Pew Research Center: “Digital sources have become an important part of Americans’ news diets – with social media playing a crucial role, particularly for younger adults. Overall, just over half of U.S. adults (54%) say they at least sometimes get news from social media, up slightly compared with the last few years. News consumption on… Continue Reading
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Art words
Data is Plural: “The Getty Vocabularies, published by the Getty Research Institute, “contain structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts, archival materials, visual surrogates, art conservation, and bibliographic materials.” They provide definitions, relationships, translations, and disambiguations for a broad range of terms and entities. Their Art & Architecture Thesaurus, for example, describes 57,000+ generic concepts… Continue Reading
AI and Plagarism Detection Tools
Journalist’s Toolbox AI Mike Reilley – “I post this here as a warning. There are tools such as AI Undetect and Humanize AI Text, rewrite tools that offer an AI detection remover service. They can fool GPTZero, ZeroGPT, Copyleak, etc. There also have been isolated reports that the detection tools may have a bias against… Continue Reading
Atlas of Intangibles
“Atlas of Intangibles is a data experience designed to highlight the rich, interconnected web of sensory information that lies beneath our everyday encounters. Showcasing sensory data collected by me around the city of London through score-based data walks, the digital experience allows viewers to choose specific themes and explore related data as views — journeys,… Continue Reading
“Model collapse” threatens to kill progress on generative AIs
Big Think: When AI eats its own product, it gets sick. Key Takeaways Generative AI exploded in popularity when OpenAI released ChatGPT. A paper published in Nature looked at what happens when AI is trained on “synthetic data,” or content created by an AI rather than humans. Flaws in the synthetic data led to even… Continue Reading
Designing for Education with Artificial Intelligence: An Essential Guide for Developers
“Today and in the future, a growing array of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and capabilities will be incorporated into the products that specifically serve educational settings. The U.S. Department of Education is committed to encouraging innovative advances in educational technology improve teaching and learning across the nation’s education systems and to supporting developers as they… Continue Reading
The Department of Everything
Te Hedgehog Review. Dispatches from the telephone reference desk. Stephen Akey: “How do you find the life expectancy of a California condor? Google it. Or the gross national product of Morocco? Google it. Or the final resting place of Tom Paine? Google it. There was a time, however—not all that long ago—when you couldn’t Google… Continue Reading
The 365 Most Famous Quotes of All Time
Medium: “….What Have You Compiled Here? This is a list of what I believe to be, to the best of my knowledge and ability, the 365 most famous quotes in human history. The quotes are grouped into 27 categories, with each category containing between 10 and 25 quotes. There’s also a bonus category of proverbs… Continue Reading
Impact of the Supreme Court’s reversal of affirmative action, explained in one chart
Vox: “New college admissions data for the first group of admitted students since the US Supreme Court sharply limited affirmative action last year suggests that the decision has had a negative impact on Black enrollment at some universities. While some colleges have seen major fluctuations in the enrollment of students of color in the class… Continue Reading
Use These 8 Sites to Find Unique and Niche Books
MakeUseOf: “If you’re like me, nothing beats the thrill of discovering a book that’s a little off the beaten path. Whether it’s a rare edition, an obscure title, or a self-published chef-d’oeuvre, I’ve found that some of the most interesting reads come from places that aren’t your typical big-name bookstores…Sometimes, the best recommendations come straight… Continue Reading
Brevity is money when using AI for data analysis
Cornell Chronicle: ” “It pays to be brief when asking artificial intelligence tools to mine massive datasets for insights, according to Cornell researcher Immanuel Trummer. That’s why Trummer, associate professor of computer science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, has developed a new computational system, called Schemonic, that cuts… Continue Reading
Global Approaches to Auditing Artificial Intelligence: A Literature Review
International Panel on The Information Environment [PIE]: “This Synthesis Report is a literature review outlining the regulatory, industry, and academic approaches to AI audits. We review 78 articles published in peer-reviewed journals and as preprints, 21 documents from industry associations and standard-setting organizations, and national policy documents and regulations from 20 countries. Based on this… Continue Reading
