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One man’s 10-year experiment to record every moment
One man’s 10-year experiment to record every moment
A Spanish scientist records all his activities so he can learn how to live more effectively. But what do you gain from forensically tracking every part of your day? In February 2010, Morris Villarroel started an ambitious 10-year experiment.   The scientist, based at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, had just turned 40, and like many people after a milestone birthday, began to take stock of his life. Wouldn’t it be useful to have a more complete and concrete record of his life, he thought? Not only would it help him to remember more of his past; it might also help him figure out how to live the rest of his life more effectively, and to make the most of his time.
#journal#lifelog
·bbc.com·
One man’s 10-year experiment to record every moment
How to archive your digital life
How to archive your digital life
digital archiving is an issue that affects all of us, and there are some tools that aim to reduce loss, like the Wayback Machine by Internet Archive. I spoke to Tom Storrar, the Head of Web Archiving at The National Archives. He told me that we need to be aware of the ever-present possibility of data loss, be it through “vendors closing down, digital obsolescence, or data corruption”. He believes that young adults today are the first generation ever to have perhaps the majority of their collective memory stored in an online form, which means that this issue affects us and those younger more than anyone else. The memories we make digitally are often the only records or souvenirs of the things we do, and it’s likely that that is only going to become more the case. That makes a lot of those digital souvenirs as priceless as your family photos, so archiving your data properly is, although long, very much worth it.
#archive
·i-d.vice.com·
How to archive your digital life
The Best WordPress Table & Chart Plugin - wpDataTables
The Best WordPress Table & Chart Plugin - wpDataTables
wpDataTables is a best-selling WordPress table plugin which makes your work with tables, charts and data management easy. 70,000+ companies and individuals already trust wpDataTables to work with financial, scientific, statistical, commercial and other data.
#wordpress#data#Visualization
·wpdatatables.com·
The Best WordPress Table & Chart Plugin - wpDataTables
Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban upon conclusion of his visit to the Gaza Strip
Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban upon conclusion of his visit to the Gaza Strip
I have just finished a three-day visit to the Gaza Strip, where I have been able to coordinate with local and international organizations about the emergency response and take stock of humanitarian operations since the last time I was in the Gaza Strip two months ago. But more than that, I was able to meet with children and their families suffering some of the most horrific conditions I have ever seen. “Since my last visit, the situation has gone from catastrophic to near collapse. UNICEF has described the Gaza Strip as the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. We have said this is a war on children. But these truths do not seem to be getting through. Of the nearly 25,000 people reported to have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the escalation in hostilities, up to 70 per cent are reported to be women and children. The killing of children must cease immediately.
#gaza
·unicef.org·
Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban upon conclusion of his visit to the Gaza Strip
Understanding the Copyright Issue
Understanding the Copyright Issue
Saying that AI simply 'copies' what it sees is wrong and misleading. It does not help us understand the issue of copyright and AI. AI generates text and images based on what we might call a 'vocabulary' and a 'grammar', and a discussion of copyright in AI needs to address about the appropriateness of the words and forms used by the AI to generate its output.
#ai#copyright
·halfanhour.blogspot.com·
Understanding the Copyright Issue
Fairly Trained
Fairly Trained
We certify fair training data use in Generative AI. Generative AI models are trained on the work of human creators. Our mission is to make sure those creators are being treated fairly. There is a divide emerging between two types of generative AI companies: those who get the consent of training data providers, and those who don’t, claiming they have no legal obligation to do so. We believe there are many consumers and companies who would prefer to work with generative AI companies who train on data provided with the consent of its creators. Fairly Trained exists to make it clear which companies take a more consent-based approach to training, and are therefore treating creators more fairly. Our first certification is our Licensed Model (L) certification for AI providers. We plan to add more certifications over time. The L certification can be obtained for any generative AI model that doesn’t use any copyrighted work without a license. h/t to Nate Angell who shared this in the Creative Commons Slack community
#ai#copyright#ethics#oegconnect
·fairlytrained.org·
Fairly Trained
Chatterpast
Chatterpast
Co-Producing Tolerant Futures aims to expose and challenge divisive uses of the Iron Age and Roman past uncovered during the Ancient Identities in Modern Britain project (2016-2019, AHRC-funded). Findings from this project showed that the Iron Age and Roman periods are often presented through dichotomies and exaggerated caricatures in formal and free-choice learning environments in Britain. The research also suggested that, later on in their adult life, people draw on these early impressions and dualistic understandings of the past to justify antagonism towards particular groups defined on the basis of ethnicity, culture and race. Co-Producing Tolerant Futures through Ancient Identities challenges these uses by developing the Chatterpast education training resources to promote more nuanced and less binary interpretation of the Iron Age and Roman past at heritage venues and in primary school classrooms.
