2025-09-01 –, Kuppelsaal
From: Chrono-Regulatory Commission, Temporal Enforcement Division
To: PyData Berlin Organising Committee
Subject: Citation #TMP-2077-091 - Unauthorised Spacetime Disturbance
Dear Committee,
Our temporal monitoring systems have detected an unauthorised chronological anomaly emanating from your facility (Berliner Congress Center, coordinates 52.52068°N, 13.416451°E) scheduled to manifest on September 1st at 9:20 a.m.
VIOLATION DETAILS:
- Unauthorized temporal incursion detected
- Speakers identified as: Kitchen, A. & Summers, L. (baseline timeline)
- Anomalous data signatures suggest retrospective analysis from non-contemporaneous source
- Evidence of information leakage: late 21st-century technological practices and standards
- Risk assessment: Moderate timeline contamination potential
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE REQUIRED:
Per Temporal Code Section 2077.3, you are hereby notified that failure to contain this spacetime disturbance will result in fines of up to 50,000 temporal credits. You must ensure adequate attendance at the specified coordinates to properly observe and contain the anomaly as it unfolds.
WARNING: Preliminary scans indicate the transmission contains advanced analytical frameworks and critical commentary on primitive early-21st-century data science practices. Attendees may experience paradigm shifts, changes to mental models, or sudden clarity regarding field trajectories.
Sincerely,
Compliance Officer Z-7749
Chrono-Regulatory Commission
"Keeping Yesterday Safe for Tomorrow"
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Laura is a very technical designer™️, working at Pydantic as Lead Design Engineer. Her side projects include Sweet Summer Child Score (summerchild.dev) and Ethics Litmus Tests (ethical-litmus.site). Laura is passionate about feminism, digital rights and designing for privacy. She speaks, writes and runs workshops at the intersection of design and technology.
Andy Kitchen is a hacker, startup founder and AI/Neuroscience researcher. Let's grab a beer and talk about philosophy, computer science and society (and science fiction while we're at it!)