@stephaniewalter Thanks for sharing it Stef!

If you're planning on attending the From Business to Button conference, you can get 10% off the ticket price with the discount code "uxpodcast".

It's a fun digital design conference here in Stockholm that has been running for many years.

This years speakers include Oobah Butler, Jeffrey Koh & Karin Aue, Aarathi Krishnan, Christina Joy Whittaker, Lou Downe, Sheryl Cababa, Jason Mesut and Chris Noessel.

https://frombusinesstobuttons.com

@dkmj Tack, finns på svenska också om du inte sett:

https://axbom.se/ai-arbetsblad/

I've now published my free AI Trial and Evaluation Worksheet, along with a walkthrough of its topic areas.

https://axbom.com/ai-worksheet/

« Many people are telling me how their companies are running tests of AI tools. This in itself is not strange at all. It's probably difficult as a leader today not to feel stressed by the manufacturers of AI promising revolutionary abilities that will radically change all of business as we know it. Promises that also tend to get big headlines in the news. There is an understandable sense of responsibility to get a handle on the situation.

However, these "trials" take place with varying degrees of instructions and frameworks. The "hurry-hustle-scurry" factor often leads to tunnel vision. Businesses become intimidation-driven rather than data-driven. The testing may, for example, lack the support needed to understand the tools – as well as any guidance on how the evaluation should be documented.

This template can help. Think of it as a way of taking a deep breath before making important decisions. »

Nu har jag äntligen börjat skriva på boken.

Självklart var jag tvungen att göra en mockup av omslaget först. Jag är en så'n som behöver visualisera slutresultatet. Inte alls säkert att det blir så här, och underrubriken är jag inte hundra på ännu, men det hjälper mig att tänka mig in i läsarens situation.

Gäller bara att ro detta i hamn nu. 😅

@bobmcwhirter This is an excellent question and I believe I want to see it but also easily show it. Which means in my mind I've been thinking forearm.

@abucci @datarama

Great insights, thanks!

@LeoR1010 That is exactly my thinking. 🙏

@datarama Thanks!

I’m becoming more and more resolute on getting a tatoo for my 50th birthday (in June).

As this would be my first one, I thought I’d just pose an open question: is there anything I should think through regarding size, placement or other aspects. Happy to get advice from people more experienced. I expect there are many rookie mistakes to avoid.

The tatoo will be Africa-related and likely involve a map of Africa. So, yeah, I have not decided on the artwork yet.

@asbjornn Exakt, och det kommer knappast leda till billig energi under vår livstid.

Jag är personligen primärt motståndare till kärnkraft av säkerhetsskäl (såväl nu som i en avlägsen framtid) men dagens reportage i SvD, om varför det går så långsamt för regeringen i den här frågan, belyser de galet höga kostnaderna på ett sätt som jag tror fler behöver förstå.

"Och är det något som är svårt att räkna hem så är det just ny kärnkraft.

Kalkylen sträcker sig över åtminstone 100 år. Först ska bolaget bygga reaktorerna, sedan driva dem i 60–80 år, därefter montera ned dem och slutförvara bränslet. Ett faktum som Anna Borg framhöll offentligt.

Det är i princip omöjligt att göra en vettig ekonomisk kalkyl över en så lång tidsperiod."

"Medan regeringen tillsatte kärnkraftssamordnaren Carl Berglöf och elmarknadsutredaren Bo Diczfalusy kom EDF med dåliga nyheter – igen.

Nu beräknade bolaget att kostnaden för att bygga de två reaktorerna Hinkley Point C skulle öka till 620 miljarder kronor samtidigt som bygget skulle bli ytterligare försenat.

Prislappen för de två brittiska reaktorerna motsvarade nu runt hälften av den svenska årliga statsbudgeten. Och den svenska regeringen ville bygga ny kärnkraft i paritet med tio storskaliga reaktorer."

https://www.svd.se/a/KnQdy5/kallor-finansdepartementet-bromsar-ny-karnkraft

@danne Haha, tack! 😊

’Lavender’ is the name of an artificial intelligence-based program developed by the Israeli army which has has played a central role in the unprecedented bombing of Palestinians.

It is ”designed to mark all suspected operatives in the military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), including low-ranking ones, as potential bombing targets.”

Thousands of Palestinians not involved in the fighting ”were wiped out by Israeli airstrikes, especially during the first weeks of the war, because of the AI program’s decisions.”

”During the early stages of the war, the army gave sweeping approval for officers to adopt Lavender’s kill lists, with no requirement to thoroughly check why the machine made those choices or to examine the raw intelligence data on which they were based.”

”Another source said that they had personally authorized the bombing of ’hundreds’ of private homes of alleged junior operatives marked by Lavender, with many of these attacks killing civilians and entire families as ’collateral damage.’”

”Additional automated systems, including one called ’Where’s Daddy?’ also revealed here for the first time, were used specifically to track the targeted individuals and carry out bombings when they had entered their family’s residences.”

https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/

@iamdavidobrien I am completely on board with @fromjason's take.

I thought I had a non-meta policy too. 😅 Back to it now.

@samuel ❤️

Not gonna lie. I tried out Threads for a couple of months to get my own grasp of what it's about. The FOMO can be strong in me.

My personal conclusion is that it can't hold a candle to the Fediverse. It was a novelty for a week or two but once again the algorithm just messes everything up, wanting to "predict" and control what I should be paying attention to.

I've also (again) realised that this right here is where my peeps are, and that is likely the most important aspect of all.

So very happy and thankful for everyone who chooses the fediverse.

I truly doubt that Threads federating with ActivityPub is a good thing – the underlying raison d'être is just very different.

If you haven't seen it yet, Jon Stewart on the false promises of AI was quite funny:

(the AI part starts 3 minutes in)

https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=20TAkcy3aBY

@PerryM

I'm not using Mastodon, but thank you for adding your reflection and perspective on what irony is related to the character count of plain text used for communication.

I'll consider the impact of adding a timeframe for auto-deletion of plain-text messages.

@KirstenAnne Thanks 🙏 Good one.

@dymaxion @cartocalypse Wow. 😮🥺

@kikebenlloch

It sometimes blows my mind to think back on how the first Desktop Publishing Software I used, powerful enough for producing print magazines, came on two 360KB floppy disks.

That's less than your average jpg image… 🤯

@peteriskrisjanis Very good point.

@cartocalypse

Yeah, it’s not obvious how to relate all the figures to one another. The article you shared says ”Around 2.4% of global CO2 emissions come from aviation” which is consistent with the data in the article I linked to as well.

I’ve not seen a ”percentage of global warming” figure for the IT industry but when it comes to data centers, CO2 is also just one aspect of it. Mineral mining, transportation (including flights), deliveries to and from facilities, massive water consumption, etceteras. It’s certainly up there.

@gerrymcgovern It’s absolutely terrifying. Admiring your persistent efforts on shedding a light on this every day.