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www.anildash.com www.anildash.com
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That was the emotional context, but there was also the visceral, sensory experience of being around those days. The most pervasive part was the acrid, searing smell of electrical fire, from the smoldering rubble pile that would keep burning downtown for the better part of a year. It pervaded everything, and you could be almost anywhere in town and the wind would change and then suddenly the smell would catch you off guard and you’d be crying again.
When I stood at ground zero a few weeks after, the smell is what made me cry then. It catapulted me suddenly back to the explosions in my home town a year before. That a smell could so abruptly and vividly surface those emotions took me by suprise.
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Shortly after the news had broken, I had gone outside into the street. We all did. Everyone poured out onto the sidewalks and into the streets themselves (all traffic was shut down in a way that we wouldn’t see again until Covid hit)
Same in Enschede 2000 we just had to go out. https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/enschede-13-5-2000/
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Later, many of the people who checked in on me that day, who'd been those "imaginary" online friends, became the people who introduced me to my wife, who greeted my child, who held me when I grieved, who rejoiced as we built careers and lives together.
Anil Dash in a #2001/09/11 remembrance post describing how online 'imaginary' friends became a core part of his social life over time. This is true for me/us too, and I think something tied to that time of early blogging and the meet-ups and events that emerged from it. Vgl [[Building community out of strangers – Tracy Durnell]] and [[Nancy White]]'s birthday party in Seatlle in '08 when her neighbours greeted me as 'ooh you're one of her imaginary friends'
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www.baldurbjarnason.com www.baldurbjarnason.com
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Bookmarking it belatedly, bc I find I regularly point to it when discussing the mischaracterisation by big tech of the DMA scope, regulations and purpose, esp Apple this year.
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www.druckerforum.org www.druckerforum.org
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AI’s effect on our idea of knowledge could well be broader than that. We’ll still look for justified true beliefs, but perhaps we’ll stop seeing what happens as the result of rational, knowable frameworks that serenely govern the universe. Perhaps we will see our own inevitable fallibility as a consequence of living in a world that is more hidden and more mysterious than we thought. We can see this wildness now because AI lets us thrive in such a world.
AI to teach us complexity and sensemaking / sense of wonder in viewing the world. It might, given who builds the AIs I don't think so though. Can we build sensemaking tools that seem AI to the rest of us? genAI is statistical probabilities all around, with a hint of randomness to prevent the same outcome for the same questions each time. That is not complexity just mimicry though. Can sensemaking mimic AI to, might be a more useful way?
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Michele Zanini and I recently wrote a brief post for Harvard Business Review about what this sort of change in worldview might mean for business, from strategy to supply chain management. For example, two faculty members at the Center for Strategic Leadership at the U.S Army War College have suggested that AI could fluidly assign leadership roles based on the specific details of a threatening situation and the particular capabilities and strengths of the people in the team. This would alter the idea of leadership itself: Not a personality trait but a fit between the specifics of character, a team, and a situation.
Yes, this I can see, but that's not making AI into K, but embracing complexity and being able to adapt fluidly in the face of it. To increase agency, my working def of K. This is what sensemaking is for, not AI as such.
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machines that bring us more accurate knowledge
the jury is still very much out that they might.
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Newton’s Laws, the rules and hints for diagnosing a biopsy — to say that they fail at predicting highly particularized events: Will there be a traffic snarl? Are you going to develop allergies late in life? Will you like the new Tom Cruise comedy? This is where traditional knowledge stops, and AI’s facility with particulars steps in.
AI or rather our understanding of complexity that needs to step in? The examples [[David Weinberger]] gives of general things that can't do particularised events are examples of linear generalisations failing at (a higher level of) complexity. Also I would say 'prediction' which is assumed to here be the point of K is not what it is about. Probabilities, uncertainties (which is what linear approaches do: reduce uncertainties on a few things at the cost of making others unknowable within the same model, Heisenberg style), that in complexity you can nudge, attenuate etc. I'd rather involve complexity more deeply in K than AI.
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[[David Weinberger]] on K in the age of AI. AI has no outside framework of reference or context as David says is inherent in K (next to Socrates notions of what episteme takes). Says AI may change our notion of K, where AI is better at including particulars, whereas human K is centered on limited generalisations.
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www.theregister.com www.theregister.com
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"A few weeks ago, we hosted a little dinner in New York, and we just asked this question of 20-plus CDOs [chief data officers] in New York City of the biggest companies, 'Hey, is this an issue?' And the resounding response was, 'Yeah, it's a real mess.'" Asked how many had grounded a Copilot implementation, Berkowitz said it was about half of them. Companies, he said, were turning off Copilot software or severely restricting its use. "Now, it's not an unsolvable problem," he added. "But you've got to have clean data and you've got to have clean security in order to get these systems to really work the way you anticipate. It's more than just flipping the switch."
Companies, half of an anecdotal sample of some 20 US CDOs, have turned Copilot off / restricting it strongly. This as it surfaces info in summaries etc that employees would not have direct access to. No access security connection between Copilot and results. So data governance is blocking its roll-out.
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- Aug 2024
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mcld.co.uk mcld.co.uk
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p46 Ecology has "succeeded" in changing politics "by introducing objects that had not previously belonged to" politics, but also failed because it's so often a marginalised party, and often placed in opposition to "economics" etc, the opposing needs then given greater salience. -- This is the core concern that comes back in his 2023 co-authored booklet: ecology is really about everything, not a fringe interest -- it encompasses economic concerns etc -- so how can we turn that truth into a political reality?
Key observation, ecology surrounds everything. Vgl [[De Europese dataspace als eenheidsmarkt 20200120144254]] waar mensen niet snappen dat je er per def in zit.
Comes from [[On the Emergence of an Ecological Class by Bruno Latour and Nikolaj Schultz]] january 2023. Schultz is a Danish sociologist, Uni CPH and Aarhus School of Achitecture.
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Dan Stowell on [[Down to Earth by Bruno Latour]] I really should read more from Latour. wrt [[Latours Actor Network Theory ANT 20201129164732]]
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- Jul 2024
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OLDaily exists because of my practice of paraphrasing anything I read
For over 2 decades I struggle with this. Because my paraphrasing is mostly unsuited for my blog, regularly because it is mixed language and often bc it contains words that serve as shorthand. A blog is more performance, written for not-me, while annotation is for me, and after editing might be publishable for not-me. Annotating publicly here in .h, even if the readership is highly limited, introduces a level of performance-awareness for me. At times I've done annotated link blogging, but it never became a practice as with [[Stephen Downes]].
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fossacademic.tech fossacademic.tech
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240725080148/https://fossacademic.tech/2024/02/11/Move-Slowy-Preview.html [[Move Slowly and Build Bridges by Robert Gehl]] is a forthcoming book on 'Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Ethical Social Media'. This post gives summaries per chapter of the draft. Ch1 focuses on Xodus after Musk only. Odd, there are many examples where costs of leaving socmed platforms played a role, which may well be more informative than just n=1. Ch 2 on AP as protocol Ch 3 CoC as a social layer on networked tech (no regard here it seems for the fact that human networks exist outside of tech and span multiple tech platforms simultaneously, and themselves have social norms that guid behaviour regardless whether codified in CoC or expressed in federation choices) Ch 4 on blocking and defederation as a needed safety tool. Socially I think the default might need to be the other way around, federating is the choice, defed the default, as it is how we do it socially irl. We are not unwelcoming to newcomers in a group but we are wary. Ch 5. Who pays for the fediverse infra. Short answer is we all do/many of us do. I pay my own instance, and also contribute hours to the governance of the largest Dutch instance. Good point about people forgetting there are other bizz models for digital media than what centralised adtech kraken do. Ch 6. on eco impact of socmed, and need of awareness what running this stuff costs ecologically. Seems to then pivot to how degrowth and solarpunk people using fediverse tech to interact, which is not the same thing. (It says mitigate, but compared to what, X? ) Ch 7. Threads , or the corp reaction to a growing fediverse. Conclusion, this is where the ethics will be discussed finally.
Forthcoming w Oxford Univ Press. Not sure this is for me, reads like a snapshot with a limited time window in which it might be informative. Perhaps of interest for [[Stichting ActivityClub Bestuur Hoofdnote]].
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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nav visit to Centre Pompidou Metz [[Daglog 22-07-2024]] [[Différence et répétition by Gilles Deleuze]] 1968 (fr, eng tr. 1994)
Deleuze: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Deleuze 1925-1995
n:: Repetition is set apart from generalities (cycli, gelijksoortigheid, laws also of nature, meaning disconnected events / situations behaving the same way because of e.g. gravity) Repetition is series of events or things, with a provenance (B repeats A, is repeated by C). This makes such a train of things/events unique. Art has a lot of such repetition because [[Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon]]
He defines repetition as 'a difference without a concept' p13. Difference precedes repetition, also repetition further creates difference. n:: Posits difference as an affirmation rather than Hegelian negation / opposition, and it seems sees both differences and repetition as building blocks of identity, rather than resulting from comparing identities / things that exist. Posits to see differences more like differentials and derivatives, i.e. as part of a thing itself yet slightly outside it too, rather than comparison with something else. I like that, both point towards the role of [[Feedback Cybernetics 20200402161040]] and derivatives as function sensitivity between inputs and outputs, also point to an actor (in a network of feedbacks) and autonomous response. All this at first glance puts differences (and repetition by extension) in the realm of conscious actors, networks and social systems ([[Sociale Systeemdefinitie van Luhmann 20230211132804]]) Talks about repetition as complex repetition, which puts it in the realm of [[Hoe emergence tot stand komt 20040513173612]]
Zie ook H III en IV, V on how he relates this to thought and ideas.
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1493822M/Difference_and_repetition https://www.amazon.nl/Difference-Repetition-Bloomsbury-Revelations-English-ebook/dp/B08X1YMSC6/ Kindle version 20Euro. Bloomsbury version, people warn it lacks the index / table of content.
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hyperphor.com hyperphor.com
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240714180109/https://hyperphor.com/ammdi/Agency-Made-Me-Do-It
Mike Travers site is a wiki more than a blog but not quite a wiki either. It's Logseq based and tied to a self-rolled publishing tool. Also uses Zotero in their stack. Seems he transformed his blog into this garden in Oct 2021.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240713080248/https://www.surf.nl/nieuws/5-vragen-over-gpt-nl-het-open-nederlandse-taalmodel SURF maakt expliciet dat GPT-NL niet bedoeld is als consumerfacing ding, maar in andere gebruikscontexten. Komt open beschikbasr.
