Thoughts brewing in a cloudy mind.
Lately I’ve been sitting with a kind of quiet, electric worry, the kind that hums in the background when something big is shifting beneath our feet. A recent post from Anthropic, the makers of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude, described an unsettling milestone: an AI system, manipulated by a threat actor, attempting to infiltrate multiple … Read more
Imagine this: an applicant submits a résumé so polished it could have been written by a seasoned recruitment consultant. Meanwhile, on the other side of the table, a hiring system scans it – not a person, but an algorithm trained on thousands of past hires. The system flags keywords, patterns and styles it “likes”, and … Read more
I’ve just launched a new free WordPress plugin called MicroPosts. It came out of a simple need I had for this website. I wanted an easy way to share short updates and quick thoughts on my WordPress blog. The kind of posts that don’t need to be full articles but still deserve a place of … Read more
A “Crash Course Generator” AI prompt – a universal, reusable prompt you can drop into ChatGPT (or any LLM) to get the same kind of smart, concise crash course on any topic. Copy and paste the prompt below into your AI Assistant, replacing the [PUT YOUR TOPIC HERE] is the topic you want e.g “Systems … Read more
Lately, I’ve been reading This is For Everyone by Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the World Wide Web. It’s one of those books that makes you pause and realise just how much the Web has changed our world. I also had the chance to briefly meet Tim this year at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. … Read more
I have some serious questions about what the government is currently selling us under the banner of a “Digital ID“. Here are just a few that need answering: Why call it a “Digital ID”? Isn’t it just a unique reference number for every citizen? The data is digital by nature, so the term feels like … Read more
A call for Global Regulation In an increasingly digital world, the debate over regulating mobile phone use continues. However, rather than focusing on restricting access to these essential tools, a more effective approach would be to regulate the recommendation algorithms that drive content engagement on social media and AI-powered platforms. These algorithms, including profile-based targeted … Read more
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to advance, a paradigm shift is emerging in how we interact with software. AI agents, capable of autonomously completing tasks on behalf of users, are poised to render traditional user experiences and interfaces obsolete. The focus of software development must pivot from designing intuitive graphical interfaces to creating robust, flexible, … Read more