{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Richard Pope","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/richardjpope","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"74729","username":"richardjpope","bio":"","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":8,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Richard Pope","url":"https://richardjpope.org","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2025/40/74729.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"98104488","content_html":"<p>This looks like it should be a poster in the backdrop of a scuzzy sci-fi dystopia. 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Now they play out passively within internal party systems and are worse for it? 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(I regularly have to Google words because my dyslexia induced misspellings are so bad my computer just shrugs).</p>\n<img src=\"https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/260929/2026/pastedgraphic-1-1.png\" alt=\"MacOS spellcheck failing to suggest spellings for misspelt word 'accessable'\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://richardpope.org/2026/04/28/given-generative-ai-is-all/","date_published":"2026-04-28T10:13:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Pope","url":"https://richardjpope.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F40%2F74729.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richardjpope"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 10:13","date_timestamp":1777371209,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mastodon.me.uk/@richardjpope/116481800568024198","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sakj3xhrgl2tlku7ctdrvf6j/post/3mkkdydtu3r2t"]}},{"id":"89156450","content_html":"<p>Good thoughts from <a href=\"http://edent.tel\">@edent.tel</a> on closing open-source repos because Mythos:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/does-mythos-mean-you-need-to-shut-down-your-open-source-repos/\">https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/does-mythos-mean-you-need-to-shut-down-your-open-source-repos/</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I would strongly recommend reading the UK’s AI Safety Institute’s evaluation of Claude Mythos Preview’s cyber capabilities and the NCSC’s advice. Neither of them recommend closing down Open Source code.</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://richardpope.org/2026/04/28/good-thoughts-from-edenttel-on/","date_published":"2026-04-28T09:06:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Pope","url":"https://richardjpope.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F40%2F74729.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richardjpope"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 09:06","date_timestamp":1777367165,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88841512","content_html":"<p>Keep coming back to this video in the context of AI-based public services: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBeEOkwLToM\">www.youtube.com/watch</a></p>\n<p>If mentalizing / epistemic trust  is the key to learning some things, is it ever OK for machines to fake it, or should machines only be in a supporting role to human relationships.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://richardpope.org/2026/04/23/keep-coming-back-to-this/","date_published":"2026-04-23T09:56:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Pope","url":"https://richardjpope.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F40%2F74729.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richardjpope"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 09:56","date_timestamp":1776938168,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mastodon.me.uk/@richardjpope/116453428180750314","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sakj3xhrgl2tlku7ctdrvf6j/post/3mk5qrzcv662j"]}},{"id":"88620447","content_html":"<p>The Palintir mini manifesto at least makes it clear that if you buy their software you are buying it to a transnational political, military and economic project. The problem is public procurement officers are not exactly best placed to make that sort of decision. 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Design AI into services…</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.rpp.works/ways-of-doing/stop-searching-for-ai-use-cases-design-ai-into-services/\">https://www.rpp.works/ways-of-doing/stop-searching-for-ai-use-cases-design-ai-into-services/</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://richardpope.org/2026/04/13/stop-searching-for-ai-usecases/","date_published":"2026-04-13T10:34:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Pope","url":"https://richardjpope.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F40%2F74729.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richardjpope"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 10:34","date_timestamp":1776076480,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mastodon.me.uk/@richardjpope/116396949178814072","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sakj3xhrgl2tlku7ctdrvf6j/post/3mjeo6dv3a72c"]}},{"id":"86989803","content_html":"<p>At the British Academy for a day long policy lab</p>\n<p>Noted on the way in: the dedicated Champaign cork recycling box</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/260929/2026/f33b7baf5d-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/260929/2026/46838a7f55-m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://richardpope.org/2026/03/26/at-the-british-academy-for/","date_published":"2026-03-26T09:20:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Pope","url":"https://richardjpope.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F40%2F74729.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richardjpope"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 09:20","date_timestamp":1774516842,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Mastodon.me.uk/@richardjpope/116294738267821849","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sakj3xhrgl2tlku7ctdrvf6j/post/3mhxboflkqr2s"]}},{"id":"86849895","content_html":"<p>Positioning AI</p>\n<img src=\"https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/260929/2026/d342c9c9ed.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<p><a href=\"https://www.rpp.works/ways-of-doing/positioning-ai/\">https://www.rpp.works/ways-of-doing/positioning-ai/</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://richardpope.org/2026/03/24/114341/","date_published":"2026-03-24T11:43:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Pope","url":"https://richardjpope.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F40%2F74729.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richardjpope"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-24 11:43","date_timestamp":1774352621,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sakj3xhrgl2tlku7ctdrvf6j/post/3mhsj23x2v62m"]}},{"id":"86374303","content_html":"<p>Captcha aesthetics are getting weird</p>\n<img src=\"https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/260929/2026/c0046cfcdd.png\" alt=\"Capture where you have to guess aniumals with legs\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://richardpope.org/2026/03/17/103300/","date_published":"2026-03-17T10:33:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Richard Pope","url":"https://richardjpope.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F40%2F74729.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"richardjpope"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 10:33","date_timestamp":1773743580,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}