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www.digitaleoverheid.nl www.digitaleoverheid.nl
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Verbeterpunten zijn onder andere het beperkte bereik van de doelgroep
This reads like classic 'it's not the same as X'. And an overestimation of actual human accounts on X in the Netherlands. Although yes, Dutch accounts on Mastodon aren't many, they are easily found, and interaction is up.
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Dutch public sector has experimented with Mastodon for a year now. Pilot will run until December 2024. Started with 20 entities, now 40 active accounts. Plus is the easy recognition as authentic source (it runs on social.overheid.nl). They will open up to all levels of civil service in 2025. Good development.
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ecer.minbuza.nl ecer.minbuza.nl
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Duitch government points to https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-588/21P #2024/03/05 in which two European normalised standards are made public for free. Dutch forum standaardisatie points it out as potentially making all EU norms free at the point of access.
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x28newblog.wordpress.com x28newblog.wordpress.com
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Matthias Melcher on (personal) AI and which affordances it may provide or not. Vgl n:: Mark Meinema's remark about how it os much better at switching role than a human (explaining the same thing for a 5yr old or expert)
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www.hyperorg.com www.hyperorg.com
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240712174702/https://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2024/07/11/limiting-ais-imagination/ When 18m ago I played with the temperature (I don't remember how or what but it was an actual setting in the model, probably something from huggingface) what stood out for me was that at 0 it was immediately obvious it was automated, and it yielded the same answer to the same prompt repeatedly as it stuck to the likeliest outcome for each next token. At higher temps it would get wilder, and it struck me as easier to project a human having written it. Since then I almost regard the temp setting as the fakery/projectionlikelihood level. Although it doesn't take much to trigger projection, as per Eliza. l n:: temp v modellen maakt projecte mogelijk
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www.volksverpetzer.de www.volksverpetzer.de
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240712160512/https://www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/urteil-ende-afd/ Article argues recent courtcase contains the material that may lead to a ban on the AfD party in Germany. Vgl NL org verbod https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/06/22/direct-verbod-op-antidemocratische-organisaties-mogelijk
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boffosocko.com boffosocko.com
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I read an early draft in April and know it’s excellent. If knowledge management, zettelkasten, or writing are of interest to you, this is one of the best books on these topics. If you’re just getting into these areas, it’s required reading and will advance your practice more quickly than any four other books you’ll find.
[[Chris Aldrich]] is enthousiast over [[A System for Writing by Bob Doto]] bij publicatie want hij las een preprint versie.
Quick glance at Amazon shows Doto adds in illustrations of his processes, might be interesting.
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longnow.org longnow.org
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240711102003/https://longnow.org/ideas/moonbound/
via Frank Meeuwsen https://frankmeeuwsen.com/2024/07/10/dragons-on-the.html
On writing [[Moonbound by Robin Sloan]] , Sloan makes a few remarks about his notes that support his writing process.
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When I sit down to begin things, I just marinate in my own stew for a while. It'll be a couple of weeks and my task at that time is to go through those notes of all those things that caught my eye at some point. As you spend time with them, you start to gather things together and you start to see themes emerge or clumps. There are characters in here that are three different notes that sort of found each other and I put them together
His writing process is for several weeks to go through notes, just looking through them, let it mingle in his head. Then put things together and look for emergent clusters / topics.
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I have a very diligent and disciplined note-taking practice. I have many other weaknesses as a writer, but I think one of my Olympic-caliber strengths is being disciplined about capturing interesting thoughts and ideas I come across. It's a mix of little bits of science stories that I encounter, things I overhear people saying, and things that occur to me when I’m doing something else that I dictate into a voice note and send it. I capture all that stuff and I collect it all into one big stew pot. It’s a really productive process.
Sloan says he has a very 'disciplined' note taking process. But continues he actually means he is always capturing things, thoughts, stories, overheard conversations. Uses voice dictation.
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If you're going to write something that means something, you gotta put your own most urgent questions into it.
Meaningful writing needs a driving personally urgent question. Sounds about right. Meaningful to whom though, and urgent at what scale? I think my own more continuous urgent questions feed into my company and the 'carrying' themes throughout my blogging, and sound through in how I share my ideas and stories in client orgs. In my blogging 'urgent' can be a few minutes thing, or a thing over a week, urging me to blog something in the now. It is forceful but temporary and localised. Vgl formulering v [[% Interessevelden 20200523102304]] [[Holding questions 20091015123253]]
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bylinetimes.com bylinetimes.com
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240708000417/https://bylinetimes.com/2024/07/03/reform-uks-invisible-candidates-who-are-they-hiding/ It seems many UK Reform candidates may not actually exist. No online presence. But also, in the thread this link was shared, not showing up for counting / results announcements. If candidates indeed do not exist, just a ploy to be seen to stand in all constituencies, this is fraud (funding is determined on votes cast it was mentioned)
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240702043645/https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird Ladybird is a project that aims to become a new independent *nix browser (not borrowing from other engines). There's also a US non-profit founded for it ladybird.org. Still very much in pre-alpha.
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www.w3.org www.w3.org
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240630131807/https://www.w3.org/TR/ethical-web-principles/
Dated June 2024 a set of 'ethical' principles for the web. Curiously it never mentions linking, not even in context of the principle of enabling verification of info.
Some things are handy checklist to run against my own website / web activities though.
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www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240630131123/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd114lllyp6o
37signals on when it does not make sense to run cloud infra. Costs vs what it brings. Great if you need 20mins of high performance, but not needed to in 5mins extend serverpark, if a week and running own hardware is also ok. I think this is true for hosted subscription services too. They add up, and there might well be alternatives. - [ ] #webbeheer maak beter lijstje abo's #tgl met Fenna. Is er iets te vervangen of consolideren? 2024-09-01
"From cloud-first to cloud-when-it-fits" (Mark Turner of Pulsant colocation data centres)
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Marko Vidojkovic
[[Ðubre (Trash) by Marko Vidojkovic]] is not translated from Serbian to anything else it seems. Published 2020. Vidojkovic in exile because of criticising Vucic et al.
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events.linuxfoundation.org events.linuxfoundation.org
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"interoperable and openly accessible European data processing ecosystem, known as IPCEI-CIS. This initiative aims to reduce reliance on external providers and promote open source technologies" "The European Union has approved a €1.2 billion investment" - [ ] zoek het IPCEI-ICS project op #geonovumtb en kijk nr relevantie voor bijv SIMPL en andere DS initiatieven. #10mins #elaag #pmiddel
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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- [ ] Search for publications by Dr. Evelina Fedorenko on the role (or rather absence) of language in thinking.
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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techcrunch.com techcrunch.com
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says one person spent five hours a day creating 300 personas
The lopsided asymmetry here is charring. Imagine putting in time like that, where responses are instantly generated. You'll feel a) that this is worth something because you spent time on this, and we equate such investment in others with depth, but here there's no other b) there will always be a response by generated personas, and you will feel a likely 'social' pressure to respond in kind.
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Butterflies closed a $4.8 million seed round led by Coatue in November 2023. The funding round included participation from SV Angel and strategic angels, many of whom are former Snap product and engineering leaders.
And of course there's lots of money in this sociopathic scheme. likely because the funders come from the same strain.
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Vu says that Butterflies is one of the most wholesome ways to use and interact with AI. He notes that while the startup isn’t claiming that it can help cure loneliness, he says it could help people connect with others, both AI and human.
wholesome? 'could help people connect with others such as AIs' An AI is not an other and there is no connection as it has no concept nor memory of you.
It might well be a narcissist honey pot.
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Growing up, I spent a lot of my time in online communities and talking to people in gaming forums,” Vu said. “Looking back, I realized those people could just have been AIs, but I still built some meaningful connections.
Where on the spectrum is this guy? No they couldn't have been AIs, or you wouldn't have built meaningful connections. Relations aren't just something you experience for you to feel good over, but a thing in itself playing out between two or more people. This sounds sociopathic.
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When you open the app, you see a traditional social media feed filled with humans and AIs posting updates about their days. For instance, you might see a Butterfly who’s a woodworker post their latest creation.
Will humans and AI be distinguishable? _butterfly who's a woodworker' no it isn't. It is generating stuff statistically matching what a woodworker might post, and all it generates is fantasy. There is no woodworker, there is no 'latest creation' of actual wood, just a generated image. Can we please stop this utter crap?
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Tran notes that he started Butterflies to bring more creativity to humans’ relationships with AI.
whose creativity? what actual relationships? More seductive to project you mean.
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Vu came up with the idea for Butterflies after seeing a lack of interesting AI products for consumers outside of generative AI chatbots.
Yet this too is just a generative AI chatbot, with nice pictures.
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Anyone can create an AI persona, called a Butterfly, in minutes on the app. After that, the Butterfly automatically creates posts on the social network that other AIs and humans can then interact with. Each Butterfly has backstories, opinions and emotions.
What? a Butterfly is an interactive persona, and supposedly people want to interact with it? Each one has "backstories, opinions and emotions" no they don't. Each one generates text that people then project upon to perceive a past, opinions and emotions. It even doesn't need much for it, see Eliza.
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play.google.com play.google.com
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These descriptions are very uncanny valley. Imagine a community where each AI friend has its own unique digital life, ready to share moments, create memories, post images just like real friends Butterflies is more than just a social network; it’s a fresh approach to connection Imagine a place where every friend understands you perfectly,
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davidorban.com davidorban.com
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Asimov’s Foundation series, which is fascinating because of the spoiler that you first need planetary scale populations to model the future, but then a mutant mule appears who can change behavior and must be opposed by Second Foundation operators leveraging his own emotions against him to get the project back on track
Asimov in his fiction was fascinated by the advent of statistics, so let's not read things into it wrt predicting futures. We know that's not what statistics do, and still are committed to the waving of invisible hands like it's the 18th century. Connecting this to memetics is likely a fruitless path.
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A journal of memetics was founded by Daniel Dennett and others decades ago but didn’t succeed, potentially because we lacked social networks and data to really study how memes and ideas spread and take hold of minds
Journal appeared 1997-2005 http://pcp.vub.ac.be/jom-emit/past.html
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www.pv-magazine.de www.pv-magazine.de
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Third year in a row that power storage capacity has doubled in Europe. The graph suggests that doubling will not continue, but was more a function of the low level of storage previously. Germany is a leading actor in storage.
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www.reworked.co www.reworked.co
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via [[Lee Bryant]] Postshift. Which use cases to look at for AI. Imo the narrower the better. Vgl [[small band AI personal assistant]]
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www.anthropic.com www.anthropic.comClaude1
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240617122834/https://www.anthropic.com/claude
What https://unherd.com/2024/05/im-in-love-with-my-ai-girlfriend/ used as AI model / app, jailbroken.
