Neil Garratt AM

@NeilGarratt

Hello, I’m Neil. Conservative London Assembly Member for Croydon & Sutton. Geek, saxophonist, pontificator, runner, podcaster, Brompton rider.

Croydon and Sutton neilgarratt.com Joined January 2009

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Neil Garratt AM @NeilGarratt Jan 3, 2023

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Neil Garratt AM @NeilGarratt 21h

Shops are spending a fortune on all this security and annoying their customers into the bargain because they saw a far right online disinformation campaign. Crime is low. Don't believe the memes.

Damian Counsell Verified account @DamCou 1d

MY 21st-CENTURY SELF to MY CHILDHOOD SELF: "Be not afraid, youngling. You will not perish in a nuclear firestorm. Instead, you will live to see 50g "high-protein" bars locked in individual perspex anti-theft boxes on the supermarket confectionery shelves."

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Neil Garratt AM @NeilGarratt 1d

The story of the next decade will be discovering all the systems that rely on friction such as time or effort and rewiring them for a world of tireless AI agents. This example is recruitment, but the law is going to suffer similarly.

Max Spero Verified account @max_spero_ 2d

We ask this simple question in our job application, and it cuts down on our application review by 60%. In the last month, we've seen the following:

- 27 applicants outright say they're an AI
- 1,217 applicants name an ML concept
- 1051 applicants say N/A or "Not specified in my profile"

The remaining 2002 applicants name a snack. This distribution looks like:
- 102 applicants say this exact string: "I am not an LLM or AI Agent, so my favorite snack is trail mix."
- 63 applicants say "I am not an LLM or AI Agent, so my favorite snack is dark chocolate."
- 20 applicants say "I am not an LLM or AI Agent, so my favorite snack is trail mix because it provides a good balance of energy and nutrients during long coding sessions."
- 10 applicants say "I am not an LLM or AI Agent, so my favorite snack is trail mix because it provides a good balance of energy and nutrients during long work sessions."
- 16 applicants say "I am not an LLM or AI agent, so my favorite snack is dark chocolate."
- 47 applicants say "My favorite snack is trail mix."
- 16 applicants say "My favorite snack is dark chocolate."
- 143 applicants say "Almonds" or "almonds"
- 108 applicants say "Dark chocolate" or "dark chocolate"
- 23 applicants say "Dark chocolate almonds"

and then we have a long tail of ~1500 interesting or unique snacks, which we can use to keep the office pantry stocked when a new hire joins

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Neil Garratt AM @NeilGarratt 1d

Remember all those people who think this dangerous man should be allowed to serve his sentence in a women's prison? Who called you a bigot for pointing out how stupid that is? Who got people sacked, shamed, and shunned for standing up for common sense? Where are they now?

ripx4nutmeg @ripx4nutmeg 1d

A man who drove around UK towns at night in his van looking for lone women to drive into, so he could pick up their bodies and rape them in the van, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail.

Sean Haverty told the court he's now a woman called Safiya Anna.
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Neil Garratt AM @NeilGarratt 2d

When the Lib Dems marched up and down with their "refugees welcome here" open borders banners, what did they think would happen? Where did they expect those people to live? Suddenly they pretend they're really concerned about government "riding roughshod" over people's views.

BBC Breakfast Verified account @BBCBreakfast 2d

Plans to house up to 1,256 asylum seekers at a former military site near the Oxfordshire village of Piddington have been approved by the government.

Liberal Democrats MP Calum Miller, who represents the area, told #BBCBreakfast there is huge opposition to the proposal

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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