One sunny summer holidays afternoon in those days before lockdown, I wanted to get my girls, who were then nine
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Digital Anthropology
Anthropology, the scientific study of humanity, has long looked at the behaviour, culture and society, of often remote tribes in
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Fighting, typing, and computing
Little did I know that my journey from secretarial training to computer scientist was the classic one women had been
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AI for the WI
In March last year (2023) my Women’s Institute (WI) group, Gothic Valley WI (GVWI), shifted our meeting online due to
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Ruth’s talks: Dates, times and places
I began demystifying AI after attending a talk where the speaker, influenced by a ‘techbro’ podcaster and no knowledge of computing, segued into a convincing speech about how ChatGPT would breed robots and take over the world.
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