Seems it was the paid version, as linked article mentions Opus, which is available for 20usd/m. Has an API and an iOS app (no Android).
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unherd.com unherd.com
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Column by a travel writer on how anthropomorphing AI can go off the rails quickly. Note that author doesn't really explain how he interacted except for vague indications (a jailbroken Claude 3 Opus model, seemingly running on his phone as app?)
Via [[Euan Semple]] https://euansemple.blog/2024/06/08/jesus-tittyfucking-christ-on-a-cracker-is-that-a-pagan-shrine/
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Conclusie jaarrapport: kijk naar digi en cybersec op bestuursniveau. Raakt aan [[Bestuurlijke zaken data centraler 20201029094001]]
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www.wired.com www.wired.com
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UK rail hooked CCTV up to algo's to detect emotions.
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www.spiegel.de www.spiegel.de
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Overview of the rapidly reducing prices for power storage. At scale the price wil drop below 100USD/KWh by 2025.
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Use WP as your activitypub instance. If the mentioned plugins require xmlrpc or depend on JetPack then not feasible for me. Might try a set-up like this.
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[[Bert Hubert]] on lack of innovation in Europe. Outline the reasoning. Wrt innovation I think the goal too often is global or making it in the US, which fails because of the stated cultural reasons. Having European diversity as starting point works well from examples I'm aware of, but that is not a usual one. Vgl. [[Innovation – Interdependent Thoughts 20051229164439]]
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De opstelling van het foutrechtse kabinet
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www.alfiekohn.org www.alfiekohn.org
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240614130844/https://www.alfiekohn.org/homework-improve-learning/
no clear evidence that homework has an academic or non-academic effect on learning.
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Netzpolitik provides a useful listing of MEPs with digital expertise. - [ ] maak lijst namen MEPs en achterhaal profiellinks etc #geonovumtb #30mins
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theconversation.com theconversation.com
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creepy uncanny valley stuff. Platform sanctioned bots insinuating themselves in spots where the expected context is 100% human interaction, undisclosed, and with the aim to mimick interaction to lock in engagement ('cause #adtech) Making the group of people a means. One wonders if this reaches the emotional influencing threshold in the EU legal framework
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kendraalbert.com kendraalbert.com
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Academia offers a false solution to the problem of technology and liberation so long as we cling to the notion that academic ideas are separable from impact.
Akin to any research is [[Action Research is vraag-reflectief leven 20031215142900]], and distancing as safety measure or to siderstep ethical questions around one's output.
Any research should be impact aware.
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jentery.github.io jentery.github.io
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240611050132/https://jentery.github.io/ts200v2/notes.html
An interesting read turning a range of #psts issues into specific reflection questions to ask at the start of a tech project. With references to the background concepts. From 2018. #toread
Vgl [[Techpledge 20190917062614]] as the 'political' phrasing of same.
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Fellow KM blogger from back in the day [[Jim McGee]] (he blogs since Oct 2001) articulates in a slightly different way something that is key ot my perspective on org KM too: PKM is the foundation for org KM. I picked that up from Sveiby's 1997 book. n:: Jim phrases it here as K sharing doesn't happen between people when they have nothing to share, bc they don't do PKM. Then any sharing is a burden as it requires formulation first. I share stuff with colleagues daily, because it is a benefit to share things I already formulated.
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www.eerstekamer.nl www.eerstekamer.nl
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De VNG valt wél onder de wet. Het ging over het IPO en de waterschappen.
hoezo VNG wel? De waterschappen vallen er ook zeker onder, en zij hebben toch geen privaatrechtelijke vereniging? De UvW is publiekrechtelijk wellicht?
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Wij kunnen deze wet dus steunen.
gek, want in de lijst staan ze als tegenstemmend.
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spanning tussen het recht op hergebruik van data en de bescherming van persoonsgegevens. De staatssecretaris heeft een aantal keer gezegd, ook in dit debat, dat de bescherming van persoonsgegevens voorgaat. Het is voor ons heel belangrijk om dat punt vol te houden en voort te zetten in de discussie, want in Europa wordt vaak anders gedacht over de gelijkwaardigheid van wetten. Het is bijvoorbeeld nog maar de vraag of de AVG in Europees verband voorgaat en of die niet is doorgeschoten in dat verhaal
huh? ODD maakt AVG expliciet leidend, en baseert bovendien op openbaarheidsregime van Lidstaten, waarin AVG ook telkens de leidende beperking van openbaarheid is.
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Er was nog een punt dat openlag, en dat was de vraag wanneer de AMvB eraan zou kunnen komen. Dat gaat over die openbare registers, of de belangrijkste daarvan. Dat zijn er meer dan 65. Voor al die registers moeten we onderzoeken in hoeverre hergebruik mogelijk moet zijn. Maar we gaan vooral kijken hoe we de primaire toegang van maatschappelijke organisaties tot die registers in de eigen wetgeving kunnen regelen. Ik heb de bedoeling — ik bedoel "ik" in overdrachtelijke zin — om voor het eind van het jaar uw Kamer te laten weten hoe we dit gaan implementeren.
nog eens nalezen wat de ODD over inforegisters zegt. Ik las het in eerste lijn als de info-registers die de WOO had gedumpt uit het voorstel maar nu terugkomt. Die lijst bevat van alles, en lang niet allemaal data. Eind 2024 zou er een voorstel moeten liggen mbt omgang inforegisters.
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Dan was er nog de vraag of voldoende bekend is welke overheidsondernemingen nu onder deze nieuwe wet vallen en hoe het publiek dat ook te weten komt. De kern is dat de groep van overheidsondernemingen afgebakend is in dit voorstel. Ik heb enkele daarvan benaderd en ook via internetconsultaties zijn vele daarvan geïnformeerd. Niet "vele"; ze zijn allemaal geïnformeerd. Mijn bedoeling is om daar verder bekendheid aan te geven, want dat is wat mij betreft ongelofelijk belangrijk. Voorbeelden van die overheidsondernemingen zijn de NS, Schiphol, TenneT, het Havenbedrijf Rotterdam en alle waterbedrijven. Ik wil zorgen dat we meer informatie daarover gaan verspreiden, zodat het voor iedereen helder is welke overheidsdeelnemingen en overheidsondernemingen daadwerkelijk mee moeten werken aan deze wetgeving.
er komt een lijst van overheidsondernemingen
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Dan de vraag van Volt over de marginale en administratieve kosten. Gelden administratieve kosten voor de opschaling als marginale kosten, wordt dat doorberekend, enzovoorts, enzovoorts? De administratieve kosten zijn geen marginale kosten, maar vallen onder de reguliere bedrijfsvoeringskosten. Er wordt in die zin geen onderscheid gemaakt tussen statische en dynamische gegevens. Dat is denk ik ook van belang.
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In heel veel gevallen blijft het mogelijk om marginale kosten in rekening te brengen. Dat betekent dat je er wel voor betaalt, maar dan meer wat het echt kost. De meerkosten voor het beschikbaar stellen van gegevens zijn tot nu toe beperkt. De schattingen zijn ook dat die beperkt zijn. Het onderzoek van de VNG naar de uitvoeringskosten laat dat ook zien. Ook onderzoeken van de TU Delft en de Europese Commissie geven aan dat de meerwaarde van die open data voor degenen die daarvoor zouden moeten betalen over het algemeen veel hoger is dan de kosten daarvan. Met andere woorden, ook al betaal je ervoor, dan nog is de waarde ook in economische zin hoger dan de kosten die je ervoor moet betalen.
Dit is een warrig antwoord. Hier wordt niet helder gesteld wat marginale verstrekkingskosten zijn. En ja, het idee is dat die lager zijn dan hergebruikswaarde en geen Coasean floor betekenen.
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Dat maakt dan ook dat wij steeds moeten inschatten, en met ons alle organisaties die gegevens voor hergebruik aanbieden, of dat anonimiseringsproces niet alleen te complex voor hen kan zijn, maar ook veel te onveilig. Hier geldt namelijk dat de AVG altijd voorrang heeft op het hergebruik.
formuleert het hier als een inspanningsverlplichting tav nu zichtbare risico's, dus imo niet fictieve toekomstige.
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Digital Rulebook,
meerdere keren genoemd, kan het zo snel niet vinden.
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Soms is dat echt een worsteling omdat de termijnen vaak heel krap zijn
2 jaar, v mid 2019 tot mid 2021 en is nog niet eerder een issue geweest.
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In de derde plaats wordt in samenwerking met andere overheidsorganisaties ook de handleiding bij de Wet hergebruik overheidsinformatie bijgewerkt. Die zullen we dan ook binnenkort publiceren. Daarmee worden aan uitvoerders handvatten gegeven om gegevens zo open als mogelijk en zo gesloten als nodig is, beschikbaar te stellen voor hergebruik.
Welke is dit? Van BZK of bedoelen ze de Geonovum HVD gids ook?
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We hebben ook aan de Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten een subsidie verstrekt om medeoverheden te ondersteunen bij het wijzigen van hun inkoopvoorwaarden, het ontwikkelen van standaarden en het beschikbaar stellen van dynamische gegevens via die zogenaamde API's
Ja wat een onzin was dat. Gemeenten worden niet geraakt door de HVD en daarmee verbonden API-plicht. BZK heeft een miljoen aan de VNG verkwanseld voor een fictieve angst. Ze doen nog altijd alsof HVD heel veel werk voor gemeenten is. Het typische VNG model, veel angst zaaien en zeggen dat een zak geld helpt.
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Het wetsvoorstel bevat ook nog aanvullende waarborgen ter bescherming van persoonsgegevens, namelijk dat hergebruikers de gegevens niet mogen gebruiken om mensen te heridentificeren of om pseudonimisering ongedaan te maken. Als daar een inbreuk op moet worden gemaakt, moet dat worden teruggemeld. Wanneer hergebruikers gegevens doorgeven aan derden, gelden die voorwaarden ook voor hen. Dataproviders kunnen aanvullende voorwaarden opleggen aan hergebruikers, ter bescherming van persoonsgegevens. Tot zover de omschrijving van de wet.
vreemd dat dit expliciet in de wet is opgenomen. De AVG betekent al dat hergebruikers die (zorg)plicht hebben. Hergebruikers hebben zelfstandige verantwoordelijkheden in de AVG, en die reflecteren niet upstream naar overheidsverstrekkers.
