@markhurst
Great post. I agree all the way.
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@BjornToftMadsen
Very good catch. Thank you! 🙏
@Merovius 😁 Sorry. Bear in mind that this was an example and it is the full impression of the text that I have issues with. But that said, finding other ways to express this can do wonders for your text and finding your own form 😊
These words from Harvard’s writing center bring home the point.
> Avoid phrases like "in conclusion," "to conclude," "in summary," and "to sum up." These phrases can be useful--even welcome--in oral presentations. But readers can see, by the tell-tale compression of the pages, when an essay is about to end. You'll irritate your audience if you belabor the obvious.
Harvard College Writing Center:
https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/ending-essay-conclusions
The Writing Center at George Mason University also addresses this:
https://writingcenter.gmu.edu/articles/7015
@Beantin @brad_frost
Here's when we booked that interview 😁
https://twitter.com/beantin/status/350622986379857921?s=20
@MaierAmsden
Good counterpoint. While Mark Mason takes a stance about "good" in his article I would assume the underlying theory itself does not account for a value perspective. Whether or not something ruins your experience will always be based on your own context and values.
On the other hand, one way of interpreting the whole argument is that the neo-Nazis are few in number and the reason you are seeing their arguments at all is because of the network effects that bring attention to their relatively small bucket of content. That notion perhaps fails by extension when the nazis are using AI-tools to amplify their messaging.
Your point is valid and I think the the reasoning in the opinion piece may need some additional work. The landscape of trolls and how they are amplified keeps changing.
@christof Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
@edendestroyer
Totally. Interestingly we saw this on a huge scale with that open letter on pausing the development of AI. The first source in that letter was to the Stochastic Parrots paper by Timnit Gebru, Emily Bender, Margaret Mitchell et al. The paper concludes the complete opposite of what the letter used it as a support for expressing.
So yes, I would definitely agree that source linking doesn't confirm any support for the claims made in a text, but it does provide me with an opportunity to go deeper and draw my own conclusions. Granted, very few people will unfortunately do that. Many won't even check if the source even exists.
@edendestroyer
His book (The subtle art...) did receive accolades for challenging what a self-help book can be, but some of this older content has certainly been questionable, now that I research him a bit more. It's always good to go into any of these types of readings with a healthy dose of skepticism and source checking. I do appreciate linking to sources, though I'm a bit more wary now that I realise there is no date on the post.
That study though is from 2018: https://snap.stanford.edu/conflict/
When it comes to the overarching message of the content (a small number ruining the experience for many) I tend to agree - and as such I did think it was a good reminder. Would love to hear your impression. These conversations are always more interesting than any source that may trigger them.
@ScotHomestead
Your last sentence resonates with me a lot. I think I've imagined my work life would look a bit different right by now. Been struggling with my self-worth in ways I did not expect over the last 3-4 months. But am slowly landing in the perspective of redefining happiness and appreciating what I have and what I have accomplished.
The idea of my dream (work-wise) pulling me away from other things that are important to me is something I realised I need to keep a better eye on.
@kashhill So bizarre to see this happening all around. My latest post is about exactly this, misattribution of authors and non-existent books.
https://axbom.com/ux-authors-wonderland/
@joacim Fantastiskt! 🙌
@joacim
All styrka åt dig!
@LeoR1010
Ja! Det är lika förvånande varje år (av någon anledning) hur mycket bättre jag kan må bara av förändringarna i temperatur och ljus.
Gäller att vara mer tålmodig med sig själv och sitt mående andra halvan av året.
@mviktoro Thank you for saying so, Monika. Always makes happy. 🙏
@cfiesler
Here is my finished blog post. I added a link to the output you got at the end :)
https://axbom.com/ux-authors-wonderland/
@CassandraZeroCovid
I didn't realise I had. I have written many posts critiquing the danger of LLMs deployed in the way they are, and this is part of research that will be added to yet another post.
Sorry if I appeared trivializing.
https://axbom.com/ai-responsibility/
@geth Just… wow...
@strypey
Thank you! I will fix asap.
@deadsuperhero
@strypey
Fixed now. Don't know how that happened, I'm usually very meticulous about this as my surname often gets a wrong spelling. 😅
Thanks again for pointing it out.
@deadsuperhero