@samuel @fiaewald
Ghost är bäst. 😁 Jag skrev ju den här långa när jag bytte: https://axbom.com/from-wp-to-ghost/ och sedan om Indieweb generellt.
Allt stämmer inte i inlägget längre men jag svarar också gärna på frågor. Har nog 5-6 Ghost-sajter nu. 😁
De har också en Substack-importer nu, vilket kan vara högst relevant.
@samuel @fiaewald
Obs att den artikeln handlar om en flytt till betalversionen av Ghost, medan jag numera kör Ghost på min egen VPS, så här
https://axbom.com/indieweb/
Och precis när jag skrivit om sanningens flyktighet ramlar jag över Lars Ilshammars tankar om hur vi kan hantera många av dessa utmaningar. Och oron över att arkiven inte förvaltas på ett betryggande sätt.
Det är både viktigt och akut att ta till sig av Lars insikter och uppmaningar.
"Dessutom hjälper arkivet till att läka gamla sår. I de sannings- och försoningskommissioner som nyligen gick i mål har arkivet varit centralt för att ge minoriteter som samer och tornedalingar upprättelse för den svenska statens historiska övergrepp. Det som försvårade arbetet för en av kommissionerna var just brister i arkivhållningen."
"Ingen slump att historiens erövrare som velat kuva ett besegrat folk ofta har börjat med att bränna arkiven."
Really good example of how messed up the future is gonna be. If we reach old age and search for pictures of ourselves, will we choose to doubt all those photos... or will we assume that we did everything depicted?
How will memories of our own lives be captured when our photos and videos are of no help in determining what really happened?
Now is a good time to start on that: Dear diary…
In the story Johan shares is a generated photo of a genuine pumpkin carver in front of a pumpkin he did not carve. And someone else generated this photo of him without consent. The nuances of what is going on here emotionally, socially and ethically are endless.
Engineers be like "Why aren't humans adapting to how my machine works?"
@grimalkina Yay! Congrats, Cat!
@redegelde All but one are available on my website. It will be part of an upcoming post.
Direct links:
https://axbom.com/aipower/
https://axbom.com/aielements/
https://axbom.com/bias-in-machine-learning/
https://axbom.com/hammer-ai/
https://axbom.com/aicom/
They’re also reachable in the featured section of the homepage:
https://axbom.com
Just printed all the explanatory models about AI I produced in 2023. Hadn't realised there were so many!
These are in Swedish but all have English counterparts as well.
The hammer has definitely been the most popular one. The most useful one is likely the communication model and/or the one outlining all the human actors in play.
It's funny how my main issue with the reality of the Fast and Furious franchise is Dom's love of Corona. 😁
Paper. Accidental Wiretaps: The Implications of False Positives By Always-Listening Devices For Privacy Law & Policy, by Lindsey Barrett and Ilaria Liccardi.
Abstract
Always-listening devices like smart speakers, smartphones, and other voice-activated technologies create enough privacy problems when working correctly. But these devices can also misinterpret what they hear, and thus accidentally record their surroundings without the consent of those they record, a phenomenon known as a ‘false positive.’ The privacy practices of device users add another complication: a recent study of individual privacy expectations regarding false positives by voice assistants depicts how people tend to carefully consider the privacy preferences of those closest to them when deciding whether to subject them to the risk of accidental recording, but often disregard the preferences of others. The failure of device owners to get consent from those around them is exacerbated by the accidental recordings, as it means that the companies collecting the recordings aren’t obtaining the consent to record their subjects that the Federal Wiretap Act, state wiretapping laws, and consumer protection laws require, as well as contravening the stringent privacy assurances that these companies generally provide. The laws governing surreptitious recordings also frequently rely on individual and societal expectations of privacy, which are warped by the justifiable resignation to privacy invasions that most people eventually acquire.
The result is a legal regime ill-adapted to always-listening devices, with companies frequently violating wiretapping and consumer protection laws, regulators failing to enforce them, and widespread privacy violations. Ubiquitous, accidental wiretaps in our homes, workplaces, and schools are just one more example of why consent-centric approaches cannot sufficiently protect our privacy, and policymakers must learn from those failures rather than doubling down on a failed model of privacy governance.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3781867
#DigitalEthics
@rkaj Right, how do I know I haven't caused the internal server error?
@Mabande 😂 Tack för dagens bästa gapskratt.
It's truly helpful how those error messages keep telling me it's an INTERNAL server error rather than just a server error.
Oh, I get it, that makes so much more sense. It's internal! Bloody hell, I thought someone was kicking the server with army boots every time I tried the website.
Sometimes I get the feeling people wish I had a more positive outlook. They say that more people would take matters to heart if I instead focused on the many benefits of harmful tech. 🧐
Like sitting on a chair, my coffee on the table, with burning flames all around me and saying everything is fine.
