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Problematize the following: "The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science."
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Transform ("a polyglot web converter") is a handy utility. Given the effectiveness of LLMs in language translation, I anticipate it won't be long before we see polyglot protocol translation tools emerge. https://transform.tools/
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Finished reading 'The Corporation in the 21st Century'. Looking forward to part 2. The 'mediating hierarchy' is one of the interesting topics discussed. Anyone recommend any further reading on 'mediating hierarchies' or related? https://profilebooks.com/work/the-corporation-in-the-twenty-first-century/
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Meta builds AI search engine to cut Google, Bing reliance Pattern: Vertical integration Weak Signal: Information commons In contrast to Meta's vertical integration, open-source, open data, and collaborative curation practices may emerge to counter vertically integrated ecosystems. Modular processing pathways would enable individuals to blend diverse perspectives and data sources, creating richer, more balanced information environments. In this way, an information commons would act as a counterbalance to hyper-vertically integrated induced informational malnutrition https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/meta-develops-own-ai-search-engine-cut-reliance-google-bing-information-reports-2024-10-28/
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Protocol-based event planning https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/protocol-based-event-planning/1672
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Social Orientation vs Epistemic Authority
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Unemployed to be given weight-loss jab to help them back into work https://uk.news.yahoo.com/unemployed-given-weight-loss-jab-214917205.html
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Murmurations Protocol for sharing data across platforms and networks https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/murmurations-protocol-for-sharing-data-across-platforms-and-networks/1646
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The proliferation of design thinking techniques and the emergence of generative AI are creating a potential "Malthusian trap" for design consultants and architects. As AI augments the design capabilities of a broader range of professionals, the demand for dedicated design specialists may shift, leading to an oversupply of traditional designers relative to available job openings. But equally, the profession will evolve as new specialized design roles emerge. For example, roles focusing on addressing complex, human-centric challenges. https://www.designswarm.com/blog/2024/09/the-end-of-the-useful-idiot/
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My reading, generative AI and tools like ChatGPT don't simply reflect existing structures but are active assemblages that create new connections and possibilities. As assemblages, they "deterritorialize" established norms of language, creativity, and practices, thereby influencing and reforming knowledge and power structures https://criticallegalthinking.com/2024/09/16/the-inhuman-in-the-human/
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'Founder mode' is a rediscovery of cybernetic principles https://backofmind.substack.com/p/the-general-theory-of-founders-managers
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The Persistence of AI-Mediated Protocols - examining the potential interplay between AI-mediated systems, human agency, and strong/weak protocols in interactions and decision-making. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/persistence-ai-mediated-protocols-john-grant-gj19c
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National Cyber Director’s roadmap to address a key security vulnerability associated with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) - the protocol that underpins the way information is routed across networks. https://www.whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/09/03/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-releases-roadmap-to-enhance-internet-routing-security/
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“China led in just three of 64 technologies in 2003–2007 but is now the lead country in 57 of 64 technologies in 2019–2023” https://www.aspi.org.au/report/aspis-two-decade-critical-technology-tracker
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I've been thinking about a contemporary twist on the Sherlock Holmes stories. While they generally attribute detection methods to deduction, Holmes primarily relies on abduction - inferring the most likely explanation from observation. The idea is to create a character that explicitly uses abduction and analogical reasoning in a social work context. Current machine learning systems primarily use inductive reasoning (learning patterns from data) and can perform some types of deductive reasoning. Humans still have the edge when it comes to abductive and analogical reasoning (drawing parallels between different situations). I'm no writer, but a social worker adept at abduction and analogical reasoning could provide the backdrop for stories that expose a different side to human nature and ambiguous social situations.
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Andy Jassy on the impact of generative AI on Amazon's Java upgrades First-order effect: reducing upgrade time from 50 developer-days to a few hours, and saving an estimated 4,500 developer-years of work Second-order effects: - Enhanced security - Reduced infrastructure costs - $260M in annualized efficiency gains - combined first-order and second-order https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andy-jassy-8b1615_one-of-the-most-tedious-but-critical-tasks-activity-7232374162185461760-AdSz/
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Digital shadow work creep: The gradual and inevitable shift of tasks and responsibilities onto individuals, which were previously handled by service providers.
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A Venn diagram intersecting 6 sets
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Me speculating about recommerce protocols. https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/recommerce-protocols/1587
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Just added a Cynefin wiki article on 'Retrospective Coherence'. https://cynefin.io/wiki/Retrospective_coherence
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