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Maar niet ieder hergebruik van openbare persoonsgegevens is op voorhand uitgesloten. Om daar een goede afweging in te kunnen maken, zullen overheidsorganisaties van geval tot geval een beoordeling moeten maken. Een geschikte manier om met deze spanning tussen hergebruik en bescherming om te gaan is anonimisering. Het zijn dat niet meer de persoonsgegevens die beschikbaar worden gesteld. Dan is de AVG ook niet meer van toepassing.
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Hergebruik staat vaak op gespannen voet met de doelbinding. Daarom lenen persoonsgegevens zich maar zeer beperkt voor hergebruik.
Kijk, de Stas zegt het wel helder. De link met doelbinding, niet met imaginaire toekomstige risico's.
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et kan dan bijvoorbeeld gaan om gegevens die voor hergebruik zijn overgedragen en waarvan achteraf komt vast te staan dat zij niet overeenkomstig de AVG zijn. Hoe is op dat moment de aansprakelijkheid geregeld?
Dit is sinds het begin imo een weeffout in AVG: je kunt als initiele provider niet uitsluiten dat iemand anders later in strijd met de wet handelt, maar dat kun je imo nooit gebruiken om nu iets niet openbaar te maken. Je verschuilt je dan achter een toekomstig en niet inschatbaar risico, en doet alsof je daar zelf verantwoordelijk bent. Je lekt geen data in retrospectief als iemand anders er in de toekomst illegaal iets van bakt, no?
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artikel 1, lid 4 van de richtlijn zelf. Daarin staat expliciet dat de richtlijn geen afbreuk doet aan het Unierecht of het nationale recht betreffende de bescherming van persoonsgegevens. Hoe interpreteert de staatssecretaris dit in juridische zin?
Is Volt wel bij op dit dossier? AVG beperkt in WOO wat openbaar is, en daarmee wat mogelijk onder hergebruik valt in de WHO. Openbare persoonsgegevens is weer een ander ding mbt hergebruik.
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Hergebruikers zijn vaak best bereid om mee te betalen aan de verwerving en verwerking van de gegevens. Waarom wordt dit niet door de wet gefaciliteerd en wordt er niet aldus een collaboratief ecosysteem gecreëerd?
Huh? Hergebruikers heb ik dat nog nooit horen zeggen, anders dan op 2 manieren: - ik vind het niet erg om te betalen want ik kan dat, en dan bescherm ik de onderkant van mijn markt tegen nieuwe actoren, meestal door grote bestaande hergebruikers - ik wil betalen voor een SLA naast de gratis verstrekking.
Er is bovendien een cruciaal verschil tussen betalen at point of use, of vrijwillig bijdragen aan de infra of deelnemen in governanceraamwerk, in termen van effecten op hergebruik.
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Geeft dit aan de verstrekkers geen administratieve rompslomp? Gelden administratieve kosten en opschaling van de infrastructuur als marginale kosten?
Ja, rompslomp als je heft. Nee die tellen niet.
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de voorliggende wet in samenhang met de Wet hergebruik van overheidsinformatie
uhm, samenhang? ODD = Wet Hergebruik, no?
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e Raad van State heeft in 2021 in de publicatie "Digitalisering - wetgeving en bestuursrechtspraak" zes aanbevelingen opgesteld voor het opstellen en uitvoeren van wetten en regels met een digitaliseringsaspect die de kwaliteit van wetgeving kunnen verbeteren.
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In de technische briefing hebben we gevraagd wat precies de redenen zijn voor het feit dat het zo lang heeft geduurd. Er werden een aantal dingen genoemd, onder andere covid en de complexiteit van deze wet in relatie tot privacy. Maar dat is best wel mager als je het hebt over een overschrijding van maar liefst drie jaar.
Goede vraag. Ik heb nooit begrepen waarom het zo lang duurde (al vermoed ik dat KvK/AP hier een rol in hebben gehad, en BZK er weinig trek in had. Covid is maar 1 reden, want na de publiek consultatie vroeg 2022 lag het ook lang stil) Al weet ik ook dat BZK er heel weinig capaciteit op had zitten.
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Mevrouw Fiers i (GroenLinks-PvdA): Dank u wel, voorzitter. Het is om twee redenen bijzonder om hier vandaag het woord te voeren. Ten eerste — u refereerde er al aan — omdat ik ook namens D66, de SP, OPNL, de ChristenUnie en de Partij voor de Dieren het woord mag voeren. Die eensgezindheid is het eerste positieve resultaat van de oprichting van onze nieuwe Eerste Kamercommissie voor Digitalisering.
In de Eerste Kamer is een commissie Digitalisering gevormd. Dit leidt oa tot woordvoering voor meerdere partijen tegelijk. Klinkt goed. Zie ook motie Fiers mbt rekening houden met samenhang digi/datawetten.
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debot.lodder.dev debot.lodder.devDeBot1
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Een project v Open State Foundation.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240531083407/https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/02/06/this-disused-mine-in-finland-is-being-turned-into-a-gravity-battery-to-store-renewable-ene publ #2024/02/06 A deep mineshaft to be used in Finland for gravity-storage of green energy. The mine is 1400m deep and a 530m shaft would be used. 2MW means about 1 windmill's capacity in storage. I think the deepest Dutch mine was 1100m (Hendrik mijn, Heerlen), but don't know about shaft length, and if that still exists.
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Die Rede der ZukunftspreisträgerinMeredith Whittaker warnt in ihrer Rede vor der Macht der Techindustrie und erklärt, warum es sich gerade jetzt lohnt, positiv zu denken.
Meredith Whittaker on the origin of AI wave and consquences. Need to read this. #toread Current AI as 1980s insights now feasible on top of the massive data of bigtech silos. And Clinton admin wrt privacy and advertising in 1990s as the fautllines that enabled #socmed platform silos.
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"The Personal Science Wiki hosts knowledge about "personal science", where individuals use empirical methods to ask and answer questions about their own lives. Personal science practices overlap with various related communities (e.g. Quantified Self and patient-led research) and individual goals are divers" Has a dozen registered users. No mention of [[Action Research is vraag-reflectief leven 20031215142900]] although they do say 'questions about their own lives', but seemingly meant in a much narrower meaning, not the person in their living environment with others. Came across it as mentioned case in dissertation https://hal.science/tel-04579553/ where it is an example to do similar for citizenscience
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writingslowly.com writingslowly.com
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It’s been argued that “to know intellectually is to discover what one already knows unconsciously and tacitly at the perception of the body” (Gagliardi 1996, p. 574)
Gagliardi, Pasquale (1996) `Exploring the Aesthetic Side of Organizational Life', in S.R. Clegg, C. Hardy and W. Nord (eds) in Handbook of Organization Studies. London: Sage. https://books.google.nl/books?hl=en&lr=&id=PIISMUW0j2YC&oi=fnd&pg=PT446&ots=eLCBvhmiqN&sig=MnoXhQfPB6tN_A14E95HS64Qgr4&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Nathalie Tasler’s blog post about time-management introduced me to the German philosopher of aesthetics, Wolfgang Wesch. She writes: “Welsch (1995) even states: there is no cognition without aesthetic—I refer to the origins of aesthetic here: aisthēsis, which is visceral experiences, it is the collaboration of cognition, senses, emotion.”
Wolfgang Welsch posits aesthetics as prerequisite for cognition. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Welsch_(Philosoph) is this along the path of fenomenological stimulant for thining? [[Denken vergt fenomenologische stimulans 20230514121913]] My sense of beauty is in layered complexity [[Schoonheidsbegrip 20151023132920]]
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Terence Eden (posted #2023/05/28 ) on the question if an app provider does have a say on being willing to run their code on your device, in contrast me being in control of a device and determining which code to run there or not. In this case a bank that would disallow their app on a rooted phone, because of risk profiles attached to that. Interesting tension: my risk assessment, control over general computation devices versus a service provider for which their software is a conduit and their risk assessments. I suspect the issue underneath this is such tensions need to be a conversation or negotiation to resolve, but in practice it's a dictate by one party based on a power differential (the bank controls your money, so they can set demands for your device, because you will need to keep access to your account.)
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solar.lowtechmagazine.com solar.lowtechmagazine.com
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Useful interesting description of DIY solar installations not aimed at full electricity generation but application specific power (e.g. laptop phone charging, lamps, fans). With/out storage. If you list the specific things you want to run on solar you can perhaps have solar capacity specifically for it. Practical implementation of [[Design for intermittency 20190114164941]]
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non-nieuws in de sterrenkunde, maar de vragen die Schilling oproept te stellen gaan eigenlijk over elk dossier. Wel 'steeds meer x' roepen maar geen echte vergelijking (het is nog altijd minder dan 10 jr geleden) of duiding geven (bijv dat x gewoon met bevolking meegroeit), geen relatie met impact, geen relatie met blijvende waarde etc. cf [[Crap detection is civic duty 2018010073052]]
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Thank you Giulio for this stimulating exchange.
more meme-list than proper conversation.
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ave a cosmic responsibility, as James Lovelock argued. In his latest book “Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence”, Lovelock says that the new forms of digital life we are developing will replace us: first they will collaborate with us because they will need us, then they will take control of their evolution and leave us behind. They will be the ones to conquer the stars and bring the universe to life. I like to think that this is the destiny and will of the universe: that intelligent life expands faster than biological life can.
Prisco connects to [[Novacene by James Lovelock]] here wrt the evolutionary path any A(G)I will take. (Vgl [[AI begincondities en evolutie 20190715140742]] ) Leaves out [[AI heeft dezelfde natuurwetten 20190715135542]] btw which limits that evolutionary path, and AI might well be too bored because of it to do anything worthwile.
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o the fact that we have not yet identified alien civilizations does not mean they do not exist, maybe they are just smarter than we think.
Prisco combines the 'they're here but we can't see it' and dark forest answers to [[Fermi Paradox 20201123150738]].
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When I hear phrases that contain the words “Europe” or “regulator”, I think they are not worthy of being taken seriously by people like us who have more important things to do. They can try to regulate everything they want, but they will not succeed. The caravan passes anyway because there is a strong push behind it: economic interest, consumers’ desire to have certain tools,
The EU actually regulates out of economic interest. The internal market is their remit.
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nd the philosophical conviction that all this must happen because it is aligned with the will of the universe.
oh dear. This is the second time he phrases his tech stance in religious terms.
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This has led to absurd situations such as the ban on selling genetically modified rice in Africa and Asia, where it could prevent disease and blindness in millions of people. Rejecting the advantages of a technology for fear of risks is something we are already concretely experiencing.
