"The Literature" = what my few remaining friends & me have published on the subject at hand #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter

If AI in every product was so great, people would be shelling out money for it, not digging through the settings, 18 mouse clicks later, and still can't figure out how to turn the damn thing off.

Stell dir eine Welt vor, in der dein Bahnticket nur noch online verfügbar ist und Arzttermine nur noch online buchbar sind... kommt dir bekannt vor? Dieses Problem wird immer präsenter und nennt sich Digitalzwang. Was genau damit gemeint ist und welche Einschränkungen Euch drohen, erfahrt ihr in Band 31 der Reihe #kurzundmündig

Autorinnen: Leena Simon 🔗muendigkeit.digital, Vera Lisakowski
A6, 28 Seiten, ISBN 978-3934636-70-5
5 Euro, https://shop.digitalcourage.de/kategorie/digitalzwang-gebunden.html

#digitalcourage #kurzundmündig #kum #wissenfürdiehosentasche #digitalmündig #datenschutz #freiheit #freedom #humanrights #privacy #security #grundrecht

I want an AI Window and all this other AI crap in my browser as much as I want cesium-137 in my shrimp.

:firefox: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-window/
[🗃️ Web Archive]

The major feature in v3.2.0 of Ktistec is thread analysis. The previous release, v3.1.2, added support for viewing threads from Lemmy communities. I follow the Open Source community, which leads to many large threads. The thread on FFMpeg and Google has 112 posts and is still growing.

Thread analysis helps me navigate these extensive conversations. It includes: top contributors, a timeline histogram, and notable branches.

The analysis applies several heuristics to identify interesting branches of the main thread. “Interesting” is subjective, but the algorithm currently looks for sudden bursts of activity and highlights those areas. Ktistec uses this to create a table of contents that links directly to those branches. Clicking on one of these links takes you to a branch-only view that focuses on the selected part of the thread.

It's fast—I anticipated needing to cache analyses, but analyzing a thread with over 400 posts takes only about 50 milliseconds on my production server.

This release also addresses an object visibility regression that was introduced in a previous version.

Full Changelog

Added

• Thread analysis that displays key participants, a timeline histogram, and notable branches
• New MCP tools: analyze_thread and get_thread
• Focal point rendering support for image attachments

Fixed

• Regression in object visibility affecting replies to threads

Changed

• Enhanced MCP tool details for likes, dislikes, and announces
• Improved cookie security.

#ktistec #fediverse #activitypub #crystallang

Ready to use ChatGPT Atlas? Please don't‼️

➡️ It can literally be hacked by reading websites

➡️ It reads everything you're logged into: your email, your CRM, your bank account

➡️ "Delete" doesn't mean deleted

➡️ "Incognito" mode isn't private

➡️ GDPR/compliance nightmare

More: https://tuta.com/blog/dont-install-atlas-ai-browser-heres-why

#OpenAI #ChatGPT #AtlasBrowser #AgenticBrowser

I love a good discussion, but navigating large threads is difficult, and filtering the dross to find the silver and gold is tedious. I am working on thread analytics and an improved thread header to make it easier to identify the interesting bits and to quickly navigate to them.

Here's a peek:

In addition to top contributors, the thread header now includes a timeline histogram showing periods of engagement, and a table of contents with notable branches and direct links to those branches.

This feature is still under development, so expect changes and refinements before the next release.

#ktistec

This is fucking bleak on Spotify:

https://www.theverge.com/column/815744/music-recommendation-algorithms

'The [former Spotify] employee explained that, "the vast majority of music listeners, they're not really interested in listening to music per se. They just need a soundtrack to a moment in their day."'

Music changed as a response to this:

'Songs got shorter, albums got longer, and intros went away. The hook got pushed to the front of the song to try to grab listeners' attention immediately, and things like guitar solos all but disappeared from pop music. The palette of sounds artists pulled from got smaller, arrangements became more simplified, pop music flattened.'

Gestern waren mehr als 5000 Menschen bei der Auftakt-Demo von @pruef_de Die Forderung ist einfach: "Alle Parteien, die vom Verfassungsschutz als rechtsextremer Verdachtsfall oder gesichert rechtsextrem eingestuft werden, sollen durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht überprüft werden.“ Es geht um Freiheit, Demokratie, Menschenrechte, um unser Grundgesetz und die darin festgeschriebenen Werte! (1/x)

#pruef #Prüf! #Hamburg #HH0811 #grundgesetzschutzen