Laura Ryan
@Lyan82
Senior analyst @InstituteGC (sci/tech). fellow @BritishProgress co-founder @betterscienceuk 🪩 metascience cheerleader. views own
The Sovereign AI Unit is hiring for an early career policy position! If you know anyone 1-3 years into their career that is high-agency, cares deeply about public service, and wants to do some of the highest ambition work in UK policy - this is the role for them.
Just El Greco doing his never-been-seen-before-or-since thing. One of the most original painters in Western art (the most?). ‘Adoration of the Name of Jesus’, (detail) late 1570s, Spanish Royal Collection.
The abundance divide is not left vs right, but revealed by answers to questions like: Do we produce (and consume) too much? Are there too many people in the world? Can anyone be better off without someone losing? (Do free lunches exist) Should we have strawberries in winter?
Mission‑driven government needs more than ambition: we must rewrite the rules of the game. Today for @britishprogress, @pdmsero and I show how mechanism design (‘ reverse game theory’) can help the Government shape markets, crowd in investment and deliver radical reform.
I’m excited about this: 12 month fellowship for AI engineers to work on some of the biggest challenges in government👇
We want the UK's top AI experts to join us for a 12-month fellowship building cutting-edge AI tools for public services - funded by @Meta's $1m grant to @TuringInst. From national security translation to planning approvals - deliver the Plan for Change with open-source AI.
Come join the bridge editing team @arcinstitute and build the future of genome design!
Happy to share that I'm continuing my research on bridge recombinases as a scientist in @pdhsu lab at the @arcinstitute! I am looking for a motivated post-grad to work with me as a research associate. If you are interested or know of someone, please use the link below:
Tower Bridge’s neo-Gothic style was tacky Disneyland stuff when it was built. Critics hated it. “A more absurd structure than the Tower Bridge was never thrown”, one said. But it’s become of the most beloved & iconic buildings in the world. People like naff pastiche!
Calling all weekend grafters - the deadline for this is Monday! A small number of academics have the opportunity to get a large number of GPUs!
Many top academic AI researchers are GPU poor. The Sovereign AI Unit wants to change this story. We are seeking ambitious AI research proposals for UK academics aiming to take their research to the next level. Read below to find out more and apply 🧵👇
If you're interested in working with the best tech policy team in the world, you're in luck - TBI has a spot 👇
Really heartening to see more and more people organising events like this to meet people offline. A rejection of gamified dating culture! I will be there.
This is a great write up of some of the things we’re doing across SovAI, ARIA and elsewhere to make the UK a force in AI for science…
While all eyes have been on the U.S.’s dramatic science policy shifts, the rest of the world hasn’t stood still. My round-up of U.K. investments in AI for Science—including OpenBind, new supercomputers, and self-driving labs—shows a distinct strategic trajectory
Exciting day at No10, convening some of the world’s best in academia, industry, and philanthropy to discuss how we can take the OpenBind Consortium to the point of maximum ambition. This could be a new chapter in the world’s drug discovery story, with the UK leading it 🇬🇧
💫 New issue of the Progress Post! 📈 📋 New papers from @pdmsero on abundance and pensions! 🗺️ Re-launch of @buildwithtract's Scout! 🎟️ YOU'RE INVITED to our summer party! ☀️ And, of course, your progress reading list for June! 📚