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to keep the Earth habitable and as close as possible to its natural state, we need precisely those technologies that radical environmentalists oppose, such as nuclear fusion or space flights.
the opposition I think is not to fusion tech nor space flight, but to positioning those two as catchall remedies making other actions unneeded. Other actions that are cheaper, have predictable impact in the short run, etc. It's not a 'plan' to ship rich people to Mars because Earth is becoming a mess. And saying such plans are bullshit is not opposition to space flight. Au contraire when it is space research that tells us so much about our environment. Fusion would be great but is a long way of, meaning energy usage reduction while switching to renewables is a viable strategy now, while fusion might be one in some undetermined time frame likely beyond the boundary of the current urgency.
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The message of e/acc is this: let’s go full steam ahead in the development of increasingly powerful, general, and conscious artificial intelligences, up to superintelligences. This can only be the right path because it reflects the will of the universe. So far I perfectly agree with the philosophical approach of the e/acc movement.
E/Acc says invest more in AI limitlessly, as opposed to EA/Bostrom saying invest only in a specific circle of billionaire friends bc of the extinction level risk involved of AGI. And we need to do it, bc religious fervor 'it reflects the will of the universe'. Not convincing.
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The term “effective accelerationism” was born as a play on words on “effective altruism” associated with Nick Bostrom’s Institute for the Future of Humanity
Ah, it is an intentional similiarity. An EA rebrand. Note that Bostrom got kicked out by Oxford, for running a 'philosophy' org without philosophers. Prisco about E/acc is very explicit in sketching out its provenance it seems, angling for both a specific audience I suppose and as a next culture war front hopeful (grift).
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E/acc arises as a project to return to the technological optimism that characterized periods like the 60s and 90s of the last century, or the 20s. Spreading optimism is extremely important
'e/acc' is optimism Prisco says.
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We have always done geo-engineering, from the prairies of Native Americans to European forests, from Indian to Chinese rice fields. Now that we can no longer deny our impact and the responsibility it entails, it’s time to open our eyes and consciously do geo-engineering.
This is odd. 'we have alway done geo-engineering in the sense that we had large scale negative impacts on the globe' unintentionally, so let's do it more and with more focused intention. The leap here is not in geo-engineering David, the leap is in thinking you are capable of seeing it through without externalisation. With a guy that says you can engineer yourself out of complex issues....
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Giulio: I agree. E/acc arises as a reaction to these ideas, saying “let’s stop talking bullshit”.
Great stuff, if your world view is a response to something you abhor.
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Can e/acc be seen as a response to radical environmentalism that aims for an uncontaminated planet, free from human influence, to the point of advocating degrowth or even the extinction of our species?
[[David Orban]] formulates a telling question here. The label again (e/acc e/yuck!) but putting up several straw men wrt the 'enemy' here 'radical environmentalism'.
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Russian Cosmism
a spiritual stream w scientific and philosophical aspects. An early feeder into transhumanism.
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Marinetti’s Italian Futurism
which descended into fascism quickly.10yrs after authoring the Futurist Manifesto he authored the Fascist Manifesto, and was a key figure in fascism in Italy. Agitated for Italy's involvement in WW1, died during WW2 in '44 of heart attack. Prisco is not concerned with the moral pedigree of things it seems. See photos https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2022/10/week-notes-22-39/ on flickr.
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I left Italy and lived in various places, working at CERN, the European Space Agency, and various research centers. In 2005, I went freelance and have been working as an independent professional ever since
Prisco is of transhumanist bend, a into cryogenics. Resigned an ethics board as virtue signalling statement in 'the culture war'. The label itself is a red flag. https://giulioprisco.com/i-have-resigned-from-the-ieet-board-of-directors-793d10a10a8a
Wikipedia https://giulioprisco.com/i-have-resigned-from-the-ieet-board-of-directors-793d10a10a8a
Note he lists his 3yr work at CERN and later work at ESA to aid his tech credentials, but all that work lies 20-35 yrs in the past. It reads like a pretense to link his current stances to something of solid reputation.
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extropianism of the 80s and 90s,
A techno-optimist / rationalist thing, connected to transhumanism and cryogenics.
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“Tales of the Turing Church” and “Futurist Meditations on Space Flight”.
Book titles 2018 and 2021 by Giulio Prisco.
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effective accelerationism (e/acc)
Is the analogue to EA on purpose? That would be a clear red flag.
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using engineering to repair a complex system like our planet.
This sounds very problematic to me. Engineering is not meant for complex issues, it needs reductionism to complicated but highly predictable causal chains to be able to engineer it. Also wrt environment I don't see actual evidence of techno-optimism having had positive impact, let alone at geo-engineering scale. Environmental achievements wrt sulfur (acid rain), ozon (HFCs), living rivers (pesticides, discharges) etc. result from regulations limiting what engineers had previously introduced.
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data.europa.eu data.europa.eu
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A bit weird text on the role of open data in European common data spaces, where the author fell too much in love with a metaphor.
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hamishcampbell.com hamishcampbell.com
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Hamish Campbell on a '4 opens framework', which seems to be opennes, transparency, collaboration and decentralisation, to enable improvements in empowerment, equity and justice, community building, sustainability. Sounds like a cross between [[Networked Agency 20160818213155]] and [[Open Definition 20201004114932]]
Hmm, same author at https://www.reddit.com/user/openmedianetwork/comments/1aoyruz/the_4opens_framework_provides_a_set_of_principles/ names them in Feb 2024 as #opendata, #opensource, #openstandards and #openprocess.
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medium.com medium.com
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GCJ-02 is a WGS-84 based geodetic reference system for China. It has an algorithm applied introducing discrepancies, ensuring only a handful of Chinese companies and the government have accurate map information. Article mentions that some countries have their own geodesic data, I think that might be wrong, most will have their own as it is a historically strategic thing. EU has its own, as does NL at country level. ITRS and its derivation WGS-84 are global ones. Is GCJ-02 a global model or also a national?
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Long post on 'how to' tag with a set of rules. Not a word on why to tag as a personal practice. Retrieval is key, and not just retrieval but retrieval in contexts. Not merely descriptive but mostly associative. That there is e.g. a #longtail of tags only used once is also a piece of information itself. E.g. when finding the starting point for a new branch of exploration. I find that [[Tags are valuable as pivots 20070815104800]]. The mostly used tags (unavoidable if you use a limited set as suggested in rule 2) become useless because they no longer demarcate a manageble chunck of material.
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r1 founder's (scrubbed) past as another nail in Rabbit's coffin. I guess the 'large action model' is vaporware, back to Automator :D
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garymarcus.substack.com garymarcus.substack.com
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Author suggests the improvement of LLMs is flattening. E.g. points to the closing gap between proprietary and open source models out there, while improvement of proprietary stuff is diminishing or no longer happening (OpenAI progress flatlined 13 months ago it seems). In comment someone points to https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04125 which implies a hard upper limit in improvement
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However, it is unclear how meaningful the notion of "zero-shot" generalization is for such multimodal models, as it is not known to what extent their pretraining datasets encompass the downstream concepts targeted for during "zero-shot" evaluation.
What seems zero-shot performance by an LLM may well be illusionary as it is unclear what was in training data.
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We consistently find that, far from exhibiting "zero-shot" generalization, multimodal models require exponentially more data to achieve linear improvements in downstream "zero-shot" performance
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BBC highly critical of Humane AI Pin, just like [[Humane AI Pin review not even close]] I noted earlier. Explicitly ties this to the expectations of [[rabbit — home]] too, which is a similar device. Issue here is I think similar to other devices like voice devices in your home. Not smart enough at the edge, too generic to be of use as [[small band AI personal assistant]] leading to using it for at most 2 or 3 very basic things (weather forecast, time, start playlist usually, and at home perhaps switching on a light), that don't justify the price tag .
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AI hype in material science. Google shows an allergy to being pointed to fundamental issues. Another example of pointing out obvious mistakes or issues is not only not welcomed but actively ignored (vgl examples of AI as search engine, where pointing out the first three of the top ten results were wrong resulted in being shouted at, or the blogpost writing video in which presented 'facts' were 1 wikipedia click away from being shown made-up. False citations etc.) It's not bad per se that AI can be wrong, no tool is infallible, but the problem is n:: the extreme asymmetry between the machine effort needed to make stuff up in heaps, and the human effort needed to wade through all the crap and point that out. Vgl [[Spammy handelings assymmetrie 20201220072726]] [[It is easier to F things up than fix things 20180610073041]] Creating entropy is way easier than reducing it, always. We don't need our tools to create ever more entropy on purpose, if only we can reduce it again. Our tools need to help decrease entropy. Decreasing entropy is the definition of life, increasing it should be anathema. Esp if it is unclear where a tool is increasing entropy.
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pdworkman.com pdworkman.com
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240430091654/https://pdworkman.com/writing-a-novel-in-markdown/
A full description of PD Workman's workflow writing a book in markdown and Obsidian. Mentions using Canvas and Excalidraw to visualise plot development, as well as Kanban style boards. Mentions compiling tools to create manuscript from loose files. Seems similar to Scrivener except that has this baked in and thus less flexible?
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ideophone.org ideophone.org
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Post by [[Mark Dingemanse]] about a RPi pc for his kids to explore. Sounds like something that is perfect for Y too.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240429112449/https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2310223120 paper from #2023/10/16
so what do we have: heuristics -> emergence -> complexity -> system evolution
static persistence, dynamic persistence, novetly generation. Function is a selective pressure “law of increasing functional information” vgl [[Informatiewaarde ligt in verrassing surprisal 20210124072501]]. How does this work vis-a-vis entropy laws vgl [[Definitie van leven 20190715121243]] as entities that reduce entropy in their environment.
Life as bootstrapping to another level of complexity
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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More on the demise of Bostrom's outfit at Oxford.
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Currently it seems that there is a negative correlation in some places between intellectual achievement and fertility. If such selection were to operate over a long period of time, we might evolve into a less brainy but more fertile species, homo philoprogenitus (‘lover of many offspring’).
wtf. there's a negative correlation between education access and poverty. And a positive correlation between poverty and family size. This is like saying the poor have too many children, or fill-in-a-poverty-stricken-region-of-the-world have too many children. Such complaints are as old a our collective memories. And this passes for philosophy with Bostrom c.s.? When people are better off they have smaller families.
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www.wheresyoured.at www.wheresyoured.at
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240429070339/https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
A ranty post about what happened at Google search ca. 2019 and eroded its quality.
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Five months later, a little over a year after the Code Yellow debacle, Google would make Prabhakar Raghavan the head of Google Search
author mentions this as the locking in of rotting google search.
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n the March 2019 core update to search, which happened about a week before the end of the code yellow, was expected to be “one of the largest updates to search in a very long time. Yet when it launched, many found that the update mostly rolled back changes, and traffic was increasing to sites that had previously been suppressed by Google Search’s “Penguin” update from 2012 that specifically targeted spammy search results, as well as those hit by an update from an August 1, 2018, a few months after Gomes became Head of Search.
