Articles, rants, tutorials and thoughts by Ben Byford
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Environmental Practices for the Games Industry
20 Nov 2023 | Eco, Development, Article, Games
Recommendations for anyone working in the games industry to reduce carbon and promote environmental practises.
What is ethics?
23 Oct 2023 | Ethics, AI, Essay, Philosophy, Article
An article about ethics in the abstract, the point of it and how we can use it for better futures.
Book review: The Myth of Artificial Intelligence
13 Jul 2022 | AI, Essay, Ethics, AGI
Book review for Prometheus Journal volume 38
Environmental practises for the web talk 2021
30 Dec 2021 | Article, Eco, Ethics, Http, Research, Talk, Web, Design, Development
Talk from Bath Digital Festival 2021
Recent AI Ethics appearances
30 Jun 2021 | Ethics, AI, Podcast, Talk
Links to podcasts I've recently appeared talking about AI Ethics subjects.
Expectations of Kaggle competitions: ethics and provenance
18 Oct 2019 | AI, Ethics, Essay
Discussing Kaggles ethics policies or lack of
What even is AI anyway?
26 Jun 2019 | AI, Ethics, Article, Philosophy
When we talk about AI what do we actually mean? This article runs through some of the things people may be thinking when they say AI.
The only technology question is: why?
16 May 2019 | AI, Ethics, Essay, Philosophy
Short essay on whether we should be using the humanities more when anwsering the question should we make something, not if we can.
Appearance on TinyGiantJams podcast
28 Feb 2019 | Podcast, AI, Machine ethics
I chatted to Kerry and Norts on their podcast about AI ethics and Machine Ethics
Optimised for Fake News
08 Sep 2017 | Article, Essay, Fake news
Article written for The Cube Magazine, showing the obvious line of thinking that has lead to fake news on the internet.
Why I hate Email
21 Nov 2016 | Essay, Email
TL;DR – email is fundamentally insecure, distracting, and cumbersome, and here’s why…
The Trolly problem is not a synonym for autonomous cars
25 Sep 2016 | Autonomous cars, Essay
Essay outlining why the Trolly Problem is problematic when used in relation to Autonomous Vehicles.
Autonomy and Monopoly
12 Sep 2016 | Autonomous cars, Monopoly
An essay concerning the future of autonoumous cars and monopoly - Illustrations by Nicholas Willsher, part of my series on Autonomous Cars.
The Machine Ethics podcast
29 Jun 2016 | Website, Podcast
New podcast hosted by myself interviewing people about Machine Ethics. Available today on itunes
Working with HTTPS/2 for web designers
01 Jun 2016 | Article, Website, Http
In this article I test HTTPS/2 on my own server running NGINX, look at some new stuff in the protocol, run some tests on a live site, and come back with my findings on speed.
Eulergy closes it's digital doors
02 Feb 2016 | Eulergy
The startup I created with four co-founders closes.
Processwire tutorials for Tuts+
18 Jan 2016 | Tutorial, Code
List and summary of te recent tutorials I've written for Tuts+ about Processwire
Problems on the Blockchain
12 Dec 2015 | Article
Brief look at some of Blockchain technologies issues for democracy and the environment
Ethics and Algorithms
26 May 2015 | Article, Lecture
Talk for Digital Shoreditch #DS2015 on Machine Ethics
Recent Eulergy interviews and articles
03 Nov 2014 | Eulergy, Article, Interview
Articles about Eulergy, collaboration and start-ups written by the press or articles I've written
Making Horton-Stephens.com
09 Oct 2014 | Code, Tutorial
Logic and coding used in the Horton-Stephens.com website
Why I choose Processwire CMS
18 Jun 2014 | CMS, Article
Why do I choose to use Processwire Content Management System over any other CMS? This article explores that choice.
NEW PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
04 Jun 2014 | Website
New portfolio website for myself - here's how I made it...
Social Enterprise talk at Edinburgh University
02 Feb 2014 | Video, Lecture, Eulergy, Business
18 minute talk on setting up a business, eulergy.com, social enterprise and working at Virgin
From the Internet to 3D Printing
19 Nov 2013 | Video, Lecture
Lecture recorded at Virgin. A short overview of various currently technology trends and myths
Let's make a game
19 Jun 2012 | Code, Games
Our first #48hrGameDev - Challenge: one weekend, make a game
Online Creative Networks - survey
13 Aug 2010 | Survey
Survey from my OCN essay for my MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship
