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James Thompson

Some person on the internet

I’m someone very interested and concerned about the future of artificial intelligence, technology, and society. I have academic experience (Master of AI) and professional experience in AI research, software development, and data science.

Welcome to my space on the internet

Disclaimer: My thoughts and ideas evolve constantly. I make no promise that my posts will be consistent with each other - I expect to disagree with my past self often. After all, your past self is really a different person.

What’s Here

Long Form Posts

Essays, articles, and in-depth explorations of topics I find interesting.

Short Forms

Quick thoughts and micro-posts under 100 words for bite-sized reading.

About Me

Learn more about who I am and what I’m working on.

Recent Posts

AI from the government?

An introduction and overview of the concept of Public AI and its implications for society.

Nov 18, 2025
A master of coursework
I just finished the coursework part (about 2/3 of the total programme) of my Master in Artificial Intelligence, now I move into my research project (in AI alignment). I did…


Nov 7, 2025
A good automation story
I recently got back from Europe after a couple of months of Snowboarding and competing at some Freeride World Tour Qualifier events. Fun time but crashed at almost all…
Mar 13, 2025
Aiming to ride another day
Firstly a bit of background. I spent the 2023 snow season in Wānaka (Read more about it here)so that I could train at Treble Cone and Cardrona as I am competing on the Freeri…
Jul 15, 2024
Give till what?
To help get through my workouts everyday I listen to a podcast. My podcast of choice has changed over time starting with Wesley Livesays great podcasts on the world wars (WW1…
Jun 9, 2024
My First Prototype
I should preface this that the blog post should of been published around the end of 2023. But due to me letting it slip through the gaps it is here now, better late then…
Mar 10, 2024
Hugo sjtravel website
I just created a website for me and my partners travels as well as house sitting.
Apr 23, 2023
Rmd no more (atleast not while it is hindering me)
I had the initial goal here of having a space to help me have a space to write some words. In writing those words I was going to gain some skills in writing words in an…
Apr 11, 2023
Test of building blog posts with rmd and Jekyll
This blog post has been moved over from my old blog format of Jekyll. Now it is working with Quarto and so this blog post no longer works
Aug 21, 2022
Welcome To My Blog
Hello this is my first blog post.
Aug 9, 2022
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Recent Shorts

Recent Short Forms Date
AI village: Watch and be amazed Feb 3, 2026
Welcome to Short Forms Feb 3, 2026
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