AI
Stuff about artificial intelligence (AI) – the tech, its applications, its impact, regulation of it and the ethics around it.
Some of my better thoughts
Using the ChatGPT caricature trend to find out what you’ve told it about yourself
A recent trend asking ChatGPT to create a caricature of you from a photo presents a useful opportunity to reflect on what you’ve told AI about yourself.
WTF now?! #-5 – Monday 28 October–Sunday 3 November 2024
Two major research reports on Wikipedia (one about curiosity and rabbit holes and the other about Australian places reflecting a settler-colonial perspective). Also, finding common ground between Indigenous data sovereignty and open data and combating 'open washing' with an open source AI Definition
WTF now?! #23 – Thursday 19–Wednesday 25 February 2026
A rogue AI agent has turned vindictive against a moderator who rejected its code suggestions, and news reporting of that included AI hallucinations. Also two reports show improvements in diversityh in the arts and Creative Commons is looking at what openness means in context.
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