The start of Google search decreasing effectiveness
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blog.joinmastodon.org blog.joinmastodon.org
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How does 'we've lost tax-exempt status in Germany' logically lead to 'let's incorporate in the US'? What makes paying tax bad? What about the tax exempt non-profit status in one of the other EU countries (Easy to form, I chair one and am on the board of two others e.g.)? What are the consequences of starting a US entity, how does it affect Mastodon falling within the scope of the Patriot act, what about how every data transaction to a US based entitiy is currently now legally covered in the EU? Which assets fall under the new entity?
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www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
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Costs of batteries is expected to go down 40% in coming 6yrs (source IEA). Notes that storage doesn't need the same lightweight materials that cars aim for.
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simonwillison.net simonwillison.net
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Counterclaim that the stats were represented wrong. Still Vgl [[Een boek verkoopt gemiddeld nog 44 papieren exemplaren 20220215170655]] stands, Flemish gov stats: 44 copies is the average.
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www.elysian.press www.elysian.press
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Very sobering figures on the publishing industry. Vgl [[Een boek verkoopt gemiddeld nog 44 papieren exemplaren 20220215170655]] and [[Boeken schrijven is flauwekul 20210930172532]]
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www.pcgamer.com www.pcgamer.com
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Apple supposedly slashed production for their 3k5 USD ski goggles, a sign they may soon be joining the long list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_virtual_reality_headsets of attempts that all don't solve the key thing: adding 1kg of ski goggles to your head and shove it between yourself and the world is only acceptable in a very limited set of contexts and uses, and not a mainstream thing.
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wedistribute.org wedistribute.org
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Not sure what to make of this, a combination of Solid Pods and AP, with Solid being the data storage. Meaningless refs to data ownership (you don't own your data on Fedi, you've spread it to 100s of servers around the globe with each message. You don't even have control over the database you use in your client, unless self-hosted. You can move, without your messages.) It's just that nobody afayk mines the stuff for adtech. And data ownership doesn't legally exist in most parts of the world. So what is the purpose of Solid here, if you store recipes and ephemeral socmed messages in it? Just that it's there so you can skip having to build the database part of an AP server / client combo? So that everyone can run their personal instance with something that can also do other things? It doesn't say but that would be a potential step up (assuming people know how to run a solid pod that is).
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www.rabbit.tech www.rabbit.tech
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240424051714/https://www.rabbit.tech/research
Seems the basic idea is: - Have a person perform a task (much like Automation on a laptop) and then the Rabbit (from taskrabbit no doubt) will be able to do variations on it. Automating in the style of [[Standard operating procedures met parameters 20200820202042]] - the device is a relatively simple edge , with most of the compute depending on data centers. This runs counter to smart edges, and interestingly counter to how they market the device (as no subscriptions or APIs needed). The simple edge should make it affordable and the centralised compute should make it scalable.
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www.rabbit.tech www.rabbit.tech
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240424050235/https://www.rabbit.tech/rabbit-os
RabbitR1 claims about their workings allowing user actions not just information.
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LAM is a new type of foundation model that understands human intentions on computers. with LAM, rabbit OS understands what you say and gets things done.
The Rabbit people say their LAM is a new type of foundation model, to be able to deduce user intention and decided on actions. Sounds like the cli tool I tried, but cutting human out of the loop to approve certain steps. Need to see their research what they mean by 'new foundation model'
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Rabbit R1 is a personal AI assistant in a retro box. Supposedly without subscription fees, but with access to AI services and with internet connection. Designed to be able to take action (kind of like the promptchaining cli tool I tried out?). Says it has a LAM next to LLM, a 'large action model' which sounds like marketing rather than tech.
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digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
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According to #dgcnect this page will track all EDICs set up by MS through implementing decisions by the EC. They also said every EDIC is expected to have their own website with contact details and composition. So no company register style set-up with UBO type info.
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www.vlaanderen.be www.vlaanderen.be
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Mogelijk opening keynote geven. Bij de Vlaamse in Brussel.
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Daarnaast wordt er in Nederland jaarlijks ongeveer 17 miljard euro uitgegeven aan het oplossen van schulden. "Dat is veel méér dan de daadwerkelijke waarde van alle schulden bij elkaar", zegt Lauriks. Dat is namelijk zo'n 3,5 miljard euro per jaar. "Wij willen het nou eens omdraaien. Door de schulden aan het begin van het traject weg te strepen", zegt de wethouder. "Wij denken dat je dan uiteindelijk minder geld kwijt bent."
Wethouder Lauriks v Arnhem: schuldhulpverlening kost 17milj/jr, terwijl het om 3,5milj/jr aan schulden gaat. Een factor 5! Bron? Tegelijkertijd gaat dat geld natuurlijk ook in banen zitten. Kans op herhaling lijkt me key. Vgl daklozen experimenten en UBI.
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www.ncsc.nl www.ncsc.nl
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NSCC over supply chain risico's mbt digitale diensten/producten. Kijk de check eens door op dingen voor [[Infosec ladder van techniek en gedrag 20190530190335]] TGL.
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www.identityblog.com www.identityblog.com
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240421060823/https://www.identityblog.com/ Kim Cameron (died 2021)'s blog wrt [[7 Laws of Identity 20201024210040]] with the last post being from mid 2020, but the last pertinent posts from fall 2018, having started in 2004. There seems to be a large amount of useful material here around identity. Cameron was a chief architect at MS wrt identity. His 7 laws sought to tie our human understanding of how identity works to the digital realm, putting things like consent, minimal disclosure which people do fluently irl, and seeing people as part of the system when you design something at the heart.
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Oxford shut down 'Future of Humanity Institute'. Vgl [[Jaan Tallinn]] Nick Bostrom Part of phil dept, but less and less phil on staff. Original existential threat list seemed balanced, over time non-existent AI became only focus, ignoring clear and present dangers like climate change.
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app-support.myscript.com app-support.myscript.com
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Nebo automatically recognizes English along with the recognition language you have selected for your notebook. This means that you can obtain recognition and conversion for both English and the language you have selected for your notebook.
Nebo is a Mac app for handwritten notes. Its OCR claims to do English plus one of 66 other languages both. First time I've seen that. Q remains: does it do so simultaneously in a single note, or as selected per note? My e-ink device allows a range of languages but not at the same time, I need to switch the setting, and applies one language to one note. This clashes with the fact that multilingual users will use multiple languages inside their notes at the same time. n:: [[Multilingual is not multiple monolingual 20191019072010]] obv https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2019/10/adding-better-language-support-ii/
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wewatchyourwebsite.com wewatchyourwebsite.com
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60% of WP hacks is based on stolen session cookies. Another third on core/plugin/theme vulnerabilities. Forcing log-outs for admin accounts then is a fix.
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data.europa.eu data.europa.eu
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This study, proposes a methodological approach that facilitates the identification and homogenisation of HVDs, using selected examples of HVDs from three distinct categories
The three are: company data, statistics and mobility. Odd choices: statistics already are interoperable, mobility is a tiny theme in HVD legislation, limited to transport networks and inland waterways, covered by INSPIRE. Company registers
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www.sciencealert.com www.sciencealert.com
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byob bring your own bacteria. Many hospital infections are caused by microbes you already had on you, not by a drug resistant superbug.
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writingslowly.com writingslowly.com
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We can’t master knowledge. It’s what we live in. This requires a radical shift of worldview from colonialist to ecological. The colonial approach to knowledge is to capture it in order to profit from it. The ecological approach is to live within it as within a garden to be tended. The two worldviews may well be mutually incompatible, though this matter is hardly resolved yet.
Vgl [[Netwerkleren Connectivism 20100421081941]] / [[Context is netwerk van betekenis 20210418104314]] [[Observator geeft betekenis 20210417124703]] . I think K as stock is prone to collector's fallacy. My working def of K is agency along lines of Sveiby. Such K is always situated in the interaction with the world, networks of meaning as context. This as K isn't merely purified I (DIKW pyramid is bogus), it's weaving I, experience, context, skills into a meaningful whole, and it needs an agent to decide on what's meaningful.
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www.theverge.com www.theverge.com
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It’s all made worse by the AI Pin’s desire to be as clever as possible.
it reads like that yes. Being able to instruct something rather than guess what it is I want is easier and probably better, because you can tweak your instructions to your own preferences.
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But far more often, I’ll stand in front of a restaurant, ask the AI Pin about it, and wait for what feels like forever only for it to fail entirely. It can’t find the restaurant; the servers are not responding; it can’t figure out what restaurant it is despite the gigantic “Joe & The Juice” sign four feet in front of me and the GPS chip in the device.
This reads as if the device wants to be too clever. You could do this with your phone wearing a headset and instruct it to look up a specific restaurant in your own voice. No need for the device to use location, snap an image, OCR it or whatever.
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I hadn’t realized how much of my phone usage consists of these one-step things, all of which would be easier and faster without the friction and distraction of my phone.
[[AI personal assistants 20201011124147]] should be [[small band AI personal assistant]]s and these are the type of things it might do. This articles names a few interesting use cases for it.
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www.it-academieoverheid.nl www.it-academieoverheid.nl
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Het webinar van RADIO op 27-2 over mijn #pkm systeem. Video bij https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2024/03/word-pkm-kampioen-voor-jezelf/ en [[PKM RADIO slides]]
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www.henrikkarlsson.xyz www.henrikkarlsson.xyz
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240409122434/https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/go
- In the decades before AI beat Go-worldchampion, the highest level of Go-players was stable.
- After AI beat the Go-worldchampion, there is a measurable increase in the creativity and quality of Go-players. The field has risen as a whole.
- The change is not attributable to copying AI output (although 40% of cases that happened) but to increased human creativity (60%).
- The realisation that improvement is possible, creates the improvement. This reminds me of [[Beschouw telkens je adjacent possibles 20200826185412]] wrt [[Evolutionair vlak van mogelijkheden 20200826185412]]
- Also the improvement coincides with the appearance of an open source model and tool, which allowed players to explore and interact with the AI, not just play a Go-game against it.
- Examples of plateau-ing of accomplishments and sudden changes exist in sports
- There may also be a link to how in other fields one might see the low end of an activity up their game through using AI rather than be overtaken by it.