#Storytelling#web2storytelling#interactive#branching
·chatterpast.tolerantfutures.com·
Chatterpast
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Certificates | University of Northern British Columbia
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Certificates | University of Northern British Columbia
We are pleased to announce two new courses for those considering a career in artificial intelligence and data science. Machine Learning Foundation Micro-credential Machine Learning & AI Bootcamp Certificate   Each course is delivered online using a game-based teaching approach. Course curriculum is developed and taught by expert engineers with career progression and earning potential in mind.
#ai#course#certification
·www2.unbc.ca·
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Certificates | University of Northern British Columbia
Getting Started: OER Publishing at BCcampus – Simple Book Publishing
Getting Started: OER Publishing at BCcampus – Simple Book Publishing
This resource provides an overview of everything you will need to know when creating an open educational resource (OER) that will be published by BCcampus. It provides a high-level overview of things to keep in mind as you work on your project and links to resources that go into more depth so you can easily find the information you need.
#publishing#ai#guide
·opentextbc.ca·
Getting Started: OER Publishing at BCcampus – Simple Book Publishing
The fediverse for media organizations
The fediverse for media organizations
Given all the talk lately of Threads, Mastodon, and ways that people can publish on their own sites, I thought it might be worth revisiting what the fediverse actually is — and why an organization might want to integrate with it. My focus is on media organizations, but remember that just about every company is, in some sense, a media organization: newsrooms, for sure, but also marketing organizations, engineering teams hoping to hire great talent, non-profits that need to spread their message and make an impact, creatives who want to promote their work, and so on. Here’s the summary: the fediverse allows media organizations to directly own their relationships with their audiences in a way that they’ve previously only been able to approximate with email newsletters. It gives them full, deep analytics about what their audiences care about in a way that can’t be achieved with newsletters or news aggregators, allows publishers to reach them directly, and will grow to a potential audience of at least 172 million people by the end of the year. How did I come to those conclusions? I’ll break it down.
#fediverse
·werd.io·
The fediverse for media organizations
7 Guiding Principles for Working with LLMs - The New Stack
7 Guiding Principles for Working with LLMs - The New Stack
Generative AI has revolutionized programming. Based on his own experience, Jon Udell codifies how to partner effectively with LLM assistants. you don’t need a low-level understanding of the neural networks at the core of large language models in order to align with the grain of that architecture. Although I can’t explain how LLMs work — arguably nobody can — I’m able to use them effectively, and I’ve begun to codify a set of guiding principles. Here’s my list: 1. Think out loud 2. Never trust, always verify 3. Use a team of assistants 4. Ask for choral explanations 5. Outsource pattern recognition 6. Automate transformations 7. Learn by doing
#ai#oegconnect#coding
·thenewstack.io·
7 Guiding Principles for Working with LLMs - The New Stack
Seven ways to think like the web – Jon Udell
Seven ways to think like the web – Jon Udell
Back in 2000, the patterns, principles, and best practices for building web information systems were mostly anecdotal and folkloric. Roy Fielding’s dissertation on the web’s deep architecture provided a formal definition that we’ve been digesting ever since. In his introduction he wrote that the web is “an Internet-scale distributed hypermedia system” that aims to “interconnect information networks across organizational boundaries.” His thesis helped us recognize and apply such principles as universal naming, linking, loose coupling, and disciplined resource design. These are not only engineering concerns. Nowadays they matter to everyone. Why? Because the web is a hybrid information system co-created by people and machines. Sometimes computers publish our data for us, and sometimes we publish it directly. Sometimes machines subscribe to what machines and people publish, sometimes people do.
#code#culture
·blog.jonudell.net·
Seven ways to think like the web – Jon Udell
‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
An unlikely charge of intent to commit treason landed Meir Baruchin, a grey-haired, softly spoken history and civics teacher, in the solitary confinement wing of Jerusalem’s notorious “Russian Compound” prison in early November. The evidence compiled by police who handcuffed him, then drove to his apartment and ransacked it as he watched, was a series of Facebook posts he’d made, mourning the civilians killed in Gaza, criticising the Israeli military, and warning against wars of revenge
#gaza
·theguardian.com·
‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
Home | Open Rights Group
Home | Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK’s largest grassroots digital rights campaigning organisation, working to protect everyone’s rights to privacy and free speech online. We fight for a fair digital environment where technology supports justice, equality and freedom. We campaign, lobby, go to court – whatever it takes to challenge restrictions to our human rights.
