Cerstin Mahlow @CerstinMahlow@qoto.org

There are now no less than 42 curated lists of academics on Mastodon, in various subject areas, on this GitHub, as well as links to groups, preprint and bibliography bots, and servers/communities. Check it out, tell others about it, and bookmark it for future reference! https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon

#Fedifinder got mentioned by AP. https://apnews.com/article/twitter-tips-to-protect-your-account-7f2eb222c81691fe2567718d601509fd

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Lots of folks talking about how large language models don’t really know anything. Isn’t that beside the point? Editing is easier than generating from scratch. Use these models as a zeroeth draft and iterate, for best results!

#llm #nlproc

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Oldie but Goodie (ich mag den immer noch):

Nun reagieren auch Politiker: Bundeskanzler prüft Twitter-Rückzug

https://www.cash.ch/news/top-news/mastodon-statt-musk-bundeskanzler-pruft-twitter-ruckzug-547932

Inside DeepL HQ right now.*

* Background: DeepL secures the largest investment anybody’s ever made into translation technology, see https://slator.com/deepl-taps-investors-in-round-valuing-machine-translation-firm-usd-1-billion/

Grad den Elektriker glücklich gemacht, der auf der Leiter unter der Decke stand und mit seinem Doppelmeter nicht so richtig die Mitte zwischen den Wänden ausgemessen bekam und wartete, dass der Azubi mit den Dübeln vom Auto zurückkommt, um festzuhalten. Und jetzt bekomme ich in der Kundendatei wohl den Vermerk "die Frau mit dem #Lasemesser".

Gibt es eigentlich für #Elektro-Ausbildung auch so was wie bei Coiffeusen, so Modelle, an denen geübt wird? Ich tät mich ja melden und würde weiteres #Werkzeug anreichen auch.

Und weil ich so fleissig am Arbeiten war, ging das ganze dann ohne Stromabschalten #NoRiskNoFun wegen: "Sie, sonst ist alles weg!!". Dass son Laptop n Akku hat, hat er mir nicht geglaubt.

"Wir sollen nüchtern spielen????" – Nationalmannschaft geschockt über Alkoholverbot in WM-Stadien

https://www.der-postillon.com/2022/11/es-gibt-kein-bier-in-katar.html

Good evening, Twitter was a 16 year sociological study conducted by Harvard University. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.

Mastodon-Glossar:

Twitter = Mastodon
Tweeten = tröten
Tweet = Tröt
Tweeeeeeet = Trööööööööt
Retweet = Zurücktröt
Thread = Rüssel
Hashtag = Stoßzahntag
Blockieren = Wegrüsseln
Sifftwitter = Siffmastodon
DM = Geheimtröt
Follower = Mit-dem-Rüssel-am-Schwanz-Hänger
Like = Stern
Elon Musk = Eugen Rochko
Der Postillon = Der Postillon

So I reached out to admins of the few instances that block us with a polite email explaining some of the misinformation spread about us in the pastt and describing the situation in some detail in the hopes it will be resolved.

Luckily nearly all the instances are very small and its not a big deal since our federation footprint remains one of the largest int he fediverse, but I felt it was an effort worth making.

Anyway, seems the drama is already begining and even more flat out lies are getting thrown around be a few:

https://cloudisland.nz/@aurynn/109361052656757061

https://cloudisland.nz/@aurynn/109361011483467968

Luckily despite a few bad actors most of the people I contacted reached out to me in good faith and several seem to be willing to reverse the ban. Lets hope the people who actually bother to fact-check win out on this one.

I wrote this almost 10 years ago about Engelbart's unfinished revolution:

#ToolsForThought
https://www.technologyreview.com/2013/07/23/177246/douglas-engelbarts-unfinished-revolution/

Obviously, #Galactica is still just a large language model, not some sort of universal knowledge engine.

You can't expect it to give correct responses to arbitrary questions about science and the broader world.

Sadly, the way Papers With Code/Meta AI designed the web page may lead to people trusting its language model outputs way too much, as @Michael_J_Black and many others are pointing out.

#NLP #NLProc

Schreibe gerade auf meinem emulierten DDR-Computer (KC85) mit der in der DDR staatlicherseits vertriebenen Raubkopie von WordStar einen Text über die Nachteile von Software as a Service aus technikhistorischer Sicht.