I want to take this article and replace every mention of the term word “AI”, with “Expensive External Consultants and Systems Integrators”, because it's strategically about as smart. Sure, there are some places where AI and machine learning can be helpful and very valuable, but this blind faith in a piece of tech, when you see something like an 80% failure rate for internal AI projects (see the rand corp report in next post) should be ringing SO many alarm bells.

the Guardian

‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI

Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data

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I posted yesterday about air quality in packed rooms at #FOSDEM, and this came up in my feed here. I think it's serious, and if I'm gonna go through the faff of learning about some of the HVAC and HEPA jargon, I figure it might be worth repurposing what I'm learning along the way into an article for the conf if nothing else, right?

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