#activism#internet#privacy
·openrightsgroup.org·
Home | Open Rights Group
13 Best Open Source ChatGPT Alternatives
13 Best Open Source ChatGPT Alternatives
Looking for open-source ChatGPT alternatives? We curated some of the best ones for you to take a look at. ChatGPT is a powerful generative AI tool developed by OpenAI. You enter text prompts in a conversational way, and it gives you a detailed response. Sure, it is not perfect. But, sometimes it is incredibly helpful. No matter what you do with it, unfortunately, it is not an open-source solution. As a proprietary option, it isn't beneficial in every way. So, what are some open source ChatGPT alternatives? Here, let me highlight the best ChatGPT alternatives that are open-source in nature. h/t https://openedtech.social/@martin
#ai#opensource#oegconnect
·itsfoss.com·
13 Best Open Source ChatGPT Alternatives
The Future Promise Of The Fediverse | Meshed Insights Ltd
The Future Promise Of The Fediverse | Meshed Insights Ltd
One of the benefits of the Fediverse is that I can use my preferred system to post things and you can follow and interact with any ActivityPub-compatible system you prefer. Your choice of, say, a photo-sharing platform doesn’t dictate that I have to sign up to the same site, or even to another photo sharing thing. It’s all powered by the ActivityPub standard – which is like RSS you can reply to. But there’s the potential to end the reign of monetized surveillance (AKA advertising) with a switch to user-owned applications.
#fediverse
·meshedinsights.com·
The Future Promise Of The Fediverse | Meshed Insights Ltd
Intro to Generative A.I. - Aspen Digital
Intro to Generative A.I. - Aspen Digital
This primer addresses the common questions that people have about generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It contains information about generative AI capabilities, seven key issue areas where generative AI is having impact, and how generative AI may be used in the future. Although this primer was originally designed primarily for journalists, we have found that it is a valuable resource for anyone communicating about generative AI. For a list of resources on where to find technical experts, please see Finding Experts in AI. For information about AI more generally, please see AI 101. Visit Emerging Tech Primers to see all primers.
#ai
·aspendigital.org·
Intro to Generative A.I. - Aspen Digital
A.I. 101 - Aspen Digital
A.I. 101 - Aspen Digital
This primer addresses the common questions that people have about artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It contains nontechnical explanations of common terms and concepts associated with AI and gives examples of how to write about AI systems without misleading people about their capabilities. Although this primer was originally designed primarily for journalists, we have found that it is a valuable resource for anyone communicating about AI. For a list of resources on where to find technical experts, please see Finding Experts in AI. For information specifically on generative AI, please see our accompanying guide Intro to Generative AI. Visit Emerging Tech Primers to see all primers.
#ai
·aspendigital.org·
A.I. 101 - Aspen Digital
Reporting on A.I. Hall of Fame - Aspen Digital
Reporting on A.I. Hall of Fame - Aspen Digital
Talking and writing about artificial intelligence (AI) is hard. The industry is filled with jargon, the technology is rapidly changing, and every conversation is colored by pop culture’s fantastical imaginings. Through the release of educational primers on AI, public cross-sectoral events, and this Hall of Fame, we’re helping journalists, civil society organizations, and public policymakers communicate better about these headline-grabbing technologies.
#ai
·techprimers.aspendigital.org·
Reporting on A.I. Hall of Fame - Aspen Digital
Sylvia Currie – Specialising in prevention and treatment of separation anxiety, reactivity, and aggression
Sylvia Currie – Specialising in prevention and treatment of separation anxiety, reactivity, and aggression
Prevent and address problem behaviours with a qualified dog behaviour consultant and trainer. At Being With Dogs we feel that training preventing problem behaviours should be an integral part of a dog’s well-being. Our services include customised behaviour packages as well as helping trainers teach people to train their dogs. And so on!
