Fiona MacNeill

Rant alert 🚨
I am so tired of fellow people in tech describing AI as a ‘revolution’. The word ‘revolution’ comes from the Latin, ‘revolutio’ ~ a turn around. As far as I can tell AI (as a term for describing a set of losely interrelated technologies) is very much business-as-usual, in fact it further consolidates power in the hands of the few. To liken it to the Industrial Revolution seems fundamentally flawed, because it is not akin the agrarian shift in terms of societal shift and impact…

Listened to 'The AI Con' by @emilymbender@dair-community.social and Alex Hanna. The book does a great job of assessing the AI hype rhetoric in one place. Drawing connections and deconstructing it for what it really is...The authors are not anti-tech and nor am I (I love tech!). However, I think to be a good technologist you also need to be a practiced skeptic. Would makes a great companion piece to Adam Curtis' film series: 'All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace' - relevant links in the replies.

#AI #Tech

A huge thank you to everyone who supported my fundraiser for Skye's assistance dog. I am delighted to have come in third-place in the Women's Category in my first Marathon yesterday. This was in-spite of taking a tumble over a tree stump halfway through. Years of rugby and kickboxing have taught me how to fall gracefully and in a way to minimise injury. Those sports have also taught me to get up and keep fighting! 🌳 🏃🏻🥊

We raised £525 towards the £10995 goal.

#Marathon #MagnaCarta #Fundraising

Would you like to put a smile on my face and help someone else too (documentary evidence of me running and smiling in the reply)?

For various reasons this past month has been a bit rough, so please help me raise money for another kind of ruff, an assistance dog for Skye.

I'm currently at the £240 mark of my £500 goal. If you can give even a little that would be awesome.

#AutismAwareness #AssistanceDogs

We raised £531 for Fabrica. Thank you so, so much to all who supported me ✨

I completed the run in 0:47:41. Not too shabby and for a brilliant cause 💜

#BrightonMarathonWeekend #Brighton10K #Fabrica #SupportTheArts

https://www.justgiving.com/page/fi-fabrica

[1/2] I'm running the Brighton 10K for Fabrica on 6th April. £300 raised, could we get it to £450? £150 more could fund one of the following amazing initiatives...

- Six days of nutritious lunches for 100 children and families 🥗
- Art materials + refreshments for ten Drawing & Making sessions for people with dementia 🎨

https://www.justgiving.com/page/fi-fabrica

#Fabrica #ArtForEveryone #TeamFabrica #RunForFabrica #Brighton10k #SupportTheArts #ThankYou