Socio-technical trailblazer. I help civil society organisations use the internet for good: connecting people, processes, data, and technology.
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Well, live #fosdem again… Let's see if I remember how to navigate that space. 🙂
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Using Large Language Models like #ChatGPT for political lobbying, with a link to Stanford Law School research in this area: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/01/ai-and-political-lobbying.html /cc @wendyhk @awsamuel
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Kijk aan, weer een nieuwe Nederlandse Mastodon-gemeenschap gaat van start: "Cultuurpers is een journalistieke lezerscoöperatie (sinds 2009) en volgt kunstenaars en het geld in de Nederlandse kunst- en cultuursector" https://cultureelpersbureau.nl/2023/01/cultuurpers-heeft-vanaf-nu-een-eigen-server-op-mastodon-lees-hier-waarom/
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@mgifford a late reply, but I hope you would agree this kind of content is not really helpful in any way? 🙂 I'm sure some AI system is able to contribute some sort of reasoning that is on par with human capabilities. But so far: no.
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@david_megginson @markbrough @stevieflow #IATIGreat to see you here, Mark! I am transitioning, still, from previous: work, social platforms, and what not 🙂 Open for "what is next?"
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checkmate 😢 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys0HyevZpQg
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@mgifford my impression with #OpenAI so far is that it is good at summarising a mainstream narrative, but really does not challenge anything. I see texts that would make good essays for high school assignments, but it's a bit like modern-day TED talks: nothing like the (definitely more elitist) earlier versions. A lot of talk…
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Inbox 196. Not zero, but down from 600-something earlier today, so it feels like regaining control. (It won't be zero, because that's not my system, but 600-something was not my system either…)
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@jmccyoung @robert @awsamuel Sustainability: a small server with many external contacts needs to store local copies of federated media now. Hashtag searches only go to (more or less) "friend of a friend" networks, not global. It's about local context rather than global reach. Continuity of hosts is what I see as defining: get enough public…
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Web 2.0 was about "social media", then turned into the predominant North-American "social space": a consumer shopping mall. The #Fediverse is currently about "societal media". Still a predominantly Western-oriented social space, but rooted in democratic #PublicSpaces rather than feudal/private sector/benevolent dictator models. To preserve our key values: 1. We need non-Western models of society in…