#dog
·beingwithdogs.ca·
Sylvia Currie – Specialising in prevention and treatment of separation anxiety, reactivity, and aggression
Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem - IEEE Spectrum
Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem - IEEE Spectrum
The mere existence of plagiaristic outputs raises many important questions, including technical questions (can anything be done to suppress such outputs?), sociological questions (what could happen to journalism as a consequence?), legal questions (would these outputs count as copyright infringement?), and practical questions (when an end user generates something with a LLM, can the user feel comfortable that they are not infringing on copyright? Is there any way for a user who wishes not to infringe to be assured that they are not?). The New York Times v. OpenAI lawsuit arguably makes a good case that these kinds of outputs do constitute copyright infringement. Lawyers may of course disagree, but it’s clear that quite a lot is riding on the very existence of these kinds of outputs—as well as on the outcome of that particular lawsuit, which could have significant financial and structural implications for the field of generative AI going forward. Exactly parallel questions can be raised in the visual domain. Can image-generating models be induced to produce plagiaristic outputs based on copyright materials? Both OpenAI and Midjourney are fully capable of producing materials that appear to infringe on copyright and trademarks. These systems do not inform users when they do so
#ai#copyright
·spectrum.ieee.org·
Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem - IEEE Spectrum
AI machines aren’t ‘hallucinating’. But their makers are | Naomi Klein | The Guardian
AI machines aren’t ‘hallucinating’. But their makers are | Naomi Klein | The Guardian
Tech CEOs want us to believe that generative AI will benefit humanity. They are kidding themselves. And as those of us who are not currently tripping well understand, our current system is nothing like that. Rather, it is built to maximize the extraction of wealth and profit – from both humans and the natural world – a reality that has brought us to what we might think of it as capitalism’s techno-necro stage. In that reality of hyper-concentrated power and wealth, AI – far from living up to all those utopian hallucinations – is much more likely to become a fearsome tool of further dispossession and despoilation.
#ai#climate#ethics
·theguardian.com·
AI machines aren’t ‘hallucinating’. But their makers are | Naomi Klein | The Guardian
The Twilight Zone 1959 075 The Midnight Sun - video Dailymotion
The Twilight Zone 1959 075 The Midnight Sun - video Dailymotion
The opening narration of this episode starts with Serling saying the word that Mrs. Bronson is unable to say. "The word that Mrs. Bronson is unable to put into the hot, still, sodden air is 'doomed,' because the people you've just seen have been handed a death sentence. One month ago, the Earth suddenly changed its elliptical orbit and in doing so began to follow a path which gradually, moment by moment, day by day, took it closer to the sun. And all of man's little devices to stir up the air are now no longer luxuries—they happen to be pitiful and panicky keys to survival. The time is five minutes to twelve, midnight. There is no more darkness. The place is New York City and this is the eve of the end, because even at midnight it's high noon, the hottest day in history, and you're about to spend it in the Twilight Zone."
#climatechange
·dailymotion.com·
The Twilight Zone 1959 075 The Midnight Sun - video Dailymotion
Supertone - Product
Supertone - Product
Supertone CLEAR is a de-noise and de-reverb voice separator audio plugin. Powered by cutting edge neural network models, CLEAR separates audio into three channels: ambience, voice, and voice reverb. The simple and intuitive three channel allows you to instantly take full control of the clarity of your voice. Powered by Supertone AI, CLEAR’s separation algorithm offers the highest performance, leaving minimal artifacts in the result.
#ai#audio
·product.supertone.ai·
Supertone - Product
Instant Gramification - 99% Invisible
Instant Gramification - 99% Invisible
If you’re on Instagram there’s a decent chance you’ve seen a picture of this particular building called the Yardhouse. The Yardhouse was designed by the London-based architecture collective Assemble. The designers had just moved into their first studio in the Stratford neighborhood and they wanted to build something on the empty yard out front, a collaborative workshop for designers and artists. It was intended to be the new model of affordable workspace. The Yardhouse isn’t Instagram-famous for its DIY design or its off-the-shelf affordability. It’s famous for one design decision that had very little to do with Assemble’s larger vision. The architects knew they were going to have to look at this building all day long, so they allowed themselves what seemed at the time like one small concession to beauty—a bespoke facade made of hand-poured, multicolored cement shingles. After making thousands of these shingles, they ended up with this gradient of different pastel colors. They looked like the scales of some magical tropical fish.
#instagram#color#Design
·99percentinvisible.org·
Instant Gramification - 99% Invisible
Global River Runner
Global River Runner
The Global River Runner is a vizualization simulating the path a raindrop would take, assuming it runs off into a stream and from then on to a terminating location, likely an inland water body or the ocean. A running list of interesting flow paths can be found here. The Global River Runner is an open source Work In Progress, based on open data and open source software components, some of which themselves are in early or alpha development stages (all described in detail below). The vast majority of river paths calculated are based on topographic data collected and processed automatically, and may not reflect true river paths that may be affected by engineered features such as dams, canals, and conduits. The front end visualization was developed by Sam Learner. The back end is developed by Dave Blodgett, Kyle Onda and Ben Webb as a demonstrator of several key aspects of the Internet of Water project, including leveraging open data, open source software, and open standards to create innovative water information products and applications.
#climate#water#interactive#opendata#opensource#Visualization#oegconnect
·ksonda.github.io·
Global River Runner