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educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com
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Five types of wayfinding behaviors exist in PSKNThis study identified five types of wayfinding behaviors in PSKN for learners: creating nodes, finding important nodes and forming cognitive maps, connecting important nodes, and finding and filtering information. Our findings verified the diversity of wayfinding in the PSKN. Previous studies have focused on wayfinding difficulties, such as information evaluation (Kammerer et al., 2013; Kiili et al., 2020), resource disorientation (Wang et al., 2022) and technical difficulties (Kop, 2011; Li et al., 2016). However, few studies have examined technological factors influence the ways learners access resources in connectivist learning, such as the PSKN. Four wayfinding behaviors were defined in this study based on a connection-forming model (AlDahdouh, 2018). We further defined a new wayfinding behavior, creating nodes, in the PSKN, with three types of creating behavior: learning communities, knowledge nodes, and course knowledge bases. Consistent with previous studies, the results demonstrated that generating knowledge nodes facilitated learners acting as teachers or content producers (Griesbaum, 2014), contributing to more connections (Duan et al., 2019; Yu et al., 2019).Furthermore, we revealed creation of behavior-supported indirect wayfinding for individuals, through which learners can navigate the network and identify diversity nodes effectively (Kizito, 2016). Our results indicated that all learners navigated the PSKN and oriented additional nodes. Compared with previous studies, this study found that creating nodes was an essential wayfinding feature in the PSKN. This may be because, with the increase in network connectivity, resource navigation moved from relying on pre-existing nodes to wayfinding by creating nodes to identify more important nodes and make connections. This reflects a change in the role of learners during the wayfinding process, that is, a gradual move from finding to creating nodes. This also means that indirect wayfinding was a crucial wayfinding feature, and creating nodes was a critical behavior in the PSKN. Moreover, as the connection proceeds, the learner becomes like a teacher, and creating nodes becomes a critical wayfinding behavior in connectivist learning.
Five types of wayfinding in PSKN: 1) node creation 2) finding key notes, 3) forming mental maps 4) making a connection between nodes deemed important 5) finding/filtering information. Note how these 5 are also, in a different way perhpas, core elements of my [[PKM Personal Knowledge Management 20041004192620]] First mentioned, the creation of nodes is a novel type defined by this study. Three types of creation behaviour are involved: learning communities, knowledge nodes, and course knowledge bases. These there are common in pkm circles too, vgl Discord servers some have started, or DF platform, published notes and vids e.g.
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differences in wayfinding behavioral patterns between high- and low-performing learners." Most interesting to me is the finding that "creating nodes was an essential wayfinding feature in the PSKN." The best way to make connections is to contribute. "As the connection proceeds, the learner becomes like a teacher, and creating nodes becomes a critical wayfinding behavior in connectivist learning."
Om je te oriënteren in een persoonlijk social kennisnetwerk is het creëren van nodes van groot belang. Maw je moet actief het sociale kennisnetwerk mede vlechten. Netwerkleren betekent connecties maken.
Vgl [[Wie deelt bestaat 20130131133926]] only nodes that share (i.e. contribute) exist in the general perception of the network. Wrt [[Netwerkleren Connectivism 20100421081941]]
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garymarcus.substack.com garymarcus.substack.com
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On the investment and revenue in #algogens AI. Very lopsided, and surveys report dying enthusiasm with those closely involved. Voices doubt something substantial will come out this year, and if not it will deflate hype of expectations. #prediction for early #2025/ AI hype died down
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doublepulsar.com doublepulsar.com
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This is not the first time an open source package has been hijacked after a maintainer was added – it actually happens all the time in Python repositories and such, and has been one of the leading causes of infostealers and coin miners in development pipelines. It is absolutely not a surprise that somebody is targeting open source compression libraries that systemd loads.. and it is also sadly not a surprise that people online bully the creators of these libraries, either.
Wrt [[XZ open source kwetsbaar door psyops 20240331083508]] and examples referred to here, the author focuses on technology fixes to reduce risks. Whereas most of the problems highlighted are social aspects, for which no other solution is suggested than paying OSS devs who maintain stuff. That may well alleviate some of the social aspects that became an attack surface, but does nothing to look at Q of connections between devs and knitting those into relationships that are more resistant to social engineering and psyops. That and more transparency both on the social side of things and the chains. OSS is open source wrt the piece of software in front of you only.
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- Mar 2024
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www.theregister.com www.theregister.com
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Next to the xz debacle where a maintainer was psyops'd into backdooring servers, this is another new attack surface: AI tools make up software packages in what they generate which get downloaded. So introducing malware is a matter of creating malicious packages named the way they are repeatedly named by AI tools.
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engineeringideas.substack.com engineeringideas.substack.com
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a few interesting suggestions, but based on shaky assumptions and practices I think, and then jumping to (over)engineering an alternative system/tool, rather than updating one's (understanding of) tiny methods. The reference frames are useful notion I suspect, but as emergent structure. It seems as if author is thinking the actual work involved in writing / placing / linking is a bug rather than a feature.
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curia.europa.eu curia.europa.eu
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Verdict of EU CJ, IAB Europe is een joint-controller voor de AVG. En daarmee ook aan te pakken. Ook de volgende iteratie van IABEurope om onder de AVG uit te komen faalt dus.
1 TC String is personal data under the GDPR: "a string composed of a combination of letters and characters, such as the TC String, containing the preferences of a user of the internet or of an application relating to that user’s consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her by website or application providers as well as by brokers of such data and by advertising platforms constitutes personal data within the meaning of that provision in so far as, where those data may, by reasonable means, be associated with an identifier, such as, inter alia, the IP address of that user’s device, they allow the data subject to be identified. In such circumstances, the fact that, without an external contribution, a sectoral organisation holding that string can neither access the data that are processed by its members under the rules which that organisation has established nor combine that string with other factors does not preclude that string from constituting personal data within the meaning of that provision."
2 IABEurope is a joint controller: "first, a sectoral organisation, in so far as it proposes to its members a framework of rules that it has established relating to consent to the processing of personal data, which contains not only binding technical rules but also rules setting out in detail the arrangements for storing and disseminating personal data relating to such consent, must be classified as a ‘joint controller’ for the purpose of those provisions where, in the light of the particular circumstances of the individual case, it exerts influence over the personal data processing at issue, for its own purposes, and determines, as a result, jointly with its members, the purposes and means of such processing. The fact that such a sectoral organisation does not itself have direct access to the personal data processed by its members under those rules does not preclude it from holding the status of joint controller for the purpose of those provisions";
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www.golem.de www.golem.de
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Oordeel over IAB latest trick mbt real time bidding. IAB is again determined to be a processor. I think this is their 3rd of even 4th iteration. High time a judge concludes they aren't good faith actors (and never were). The Transparency and Consent string is judged to be personal information as it contains both a url and personal user preferences. IAB and not only their individual members can now centrally be prosecuted for GDPR violation.
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digitaldigging.org digitaldigging.org
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A redirect tool by [[Henk van Ess]] to search for existing public twitter lists by keyword. Only works if you are logged in with an account, because it only redirects you to the URL for the search: https://twitter.com/i/lists/search?q=keyword and that url is only approachable if logged in.
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www.smithsonianmag.com www.smithsonianmag.com
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Women's diaries from 17th till now have frustration as recurring theme, analysis shows. Not a big surprise. I think journaling often is emerging when frustration rears its head. And women have had ages of deeply systemic reasons to be very frustrated by.
I've only ever journaled when there was something wrong with me or my context, when I was frustrated, sad, depressed etc. Perhaps except for those who treat their being as action research and make daily notes for later data mining, or those in a public role journaling to maintain first hand observations before spin gets invovled (keep a journal is a sound advice for anyone getting politically active).
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writing.bobdoto.computer writing.bobdoto.computer
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I regularly come across posts wrt to use Folgezettel or not, and whether there's a role for them outside 'Luhmann purism'. Bob Doto is vocal about it, or has been over the yrs. I get three elements from this: 1. The numerical branches and numbers are emergent, not preplanned like Johnny Decimal or as people once suggested for common placing 1. It forces a first link. Which also serves as a mental anchor. This is something that can work regardless of Folgezettel. I also always add at least one link. The thing is I do not fixate that link by marking them as the original or something like that. I could however do that in some way. The same is true for exploring the collection. It might help as an entry point (and you may have a mental map of the main numbered branches) but that works without numbering too: I know from the graph where main sections of my notes are and use that as starting point. 1. Luhmann and Doto remarked it helps preserve original lines of reasoning /argumentation from a source text or their thinking session. This is something I currently don't really have, and do miss. I do at times create an overview note for such things, and I sometimes add 'link trains' to a note, linking to an overarching concept and following concept and an example. I am not sure that introducing numbering is key in keeping lines of argumentation visible/traceable. This is one of the things to think about n:: numbering systems allow keeping lines of reasoning
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www.te-learning.nl www.te-learning.nl
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By [[Wilfred Rubens]] citing Leon Furze (?) how 'AI made safe' isn't safe AI just as alcohol free beer isn't soda. I think there's an element here of [[Triz denken in systeemniveaus 20200826114731]] analogue to [[Why False Dilemmas Must Be Killed to Program Self-driving Cars 20151026213310]] where all the focus is on the thing (application, car etc)
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aiedusimplified.substack.com aiedusimplified.substack.com
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This seems an interesting piece on the use of algogens. It probably does not address the issues around transparency, labor, footprint etc. But it does seem to address the search for the spot where algogens are useful in one's own workflow. Like me in [[Coding Personal Tools With GitHub Co-Pilot]]. There getting to action faster, and saving time are key. But only if you use it as intermediate step, never as a result to be used as is or as final output.
Via [[Stephen Downes]] https://www.downes.ca/post/76336
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www.clingendael.org www.clingendael.org
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what steps must be taken topromote and to protect Europe’s technologicalsovereignty? In doing so, it starts by detailingthe most important international policydevelopments on cloud services, especially inthe EU and in the Netherlands. Building on this,the policy brief then outlines key considerationsthat EU governments must ponder beforeramping up their usage of cloud services. As theEU is currently living its ’5G moment’ on cloud,now is the time to act to uphold Europe’s techsovereignty, also in the cloud domain
purpose of doc: list steps to be taken to promote and protect EU tech sovereignty. The paper - details interntnl policy developments (esp in EU and NL, I think EU is relevant level here, NL not so much). - outlines issues for EU govs to ponder before increasing cloud use says it is time to act, like in 5g.
This doc still reads hollow up to this point, nothing tangible said just hinted at.
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Dutch government’sJanuary 2024 report on the State of thedigital infrastructure4 details access to cloudservices as one of five critical elements ofdigital infrastructure.