That's certainly one way to go.
p.s. This is a jokey post. It's not that bad. As an optimist, I believe many things can be better. The way things get better is by first acknowledging what does not work well. Critique is a component of improving.
Not surprised that the wise @molly0xfff is one of the people taking the lead in moving away from Substack.
She also made one of the best choices in my mind to go for an independent home, self-hosting Ghost. And managed to do it with minimum impact for existing subscribers.
I do know this is not for everyone, but also know that you don’t necessarily need a VPS to host Ghost, there is managed hosting available – and many more options than the quite expensive official one.
Molly White’s post on the hows and whys is here:
https://citationneeded.news/citation-needed-has-a-new-home/
Reading Dr. Joy Buolamwini’s Unmasking AI and I couldn’t recommend it more.
Love how she tells her own story and the difficult decisions she had to make to start addressing these harms that were apparent so early on for her. Even though she just wanted to code.
And the time when it turned out Cynthia Breazeal was in the front row, that honestly gave me goosebumps.
The chapter outlining how AI works is impressively accessible and ends on this important piece of wisdom: ”[…] if an automated decision impacts your opportunities and liberties, you must have a voice and a choice in whether and how technology is used.”
I mean, that pretty much sums up the challenges ahead. Read it and take it to heart. It’s really well-written, personal, engaging and brimming with wisdom.
#DigitalEthics #AiEthics
Reading Joy Buolamwini’s Unmasking AI and I couldn’t recommend it more.
Love how she tells her own story and the difficult decisions she had to make to start addressing these harms that were apparent so early on for her. Even though she just wanted to code.
The chapter outlining how AI works is impressively accessible and ends on this important piece of wisdom: ”[…] if an automated decision impacts your opportunities and liberties, you must have a voice and a choice in whether and how technology is used.”
I mean, that pretty much sums up the challenges ahead. Read it, take it to heart. It’s really well-written and engaging.
https://www.unmasking.ai/
@dangillmor
I'm feeling this too. Two years ago Substack defended prominent conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers profiting on the platform by saying that "the presence of writers with whom we strongly disagree” was a “necessary precondition for creating more trust in the information ecosystem as a whole.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/27/substack-misinformation-anti-vaccine/
Nine months ago Nilay Patel got this response from CEO Chris Best on Decoder when asking if they would allow overt racism in Substack Notes: https://vimeo.com/817611949/a001a450c1
Substack haven't been hiding this stance. They've been enforcing it clearly, consistently and in the open for years.
@caseynewton Did they ever change their stance on the conspiracy / anti-vaxxer people they were revealed to be profiting from two years ago? I feel like Substack have been saying exactly what they stand for, for quite some time now. Not sure how many strikes one considers them to be entitled to before they’re out…
« This type of content is “so bad no one else will host it,” said Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that focuses on combating misinformation and has researched Substack. By splitting subscription profits with creators, the group estimates, Substack generates at least $2.5 million a year in revenue from just five anti-vaccine leaders who have amassed tens of thousands of subscribers, each paying $50 a year.
Substack declined to comment, but shortly after The Washington Post made inquiries, CEO Chris Best and his two co-founders published a blog post saying that putting up with “the presence of writers with whom we strongly disagree” was a “necessary precondition for creating more trust in the information ecosystem as a whole.” »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/27/substack-misinformation-anti-vaccine/
Substack has been profiting from conspiracy nuts and anti-vaxxers for many years. I feel like their stance on ”free speech” has been made clear. But it’s often the nazi angle that gets more people engaged.
I’m genuinely curious as to why Substack became such a well-respected platform when the writing was on the wall for so long.
I remember this controversy from January 2022 and Substack responded then exactly as they did now. Is it just that humans tend to forget so quickly? Obviously the fact that popular publications like Platformer approved of Substack, even after this revelation, makes people feel that it still comes recommended.
« This type of content is “so bad no one else will host it,” said Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that focuses on combating misinformation and has researched Substack. By splitting subscription profits with creators, the group estimates, Substack generates at least $2.5 million a year in revenue from just five anti-vaccine leaders who have amassed tens of thousands of subscribers, each paying $50 a year.
Substack declined to comment, but shortly after The Washington Post made inquiries, CEO Chris Best and his two co-founders published a blog post saying that putting up with “the presence of writers with whom we strongly disagree” was a “necessary precondition for creating more trust in the information ecosystem as a whole.” »
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/27/substack-misinformation-anti-vaccine/
Just remembered how Substack CEO Chris Best responded when Nilay Patel asked him on Decoder if he would allow overt racism on Substack Notes.
https://vimeo.com/817611949/a001a450c1
49% of the world will be able to vote in an election this year. Good thing people have these new "AI" companions to help them get smarter about how to vote.
"One third of Bing Chat’s answers to election-related questions contained factual errors. Errors include wrong election dates, outdated candidates, or even invented controversies concerning candidates."
https://aiforensics.org/work/bing-chat-elections
