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I wanna talk about the political movement of the Open Source community. If you spend enough time on fedi, you surely will have heard *plenty* of criticisms of what's going on in Open Source, and rightfully so. So I'm curious, what do we think the Open Source community *should be doing* in order to achieve important progressive and anti-authoritarian goals? What should the next generation of programmers be thinking of and working on in this space? A special rule: You're only allowed to say "don't X" if you have at least as many "do Y" recommendations. Preferably, I'd like to see more do's than don't's. Boosts welcome :cyber_boost_request:#tech #openSource #FOSS #progressive #programming #askFedi
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Read an interesting quote today, by Joseph Weizenbaum in 1976. He coded Eliza… "What I had not realized is that extremely short exposure to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people." Eliza was a simple piece of software compared to today's AI. 😓 #tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #enshittification
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Free, hands-on tech workshops are coming to the Chicago Public Library this November and December at the Uptown and Mayfair branches. We have two workshops for building and publishing your first web page and an introductory class on AI literacy + safety. No prior programming experience required; bring your curiosity (and a laptop if you have one, though library access is available). RSVP here: https://linktr.ee/codingkinetics #Chicago #tech #learntocode #community #library #introduction #ai #webdev
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#introduction I’m a #polymath who gets her kicks learning and doing new things. I started in corporate finance, then went freelance as a #writer, #author of #tech #books, articles, and #video training material. Along the way, I learned to fly #helicopters. I launched my own helicopter charter business and a popular #YouTube channel of #flying videos. Now I’m mostly #retired, a #jewelry #artist and #boat #captain, #RVing and #boating with my pups when I’m away from home.
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