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mia, 4 months ago to random

Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names

'What matters, it seems, is not so much whether you are commenting anonymously, but whether you are invested in your persona and accountable for its behaviour in that particular forum. There seems to be value in enabling people to speak on forums without their comments being connected, via their real names, to other contexts.

...calls to end anonymity online by forcing people to reveal their real identities might not have the effects people expect'

https://theconversation.com/online-anonymity-study-found-stable-pseudonyms-created-a-more-civil-environment-than-real-user-names-171374

mia, 9 months ago to random

Generative AI is a big challenge for open data - I've reconsidered sharing my own stuff.

Creative Commons are asking people to get involved in the wider 'beyond copyright' issues.

'Though using CC licenses and legal tools for training data and works produced by generative AI may address some legal uncertainty, it does not solve all the ethical concerns raised, which go far beyond copyright — involving issues of privacy, consent, bias, economic impacts, and access to and control over technology, among other things.
...
For many creators, these and other issues may be a reason not to share their works at all under any terms, not just via CC licensing. CC wants AI to augment and support commons, not detract from it, and we want to see solutions to these concerns to avoid AI turning creators away from contributing to the commons altogether.'

https://creativecommons.org/2023/08/18/understanding-cc-licenses-and-generative-ai/

mia, 5 months ago to random

Cool tool! MastodonContentMover

'a command-line tool that downloads your posts from one Mastodon instance, saving them as a set of files on your computer, and then re-posts them on any other Mastodon instance.

[so that] Mastodon users [can] move content they value when migrating from one instance to another, which is not currently possible within Mastodon itself.'

https://mastodoncontentmover.github.io/

mia, 2 months ago to random

Interesting thinking from @flickrfdn 's data lifeboat project - lots of questions, some suggestions! https://www.flickr.org/data-lifeboat-blog-update-3-march/

mia, 5 months ago to random

I keep seeing people saying 'the media hasn't reported on issue x', when it has been reported. Do they mean 'I haven't seen the articles on my social media'?

mia, 10 months ago to random

What even is Community Fibre and why do they keep trying to do door-to-door sales at the same addresses?

mia, 10 months ago to random

I've been training for a half marathon for some time now, but have only just done the fundraising page. If you have some cash to spare to help a primary school in Tower Hamlets, east London, give it a go!

https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/mia-manorfield-big-half-2023

Bonus dog photo because I don't have time to walk her separately and I've roped her in as training companion

mia, 10 months ago to ai

We need a Weizenbaum test for AI | Science

'1. Who will benefit?
2. Who will bear the costs?
3. What will the technology mean for future generations?
4. What will be the implications not just for economies and international security, but also for our sense of what it means to be human?
5. Is the technology reversible?
6. What limits should be imposed on its application?'

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk0176

#AI #DataScience #hype

mia, 4 months ago to random

I've always been bothered by the phrase 'digital transformation'. I've finally realised it's because you could swap in 'magical transformation' for the same effect. It says nothing about where you want to go.

(And obviously societies and organisations are transformed by people learning how to adapt or resist new technologies, and the financial incentives they sometimes mask)

mia, 11 months ago to random

If your organisation uses Outlook, you might want to check for emails accidentally caught in spam filters, at something like https://security.microsoft.com/quarantine?viewid=Email

mia, 8 months ago to random

I may have about 5 hours in the Hague / Den Haag on Thursday afternoon. Any tips on things to do or see? I was last there c 2001 and will be in town for the #EuropeanaTech2023 conference

mia, 4 months ago to random

The whole piece is amazing, but this in particular struck me. Don't let the haterz stop you sharing your joy. We need more joys, big and small. (Also don't worry too much that someone having a bad day will feel worse for seeing your joy. You never know, it might help)

Rebecca Solnit: How to Comment on Social Media

https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-how-to-comment-on-social-media/

mia, 4 months ago to ai

National Museum in Norway shares a prototype semantic collection search tool. Uses various models from OpenAI to generate image captions then vectors to expand searches.
Tord Nilsen: 'we are currently in a beta phase where feedback from users is crucial to evaluate and adjust the search tool' https://beta.nasjonalmuseet.no/collection/

#MuseTech #AI4LAM #AI #search

mia, 5 months ago to random

Front page of today's FT. Sigh.

mia, 9 months ago to random

Oh nice one, work people!

'British Library acquires unique disc from the KLF plus all of their surviving master tapes' https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2023/august/british-library-klf-acquisition

mia, 9 months ago to Bloomscrolling

When did I become the kind of person who gets in from a walk and looks up photos on plantnet? Saw a lovely astrantia by Rochdale Canal in Hebden Bridge and moss-ferns on a dry stone wall near Mytholmroyd

Also saw lots of fireweed, nettles, brambles and some Himalayan balsam

#mosstodon #florespodence #bloomscrolling

Pretty pink flowers in various stages of opening and going over against a background of greenery and a stone wall

mia, 6 months ago to random

'Talk to any archivist, curator or worker in libraries and museums, and you'll find out how little money there is, and how little of that goes on making good IT, let alone good security. Outdated and badly maintained software is a big part of why hacking groups find it cost-effective to attack badly funded public service targets.'

https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/27/british_library_opinion_column/

mia, 9 months ago to random

Who are folk using for domains these days after Gandi put their prices up?

mia, 10 months ago to random

Two people I know mentioned having covid lately. Stats are tiny* but going up again, which isn't what anyone wants to see. I guess I'll keep masking on the tube and in shops, just in case

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

• I guess including hospital tests and the few people who still test

mia, 8 months ago to random

Do Instagram manually choose Threads posts to try and tempt users over, or is this an AI fail?

On the other hand, they got the right vibe for 'Threads for me' if their aim was to show that Instagram is no place for discussion...

mia, 11 months ago to random

'Telling academics they can achieve career success by using today’s algorithmic-driven platforms is like telling Millennials they could afford to buy a house by eating less avocado on toast. It’s a cruel lie because social media is a shit way to share your work now.' The Thesis Whisperer

https://thesiswhisperer.com/2023/07/10/academicenshittification/

mia, 7 months ago to ai

I was trying to remember what some of the #AI discourse reminded me of...

'When once a machine has been invented and made known, it is no longer a question whether it is a general advantage to have such a machine or not, but it is necessary to our commerce to employ it, for if we do not, other nations will, and thus we shall inevitably be left behind them.' - Edward Baines, 1826

mia, 7 months ago to random

Who think human nature meets computerised decision-making is going to end well?

UK officials use AI '...the processes they use are fair because the final decisions are made by people. Many experts worry, however, that biased algorithms will lead to biased final decisions, because officials can only review the cases flagged to them and often have limited time to do so.'

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/23/uk-officials-use-ai-to-decide-on-issues-from-benefits-to-marriage-licences

mia, 1 month ago to random

@claresudbery know anyone? https://toot.cafe/@codepo8/112290701436355398

mia, 17 days ago to datascience

James Baker on Bluesky: 'From 2025/26 University of Southampton DH will be running a new MSc in Digital Humanities (Data Science). Huge thanks to all my colleagues who've helped turn our little idea into a reality, especially the amazing
Lexi Webster https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/digital-humanities-data-science-masters-msc

And look out for a Humanities Data Science Lectureship we'll be advertising in the Autumn to lead this programme (ask me if you are interested in knowing more before the ad comes out).'

#DigitalHumanities #DataScience