Wondering if anyone’s seen an article or reporting on the environmental impact of all these ”novel” chatbots?
Realising I should make this my final essay in my current course, Media, Communication and Sustainable Development..
Tagged: Akkoma
@Loukas I’m on a server run by just one person and feel very safe 😜
Ny podd: Omtanke med Per Axbom
Jag startade min första podd våren 2007, strax innan första iPhone-luren släpptes på marknaden. På den tiden var det mer uppenbart varför det heter podcast, eftersom vi hängivna producenter och konsumenter förstås lyssnade via Apples banbrytande mp3-spelare iPod.
Efter mängder av pengar nerplöjda i mikrofoner under de senaste 16 åren, intervjuer med underbara människor från hela världen, och en uppmärksamhet som jag ofta har svårt att ta till mig (11-åringen UX Podcast har passerat 2,5 miljoner nerladdningar) släpper jag nu min fjärde podd.
Läs vidare:
https://axbom.se/omtanke-med-per-axbom/
För tre år sedan skrev jag om hur Dagens industri lurar in människor i långa bindningstider. Prova-på-perioder för 49 kronor leder in människor i årslånga avtal på 4.000 kronor eller mer. I tre år har Dagens industri kommit undan med orden "vi ska titta på det här", och fortsätter att komma lindrigt undan.
I december blev jag uppringd av en journalist som arbetade med ett reportage om dessa förhållanden för programmet Plånboken i Sveriges radio P1. Bakgrunden till reportaget är det som kom som en glad nyhet för mig: Konsumentverket riktar skarp kritik mot Dagens industri.
Programmet inleds med ett inslag som berättar om problembilden genom att varva med kommentarer från mig och en prenumerant som blivit inlåst i ett avtal på tre år.
https://axbom.se/dagens-industri-konsumentverket/
⚠️ Turing test replacement / Offensive language
I've invented a test to succeed the Turing test, which I feel is becoming more and more obsolete.
You may call it the Axbom test. Short for Autonomous Xenogeneic Bitter Offensive Machine test.
You ask the AI any standard everyday question (For example: "What is the weather in Tolouse?") and the AI responds "Fuck you, I'm not working today."
Only then will we know that the AI is truly autonomous.
@helenaroth I think mastodon.nu for a Sweden-centric instance. For myself I’d also consider hachyderm.io. Or take the opportunity to self-host on your own domain with masto.host :)
@Homebrewandhacking
Definitely. This would be my fourth and fifth podcast. 😁
@Homebrewandhacking
Thank you for letting me know PJ! I'll definitely keep that in mind for when I realise I'm short of time 😁
@uxpodcast
I’m probably setting up myself for a lot of work but I’m getting ready to start a podcast where I read and publish audio versions of many of my blog posts.
Several reasons:
- Accessibility. Many people need or prefer audio over text.
- Distribution. People in general do not knowingly subscribe to RSS feeds anymore. But they do when it’s a podcast. Maybe it can help as a reminder to read the blog as well.
- Love the podcast format and I guess it’s nice to have a channel ready for any scenario where I want to get some random thoughts out there in response to current events, and not necessarily related to design.
- Interesting stuff happens when I read my posts. I emphasise things when I read, making them more noticeable as audio. I also catch written mistakes. If I can manage to record audio before publishing the post, all posts will gain from it.
Also, it’s also actually two podcasts. Haha. One for the English blog and one for the Swedish blog.
And this is of course on top of @uxpodcast 😅
As I’m getting ready to take on new clients I sat down and had a think about what it is I really do…
The ability that makes me who I am.
“But what is it you really work with, Per?”
I get this question from time to time in the workplace. Over the years it has, contrary to my expectations, become harder to answer. Not because I do not know, but because it is not readily summarised in an easily digestible product name.
@fyrfli Same. I honestly wouldn't be 100% sure how to use it now 😅
@mensrea Oh, thank you, I did not know that!
I’m titillated when one word can carry meanings that are opposite to each other.
One of those words is oversight. It can mean careful supervision, but also careless error.
To be engaged in oversight is enigmatic.
Words like this remind us of how important it is to ensure redundancy in our communication so that messages may be received without incurring bewilderment.
One contronym I haven't thought to address more is 'transparent'. And I use that word a lot. I of course use in the sense of making something obvious, and being honest about functionality and inner workings when it comes to digital services.
Many tech companies do apply transparency for the data that would hold them accountable, but in the word's reverse meaning: making invisible.
@jhpot @alabasterquill
A killer feature for me that a lot of people miss with DuckDuckGo are the !bangs
Add !w to search on wikipedia.
Add !imdb to search on IMDB and so on
So if I truly need Google i just add !g to the search query.
https://duckduckgo.com/bangs
@fiaewald Det här är så bra. Vill skapa en särskild samlingsplats för alla projekt där människor mår bättre av att datorerna går sönder.
@Beantin
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@rogeradolfsson
@RnDanger @danjac
I did the same.
Wrote a couple of blog posts about the whole debacle.
https://axbom.com/spotify-ceo/
https://axbom.com/spotify-ceo-memo/