"All of a sudden decentralized social media soars in adoption," writes Johannes Ernst. Core to this is the ActivityPub standard, and real-world implementations that mix it with additional independently defined protocols, such as what...
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Activity Streams graphical model
Publicado en OLDaily el 27/01/2023
BuzzFeed says it will use AI tools from OpenAI to personalize its content
Publicado en OLDaily el 27/01/2023
According to this article, "BuzzFeed says its going to use AI tools provided by ChatGPT creator OpenAI to 'enhance' and 'personalize' its content." The original article was posted in the Wall Street Journal. It's behind a paywall, but it seems to be allowing readers who access it...
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According to this article, "customers of Shutterstock's Creative Flow online design platform will now be able to create images based on text prompts, powered by OpenAI and Dall-E 2." Worthy of note is this: "Key to the feature... is that Shutterstock says the images are 'ready for...
Leer másAn Argument for Project-Based Learning
Publicado en OLDaily el 26/01/2023
I used to love working on my 'projects' in school, and so have always had a soft spot for project-based learning (PBL). This article isn't exactly deep, but offers a light and accessible survey of reasons to support PBL in the classroom: active engagement, soft skill work...
Leer másOne More Reason ChatGPT Seems Like a Sweetheart
Publicado en OLDaily el 26/01/2023
Here's another example of why it's so important to consider the ethics of AI. Can you imagine what the result would be if Elon Musk owned chatGPT outright, the way he owns Twitter? Would we ever see a response like this: "The Qur'an is a sacred text to Muslims and should be...
Leer másBeyond the paywall: Alternative value exchanges between publishers and readers
Publicado en OLDaily el 26/01/2023
Publicado en OLDaily el 25/01/2023
I totally agree with this. "We should be dispositionalists rather than representationalists about belief," writes Eric Schwitzgebel. "According to dispositionalism, a person believes when they have the relevant pattern of behavioral, phenomenal, and cognitive dispositions...
Leer másNiagara Falls bets on a new private university for economic growth — University Affairs
Publicado en OLDaily el 25/01/2023
Here we read, "In an effort to revitalize its long-neglected downtown core, the Ontario city has partnered with an international business group specializing in higher education." I just want to take this moment to warn that any private enterprise, including a private...
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