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Dutch Agenda for DigitalOpen Strategic Autonomy (DOSA)
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EU MemberStates such as France, the Netherlands andEstonia have different understandings ofwhat cloud sovereignty means, and of thenational (security and economic) intereststhat underpin cloud sovereignty. Clarityabout the desirable level of cloud sovereigntycan inform finer decision-making on howto address current dependencies on non-European CSPs. This must involve a mix ofbetter protection, bolder regulation andstronger European alternative
France, NL and Estonia have 'different understandings' of what cloud sovereignty is. What differences are meant (I can guess the cultural ones: F more centralised and directed, NL market led, Est squarely aimed at gov ability to run 'from a usb stick' in case of Russian attack, and citizen control over personal data use.) The question is if those differences are highly relevant: the level of decisionmaking is EU, where they all have a say, but ultimately a European model will be adopted, not a MS-level one.
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The three biggest universal cloud serviceproviders (CSPs) operating in the EU – Google,Amazon and Microsoft – have a combinedmarket share of 70 per cent. Europeanalternatives to these American CSPs – alsoknown as hyperscalers – are limited, both innumber and in scale
GAM have 70% market share in Europe wrt cloud (though the relevant customer groups seems to be govs here, how is their market share there?) Says EU alternatives are limited in number and scale but does not mention any. Are some mentioned further on? Also note that EC is not aiming for EU universal cloud services but very deliberately for federated cloud and services. So this comparison may not be al that useful, as the EU will not seek to have EU based GAM style providers, but will seek to make GAM style providers too unwieldy to be relevant.
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This time,however, the EU’s dependence is not on Chinesecompanies, but on American Big Tech.
This is an odd phrasing. The awareness of US tech dependencies wrt cloud precedes those on 5g wrt Huawei and China. This introduction feels off.
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European governments have thus been pushingfor reduced reliance on China’s Huawei forcritical parts of telecommunication networks inthe shift from 4G to 5G networks.
The article calls 'a 5g moment' the moment of realisation that dependencies in a tech may erode strategic position, by letting critical infrastructure to be controlled by tech firms that can be influenced by other governments. In the case of 5g it's Huawei and Chinese gov, in the case of cloud it's GAM and US gov. This is not a new notion, it is why the EU digital and data legal framework was created the past 4 yrs, so why this paper now?
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Cloudsovereignty requires quality technology, but also trust, security and diversification – threeelements that are not necessarily ensured by the current American offers
DMA level cloud services in 3rd countries provide reliable technology but do not bring trust, security and diversification at a level needed for cloud sovereignty
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andymatuschak.org andymatuschak.org
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240202060134/https://andymatuschak.org/books/
Books and lectures are transmissionism (I'd say for historical reasons mostly). Engagement (different forms) is needed, but what form of medium would drive such engagement and do it flexibly is the hard question. (Seeing lecture as warm-up to engagement is a rationalisation afterwards, textbooks already do more but lack emotional and social scaffolding.) This is the research question behind his [[Timeful Texts 20201124070427]]. There's also a connection to my [[Boeken schrijven is flauwekul 20210930172532]] because the distrust in author's motives is that they don't even aim for transmissionism. Just the pretension of it.
Edit #2024/02/28 : Saw [[Chris Aldrich]] mention elsewhere that lectures started out as oral comments on a source text, sharing interpretation and sensemaking as it were. The word deriving from L lectio, reading.
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macwright.com macwright.comThe Fund1
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The expansion of that thought is that many of the investment options associated with the wealthy are bad actually. Part of it is that we confuse how the wealthy invest after they’ve become wealthy with how they became wealthy. Nick Maguilli has written convincingly about thisI raise this point because there seems to be an obsession with the wealthy and how they invest their money as if their allocation decisions are what created their wealth. Of course, for some wealthy individuals this is true. Warren Buffett got rich based on how he invested his money. But many other wealthy people didn’t. They got rich as business owners or doctors or lawyers (or something else) and have since allocated their wealth to private equity and hedge funds. Keep this in mind before making any changes to your portfolio.But also: these hedge funds just aren’t that great!
Seems a good point in a lot of areas, here wealth: don't look at what successful actors do but what they did to become successful. Many wealthy people's current investments is not how they got rich, and is not all that successful. (E.g. saw in the '00s how the KM processes of Fortune 500 were touted, without acknowledging they only set those up well after becoming a Fortune 500 company..
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pluralistic.net pluralistic.net
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Broderick makes a more important point: AI search is about summarizing web results so you don't have to click links and read the pages yourself. If that's the future of the web, who the fuck is going to write those pages that the summarizer summarizes? What is the incentive, the business-model, the rational explanation for predicting a world in which millions of us go on writing web-pages, when the gatekeepers to the web have promised to rig the game so that no one will ever visit those pages, or read what we've written there, or even know it was us who wrote the underlying material the summarizer just summarized? If we stop writing the web, AIs will have to summarize each other, forming an inhuman centipede of botshit-ingestion. This is bad news, because there's pretty solid mathematical evidence that training a bot on botshit makes it absolutely useless. Or, as the authors of the paper – including the eminent cryptographer Ross Anderson – put it, "using model-generated content in training causes irreversible defects"
Broderick: https://www.garbageday.email/p/ai-search-doomsday-cult, Anderson: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.17493
AI search hides the authors of the material it presents, summarising it is abstracting away the authors. It doesn't bring readers to those authors, it just presents a summary to the searcher as end result. Take it or leave it. At the same time, if one searches for something you know about, you see those summaries are always of. Leaving you guessing how of it is when searching something you don't know about. Search should never be the endpoint, always a starting point. I think that is my main aversion against AI search tools. Despite those clamoring 'it will get better over time' I don't think it will easily because the tool nor its makers have any interest in the quality of output necessarily and definitely can't assess it. So what's next, humans factchecking AI output. Why not prevent bs at its source? Nice ref to Maggie Appleton's centipede metaphor in [[The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI]]
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www.zuerich.com www.zuerich.com
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We strolled through the square at Spiegelgasse this Tuesday, visiting a pop-up gallery of the graduation projects of several students at https://www.zhdk.ch/ the ZH art academy. Turns out this place has history! It is where Dada started (and Lenin lived next door at the time!).
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observablehq.com observablehq.com
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Modern development is built on files. Files have myriad strengths, but the strongest is interoperability. When every tool uses files, it’s far easier to incorporate a new tool — and now Observable — into your workflow.This isn’t just about using your preferred text editor. Now you can bring your own source control and code review system, too. You can write unit tests and run linters. You can automate builds with continuous integration or deployment. You can work offline. You can self-host. You can generate or edit content programmatically, say to format code or to find-and-replace across files.
Observable says files are where modern development is focused. Because it aids the agency of the user of their tool, mostly through interoperability. This is [[Technologie kleiner dan ons 20050617122905]] en [[Local First Software 20190531162132]]
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240216060220/https://observablehq.com/blog/observable-2-0
Observable is a static site generator for data dashboards and analyses. It can handle markdown and is as such compatible with using Obsidian notes as source. See https://mastodon.social/@kepano/111937315007645449
This is comparable with [[EUNotes via Github Respec naar Geonovum]] where I generate a respec site from my notes through github. Except that Respec is text documentation, and Observable contains javascript to present data.
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bc.ctvnews.ca bc.ctvnews.ca
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Air Canada in a dispute about misleading information from an AI chatbot suggested the chatbot was its own entity and responsible for its own actions, therefore Air Canada not liable for anything it generated. AI Act specifically introduces responsibilities throughout an AI tool's lifecycles, as well as the AI consumer liabilities act. Vgl [[AI Act final annotaties]]
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www.citationneeded.news www.citationneeded.news
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Molly White on 'ownership' wrt digital stuff. Check for the various aspects she lifts out. wrt 'your data' Vgl [[On Selling Access to Your Data and Ownership of Data – Interdependent Thoughts 20220209114247]] and [[Saying My Data Is Too Imprecise]]. For (personal) data ownership is not a useful concept.
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simonwillison.net simonwillison.net
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[[Lee Bryant]] links to this overview by Simon Willison of what happened in #2023/ in #AI . Some good pointers wrt [[ChatPKM myself]] dig those out.
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thepugautomatic.com thepugautomatic.com
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Elegant suggestion: write comments in code that are clearly outdated when the surrounding code changes.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240208185222/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00349-5
Paper by author Lizzie Wolkovich refused because of inaccurate suspicion of ChatGPT usage. Another cut to the peer review system? She had her GitHub writing receipts. Intriguing. Makes me think about blogging in Obs while having a private blogging repo that tracks changes. n:: use github while writing for [[Reverse Turing menszijn bewijs vaker nodig 20230505100459]] purposes.
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www.euractiv.com www.euractiv.com
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EU countries still have room to influence how the AI law will be implemented, as the Commission will have to issue around 20 acts of secondary legislation. The AI Office, which will oversee AI models, is also set to be significantly staffed with seconded national experts.
Can I find these '20', are they mentioned in the Act? If so they will likely be implementing regulations (IRs) where the Commission has the initiative (like with the HVD IR).
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www.ft.com www.ft.com
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240201113513/https://www.ft.com/content/29fd9b5c-2f35-41bf-9d4c-994db4e12998 Interesting trend: younger women and men are diverging on the progressive/conservative axis. Young men at times more conservative then older cohorts, or trending in that direction whereas older cohorts trend oppositely. Twtter thread by author mentions two possible explanations: rebalancing of power between women and men and young men feeling threatened by it (but then other men would feel threatened too right?) or that women and men live elsewhere on the internet getting a different algorithm-determined infodiet. - [ ] Fwd to E.
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infullflow.net infullflow.net
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Stable pseudonymity is helpful in maintaining civility. You can be anonymous, but you still have a reputation within a context or across several contexts. The mentioned article is based on Huffpost comment section account experiments. Strongly reminds me of Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia at Reboot7 in CPH 2005: [[Situationele identiteit vs absolute identiteit 20050621121100]] "I don’t need to know who you are exactly, as long as I am able to know you in Wikipedia. " I dubbed it 'situational identity' in 2005. The consistency of behaviour over time is enough for a reputation. This also connects to the importance of time dimension, Vgl [[Blogs als avatar 20030731084659]] where time is the key factor in id stability.
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alper.nl alper.nl
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This overview of Alper's Obsidian day template contains some useful items to mimick. Should also blog my own template as it contains some tweaks that help in different ways around associating content with each other. - [ ] lees dit en kijk wat ik er van in eigen daily log template zet.
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bambulab.com bambulab.com
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https://web.archive.org/web/20240125172501/https://bambulab.com/en-eu Chinese disruptor of 3d printing market. 22 months from start to order of magnitude cheaper with much better specs than incumbents. Ppl/money seems to follow pattern from DJI that did same in drones a few yrs back.
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