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Prof Les Carr

@lescarr

Head of Web, AI & Society at @unisouthampton. Interdisciplinary open science research & science standup comedy. @[email protected]

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Everyone can now vibe-code a generic web app, but the more that you want to move from generic to specific behaviour, the more precision you have to add and the more you are “coding” and the less you are “vibing”.

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Get free tickets to see Matt Winning, climate scientist & comedian, along with 4 new University of Southampton comedians on June 19th at October Books ! eventbrite.co.uk/e/136998350052…

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Training researchers in AI techniques to support qualitative research methodologies at University of Southampton, I’m discovering that they mainly need AI to source, curate, clean and manage complex data for them. Sticking a “good enough” reasoner on a “good enough” search is not helpful!

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I love staying in small countryside hotels. Me: I’d like to go for a walk this morning. What’s the best direction to take? Receptionist: past the wine bar and the Ferrari garage and over the cattle grid. Welcome to Lyndhurst, gateway to the New Forest!

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We're combining #PublicEngagement with #AI at our face to face training session 10:30-12:00 Weds 4 June with the fab Prof Les Carr . All staff & #PGRs welcome - register on StaffBook or PGR Manager. Explore, discuss, engage - see you there! Electronics Comp Sci AI at Southampton sotonWSI Future Worlds

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Mary Meeker on AI: “Millions of years ago our ancestors picked up sticks and tool usage was born. Nearly 300,000 years later, tools are still important but AI tools are being adopted even faster than sticks.”

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Our Annual Report is here! We’re thrilled to share our latest annual report, showcasing a year of growth, innovation, and impact. Check out the full report and see how we’re making a difference! 💡 📷 issuu.com/university_of_… #AnnualReport #Education #Impact #Policy

Our Annual Report is here!  We’re thrilled to share our latest annual report, showcasing a year of growth, innovation, and impact.  

Check out the full report and see how we’re making a difference! 💡 📷 
issuu.com/university_of_…

#AnnualReport #Education #Impact #Policy
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I’m having an epistemological breakdown caused by TikTok influencers discussing the implications of the latest James Webb images while YouTube shows me Cambridge professor Hannah Fry explaining how attractive men find women.

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🎉 AI@Southampton officially launches! 🤖 Yesterday marked the official launch of AI@Southampton, our bold new initiative aimed at accelerating research, education, and knowledge exchange in Artificial Intelligence. Find out more: southampton.ac.uk/wsi/news/2025/…

🎉 AI@Southampton officially launches! 🤖

Yesterday marked the official launch of AI@Southampton, our bold new initiative aimed at accelerating research, education, and knowledge exchange in Artificial Intelligence.

Find out more: southampton.ac.uk/wsi/news/2025/…
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Come to Southampton Science Comedy at October Books on July 17th to see 4 new science comedians from University of Southampton PLUS a preview of the hilarious new show from Merry Martyn and QI elf Joe Mayo! eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampton-…

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Long story short, AI is just IT and subject to the same tedious restrictions as IT. Everything we learned about data and humans in “digital transformation” doesn’t stop being true just because “AI is special”.

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I am such an idiot. I saw a shirt I liked in a Facebook ad (two red flags there already) and I investigated it and the company without clicking on the ad and everything seemed to indicate that it was a genuine UK company. But the tracking number shows it is coming from china.