# Simon Robinson

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Will You Be AI’s Pet? - Matt Jones

Watch the Q&A session here: https://youtu.be/fuk6LYeOCDQI have two pet dogs; they are happy, wagging their tails and reacting well when I come home from work. They are well fed; have good healthcare; get daily exercise; and have times of play; they do no work or chores. But their long-gone ancestor…

Main Contractor QS vs Subcontractor QS: What Really Matters (EP 258)

In this episode, Paul is joined once again by Simon Robinson, former main contractor Managing QS turned founder of Subport, to unpack a question that sits at the heart of construction delivery: What actually makes a “good” subcontractor — and a “good” main contractor — from a commercial perspective…

Born Supremacy – AI as a Pale Shadow of Real Humanity - Professor Matt Jones

In this lecture, we glimpse our best selves and compare that to a world where we lose everything of ourselves to AI. We are glorious creations that revel in agency, freedom and creativity. What do innovations such as cars that don’t need us to drive and creative AIs that remove the effort of, say, …

Taming AI - Matt Jones

Watch the Q&A session: https://youtu.be/gj4d75_ClggIn this lecture, we look at proposals to limit AI powers and impacts, so bad outcomes are outweighed by social benefits from the technology. I’ll explain design processes (such as Human-Centred AI and Responsible AI) and technological approaches fo…

Can Simon Robinson tame the ABC?

Stars with planet-sized egos. Newsroom staff with big opinions. Audiences with high expectations and low patience. That’s the hot mix awaiting the new ABC news boss, who arrives as ABC management sort-of not-really denies sacking the last bloke. Today, media editor James Madden’s here to discuss AB…

INSIDE: Drones (Drone Racing Africa)

This week on #INSIDE we dive into the world of drones. Today on the shwo we hear from Simon Robinson, CEO of Drone Racing Africa about getting licences and racing drones

LX, Culture, and CX: Building Brands for the Long Game

Organizations navigating disruption often focus on systems, processes, and technology. This conversation argues that leadership experience deserves equal attention. Matt Egol, Simon Robinson, and James Killian examine how leadership experience influences customer experience, employee experience, an…

Forging Better Futures for You and AI - Matt Jones

In this last lecture, I will work to wake us from the AI as Overlord spell. We will explore other possible futures, looking first look at the potential of AI fitting in with us: things we can chat to; humanoid robots; or even devices that draw on understandings of pets to make them more palatable a…

Kindness by the Bishop of Warrington

This sermon was given by the Rt Revd Simon Robinson, Bishopof Warrington, at the Open Table Liverpool community hosted by St Bride's Church Liverpool, UK for our monthly Communion Service for the LGBTQIA+ community. The reading was Matthew 20:1-16 For details on the Open table Liverpool community …

Forging Better Futures for You and AI - Matt Jones

00:00 // AI as an Environment00:34 // Coronation Choir Experiment: How Music Shapes Attention02:27 // Reframing Artificial Intelligence: From Tool to Living Environment03:41 // Old AI Fears: Faster, Smarter and Assimilating Us04:17 // Humanoid Robots, AI Coworkers and AI Companion Pets05:28 // Why …