mastodon 4.6.9Professor of Cyber Security and Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
Privacy, security, data protection, data policy. All opinions personal.
Jumped the queue 1995. He/him, and looking forward to not needing to block anyone going "pronouns".
Most important thing I have written in ages.
Because none of the tools we have in software engineering to manage complexity are applicable, current AI is at a dead end, and it is irresponsible to use it for significant applications.
BCS website (next IT Now magazine): https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/does-current-ai-represent-a-dead-end/
https://theconversation.com/porn-websites-now-require-age-verification-in-the-uk-the-privacy-and-security-risks-are-numerous-261592 - quite measured, the first draft stated UK could be viewed as a repressive surveillance state now due to e.g. use of facial recognition against pro-Gaza protesters and police access to period tracking apps.
UK AI summit: wrong risks, wrong people, wrong time
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7123305208012513280/
Gave a brief opening talk to DMU event on ChatGPT, you have to imagine the Dijkstra font in two places ... https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-9EQTVlm0z5rIuKaZy-e8oDDbZLIZplS/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=116227918072278062360&rtpof=true&sd=true
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-revolutionizes-power-sector-eerke-boiten-z18te/ - and more on this coming out later this week.
Full blown policing-motivated dystopian surveillance in the UK: Innovate UK funding call for "airborne DNA collection".https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/opportunities/innovation-exchange-challenge-airborne-dna-collection/?utm_campaign=2321865_NSTIx%20IX%20Challenge%3A%20Airborne%20DNA%20Collection
On Al Jazeera English re Genesis Market. Didn't get to fully articulate my main worry not covered in press releases - operated 2018-now, inc Covid when there was improvised remote access from personal devices to corporate systems. Any credential thefts as stepping stone?Official advice for infected says remove malware, change all passwords.
Shouldn't also say: alert the firm if you've accessed work email/systems from this device between 2018 and now?