Gemini Articles of Interest
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Technology and Free Software
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Padding against AI
I'm not sure we talk enough about the impact of generative AI on our epistemic ecosystems (as Lorraine Code calls the intricate interconnection of systems of information flow that make it possible for us to know beyond our senses). I'm not convinced there's any merit to the vague Terminator-like threats of AI taking over the world, but I do see its potential to worsen some existing trends.
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So you could pad a résumé with ChatGPT. But take someone a bit more creative and desperate. There is an industry of "vanity press" in academia, made of journals that will publish almost anything you send them, for a substantive fee.
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Internet/Gemini
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BBS June Archive
I have exported a Gempub ZIP archive containing all posts and comments made on bbs.geminispace.org during June 2023. You can find it on the new "BBS Archives" page: BBS Archives
In the future, I plan to add new monthly archives there without any separate announcements.
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040 - Cohost
Cohost is nice. It has images, for once. Images are nice. And its developers are actually paid to work on and moderate the project. That's a whole topic I could dedicate a lot to. Because I do have a lot of thoughts swirling around my head about what the future of the internet can, and should, work like. Cohost sure is one of the better websites, at least. Worker cooperative of queer people. Good stuff.
oh yeah i can also edit part way through a line without having to use wacky Vim commands. nice feature right there. because that paragraph up there is kind of a wreck. oh well. i guess it'll just have to be bad.
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Missing the point
I'll be replying directly to Stack's post as Textmonger's reply is more just directly in "here here!" and not adding much besides "I too am totally missing the point". So you too should really think about what you agreed with and how its probably the worst take on this entire protocol. That includes adding tables to gemtext.
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