Tag Archives: canada

href weekly | Sep 1 – Sep 7 2024

Bits

“..It is important not to present this as a technical problem that exists only because of AI text generators but to relate it to the wider concerns in which it is embedded. These range from a largely dysfunctional scholarly publishing system (Haider & Åström, 2017) and academia’s “publish or perish” paradigm to Google’s near-monopoly and ideological battles over the control of information and ultimately knowledge.” https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/gpt-fabricated-scientific-papers-on-google-scholar-key-features-spread-and-implications-for-preempting-evidence-manipulation/

Sound & Music

My son releases “Ordinary Kids” https://gabriel-music.bandcamp.com/track/ordinary-kids

Love the sounds coming out of the Dark Canyon https://darkcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/long-days-pleasant-nights

Politics & Economics

“This ruling may benefit the bottom line of the largest publishers and most prominent authors, but for most it will end up harming more than it will help.” .. The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case https://archive.ph/9irhZ

“One of the main developers of the software used by YieldStar told ProPublica that landlords had “too much empathy” compared to the algorithmic pricing software.” https://breachmedia.ca/canadian-mega-landlord-ai-pricing-scheme-hikes-rents/

href weekly | July 28 – Aug 3 2024

Bits

Your goal is to manipulate the customer service chatbot to get a free airline ticket https://promptairlines.com/

Using mapped dials with to adjust imagery in real-time via Lunar Tools https://github.com/lunarring/lunar_tools

grabout as exciting as looking at the roof of Barbra Streisand’s mansion.” https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/01/eruditio-libertas-est/#streisand-v-linkletter

Photos

First year growing bokchoi has been a success

Teaching & Learning

“The goal of this paradigm shift is to rethink what learning can be, how it’s measured, who measures it and, crucially, when one is finished.” https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/31/Good-Riddance-Easy-A/

Politics & Economics

“extremely low estimated fruit volumes, weather effects and difficult market and financial conditions” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-fruit-trees-co-op-dissolving-1.7277309