Marisa Ponti @OpenEd@mastodon.bida.im

More broadly, what the Cambridge study confirms is a growing ideological polarization between the West and the rest.

Very clear from the data 🔽 Within ten years, Western liberal democracies have grown more negative on China (moved left), and the rest more positive (moved right)

What matters most for the future of the world is whether this trend will accentuate, cementing the divide between the West and the rest.

Here are the slides of my talk "Symbolic and Subsymbolic AI - An Epic Dilemma!" at the conference "Cultures of Artificial Intelligence - New Perspectives for Museums" at @BadischesLandesmuseum

https://github.com/lysander07/Presentations/blob/main/Symbolic%20and%20Subsymbolic%20AI%20%20-%20an%20Epic%20Dilemma_.pdf

@epoz @fizise #CulturesAI2212 #foundation #ai #knowledgegraph #semanticweb #deeplearning #languagemodel

This is very good from @tchambers: tracking the migration from the dustbowl that is Twitter: https://www.deweysquare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DSG-Snapshot-of-the-Twitter-Migration-December-12-2022.pdf

Some pretty fascinating technical updates on #Neurolink here, showing some real progress to a future where we can wire together brains and computers with fast and deep functionality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YreDYmXTYi4

I can easily see how the convergence of this with future #XR, #AI and #Robot tech could really make the sensations of #Neuromancer to #ThePeripheral a reality.

We need more #scifi thinkers like @GreatDismal helping us explore the ethics and impacts of our choices here ...

@naciketas @stranobiovolta perché no, se hai un blog, metti qui il link e lo si legge volentieri 👍

@baldur Agreed! I thought I'd respond with my blog post about this very topic, in case others would like to read it 😊 It's a little out of date now as it was from 2018 and a lot has happened since then. I'll try to update it sometime, particularly the references to Twitter and make it clear that I'm no longer there! Otherwise, I think the premise still holds!
https://peteroshaughnessy.com/posts/why-mastodon-is-defying-the-critical-mass/

I condoni spiegano bene il rapporto tra una parte del popolo e il potere: io ti voto se mi legalizzi la villetta abusiva, ti voto se non mi chiedi più le tasse che ho evaso.
Poi la villetta viene giù.
Poi per una visita in ospedale passano mesi.
Poi le scuole cadono a pezzi.
...e la colpa è sempre dello Stato, mai di chi ha costruito la villetta, mai di chi non ha pagato le tasse.

At lot has happened over the years in the digital field. But one thing that never changed was @DataEthicsEU@twitter.com stance on human rights and democratic values. See for constructive advice and tools on how to implement 👇
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dataethics-eu_data-ethics-the-new-competitive-advantage-activity-7002945072967102464-brmH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Do you post about GLAM, cultural heritage or Digital Humanities crowdsourcing / citizen science / citizen history on mastodon? Looking to connect with others? Add yourself here!

GLAM / DH crowdsourcing projects and people on Mastodon form https://forms.gle/LaC557tXWzhriW889

And the list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1phT792K3WqoHEGrlu6R2AVzqMH69t2gV5kvGkJ59UJk/htmlview

Please boost for reach!

#CitizenScience #CitizenHistory #crowdsourcing #DigitalParticipation #OnlineVolunteering

I’ve had a lot of people ask me recently why not stay on Twitter and fight.

The reason is because Musk controls the algorithm. He could ban you tomorrow, and he could also just deprioritize every one of your tweets so no one sees them.

You can’t fight and win when the opponent has complete control over the field of conflict.
#TwitterMigration

@jeffjarvis @evan @timbray @Michele @kathygriffin in this space, let's be clear, too, that "chronological" is an algorithm. Any sort of automatic moderation (blocking, muting, etc) is an algorithm.

The key thing is that *anyone* here can be in control of the algorithm that affects them. We aren't ever again going to be bound by the whims and anxieties of a bunch of guys looking to make a dollar.

(We do all have to hold ourselves accountable, which is liberating and terrifying, of course!)

Someone gave me great advice when I started here. Don’t be a wallflower, just scrolling through your timeline. Boost the posts that made you stop a moment. Say hello to others. You’ll be an “old-timer” in a few days. Don’t just follow all the same people who are like you. Use your filter to not see topics that wear you down. Visit other countries through their photos. This place is what WE make it. Let’s build a real community. #newbies #welcome

Peak #MoralPanic:
‘Extinction is on the table’: Jaron Lanier warns of tech’s existential threat to humanity https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/27/jaron-lanier-tech-threat-humanity-twitter-social-media?CMP=share_btn_tw

In #fotografia si dice che bisogna togliere il superfluo per raggiungere l’occhio e la mente dello spettatore, in questo è un po’ come nella vita, dove l’inutile distrae dall’essenziale.
#photography Roma, Foro italico 2022

👎 Fired: the Twitter human rights team, those working on lies, bias and online harm, the people responsible for privacy, security and safety…

👍 Welcome back: the anti-semites, liars, conspiracy theorists and all-round crazy people.

Don’t say Elon Musk has no idea of where to take Twitter.

It is VERY clear and VERY dangerous !

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kanye-west-twitter-account-returns-elon-musk/