Gaia Marcus
- Director @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social:ensuring data & AI work for ppl & society
- Stint in government - led #NationalDataStrategy; roles in Cabinet Office, ONS & MHCLG
- Charity roles inc. Samaritans Trustee; staff @ The RSA, Centrepoint, ParkinsonsUK
- Reposted by Gaia MarcusFor people who care about that sort of thing, the membership of the National Data Library Expert Advisory Group has been published today - including me www.gov.uk/government/g...
- Listenng to BBCTodayProgramme - grt to hear thoughtful discussion frm parents on consequences & pitfalls of social media ban - & why we should be worried about adults screen time, too (or maybe more). Very live to the qstn of where are YP supposed to be going now, w reduction of third spaces fr thm
- Reposted by Gaia Marcusif you’re passionate about AI accountability research and enjoy working in a vibrant lab with a multi-disciplinary team but not interested in doing traditional academic work, this position might be for you
- I’m looking for my right-hand person to come help me run the @aial.ie - Job Title: Lab Coordinator, AI Accountability Lab (0.8 FTE) - Pay Scale: (€58,999 - €69,325 per annum pro-rata) - Closing Date: 11-Feb-2026 12:00 Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui... Main Responsibilities👇🏾
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- Reposted by Gaia Marcus"One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation."
- Reposted by Gaia MarcusIn a new commentary in Science that I think I'll be referencing a lot on Tech Policy Press, Alondra Nelson (@alondra.bsky.social) says while the Trump's approach to AI is widely understood as "deregulation," when you zoom out, that's not really what's going on. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Gaia Marcusare you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a... pls repost
- 🤔Are these the AI futures you were hoping for?! At Ada towers we've been doing a lot of reflecting on the recent Grok scandal. It shows what happens when AI capabilities outpace our ability to manage their risks, & when people and societal impacts aren't front of mind for those developing tech. 🧵
- ⚖️ We cannot stay ahead of these harms without robust AI regulation. Currently, we are chasing after individual tragedies and scandals, attempting to plug the gaps with existing laws and regulation (image). This isn’t enough: we need to manage harms at the source, and not just manage the symptoms.
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- It is incredibly infuriating to hear caesarian birth being positioned as the other option to a 'straightforward' birth. Very very few people are having the latter, especially for first births.
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- Reposted by Gaia MarcusAI chatbots are already causing real harm, yet UK law offers almost no meaningful protection. New analysis from Ada Lovelace Institute shows existing regulations don’t cover the risks posed by Advanced AI Assistants, writes Julia Smakman.
- Our research v. much shows a growing rift between public attitudes and comfort and the actions of govt. Not for us, maybe, but a similar study contrasting senior decision making in this space (eg @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social 's FOMO is not a strategy) vs public views & comfort wld be v interesting!
- 🚂🚂Mind the gap?! The public has (great!) expectations...and doesn't think AI should be seen as being A-Exceptional.🚂🚂 Our nat repr polling shows a growing divide between public expectations and discomfort w the status quo, and govt's lack lack of action lnkd.in/e638XGXU 🧵
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- Reposted by Gaia MarcusIs social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation? Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed. Here are the key take-aways 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
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- A full day of AI and [insert topic] panels, lunch, conference and dinners today, across London and Cambridge. Will I need the sign?! /Via @xkcd.com / @wikipedia.org
- Will AI solve our woes? At SciTech Committee I highlighted - 🍏 or 🍊? Need specificity when we say 'AI' - 🔬 narrow/specific AI usecases used to justify invsment in Gen AI - 👩🔧 Dnt forget the plumbing! AI pilots =\= solving legacy IT & data issues - 🏛️ AI What Work Centres cld help learn real lessons
- Delighted to give evidence to @chionwurah.bsky.social and the UK parliament Science and Technology Committee last week I argued that "the public hold the public sector to a higher account because they do not have the ability to opt out" You can't just 'shop around' when accessing vital services
- As someone who goes to a lot of events about AI... This was really rather special!
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- Also. Second quick interruption from the amazing room I'm in
- From the mouth of babes, etc enjoyed this from mastodon.social/@Daojoan/115... h/t to @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com
- Over in Brooklyn for a live @themaybe.org podcast - Let Them Eat Compute: Computer Says Maybe Climate Week Livestream - @ambakak.bsky.social and @alixdunn.com setting the scene for a conversation 'rooted in the material, in the current context, in activism'..
- (TW) The past is a funny old thing. Had an excellent conversation ysterday about LLMs & not losing the power of a white page. It brought to mind the time I most viscerally remember a white page - my blog when my @thersaorg.bsky.social colleague Emma Lindley left us 13 years ago tinyurl.com/mbc99yv2
