, for reasons that are not a great compliment either to Soviet economics or to AI. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmwheofns2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mqczt2ertc24every hometown’s got the ominous megastructure, what’s yours? [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqczt2ertc24https://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mqbweenug22sMy controversial take is that Euston Station really doesn't deserve the hate. With more sympathetic shop frontages inside, the mezzanine removed and some clutter cleaned up, it could actually be a pretty classy space. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbweenug22shttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mpt5dxenq22xIdea: companies should only be allowed to present AI-generated text to customers if they use a font that clearly indicates you’re talking to a robot04 Jul 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpt5dxenq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mpivqx34pc2xIs drug dealers advertising on Google Maps a new thing?30 Jun 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpivqx34pc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mph26tmpv22cIf they could bring it forward to 12 July then it would make it 7 PMs in 10 years. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mph26tmpv22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mpbj7rnxis2u@gwr.com If your service is running an hour late and the previous two were cancelled, how about you open the ticket barriers rather than wasting even more of everybody’s time, eh? You’re going to have to delay-repay everyone anyway.27 Jun 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpbj7rnxis2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mox77xblhs2fCars will have a kinetic energy limit, not a speed limit. This would be based on the current speed limits, as applied to the lightest car currently available on the market. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jun 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mox77xblhs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mowwbhejxs22The best time to stop Brexit was 10 years ago today. The second best time is today.23 Jun 2026 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowwbhejxs22https://bsky.app/profile/ojusher.com/post/3mohz5jojw22fWild. Just saw a LinkedIn post tagging someone and saying that they had been fired.17 Jun 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:qbispr2bksazucagmo5zx6ec/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohz5jojw22f