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La xarxa d’acció internacional Public AI, a càrrec de @b_cavello

🌐 Public AI és una coalició que treballa per aconseguir la IA pública.

📌 28/10, BCN
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Llega la #Conferencia4D 💫 #DigitalizaciónDemocrática
La red de acción internacional Public AI, a cargo de @b_cavello

🌐 Public AI es una coalición que trabaja para conseguir la IA pública.

📌 28/10, BCN
👉 Inscripción gratis: https://4d.cat/es/conferencia/
🎓 Formación homologada

Lots of people talking about AI, not nearly enough people talking about private equity.
#PrivateEquityKills

Don't miss the chance to shape the future of #FoodSystems innovation!
The Feeding the Future survey ends Tuesday, September 30: https://communitypriority.org/surveys/feeding-the-future #SDG2 #FoodSecurity #CommunityAlignedAI

If we're going to build #AI at all, it'd BETTER BE to do good, to empower people, & to help us solve the most important problems that face humanity and our planet!

I am seeking input from #FoodSystems and #FoodSecurity practitioners by Sept 30 to help build that future:
https://www.aspendigital.org/feeding-the-future #UNGA #SDG2 #CommunityAlignedAI #Benchmarks

Yessss! This!!! https://social.coop/@xolotl/115282684648846853

When you “come out of your shell,” what kind of shell is it?

How can we ensure that #AI is ACTUALLY helpful for the BIG challenges we face, like #ClimateChange and #WorldHunger? We need to listen to the experts who understand these problems best!
https://www.aspendigital.org/event/food-security-and-ai/
That's why #AspenDigital is surveying people about food systems and nutrition security to identify the challenges and strategies that matter most to making real progress on these pressing issues.
Do you know a #FoodSecurity expert? Tag them or share this post!

Honored to be able to illustrate a portrait of Dr Adriana C Bejarano for #SilencedScienceStories, celebrating the scientists who have been impacted by federal cuts.
https://silencedsciencestories.com/f/adriana-c-bejarano-environmental-scientist
Dr Bejarano is a scientist & #ScienceCommunicator passionate about mitigating impacts on coastal & marine ecosystems from disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires, & hazardous material spills. She worked at #NOAA’s Office of Response & Restoration.
#EnvironmentalScience #FiredFeds #SciComm

What are the top 3 things you think people can be doing right now to make a difference in the 2026 #midterms?

Please help get the word out to our #PublicService friends who were working in the #FederalGovernment:
Some friends and I created this site to track the impacts of the #Trump Admin's attack on the federal service.
https://trumpcostsamerica.com/
Right now, we're tracking jobs lost, but we aim to track downstream consequences for communities. Please get in touch with me if you'd like to help!

4 values to guide US strategy:
⚖️ Equity: encourage adoption of AI by ensuring that the future of AI includes everyone;
🚀 Opportunity: make it possible for more Americans to innovate with & benefit from AI;
🦅 Liberty: safeguard individual rights, promote innovation with competitive markets, & strengthen democracy through government modernization;
🌍 Global Cooperation: spread democratic values globally & build and benefit from existing collaborative international frameworks
https://www.aspendigital.org/report/strategic-reorientation-on-ai-competition-with-china/#washington

Proud to finally share my team’s work on the “#AI race with #China!” This transatlantic effort explores:
🥇 What does it look like for AI #competition with China to be a competition worth winning?
🦾 In what ways can we compete to enhance domestic thriving in addition to geopolitical positioning?
🗽 How can we compete THROUGH our values rather than taking actions that compete with them?
https://www.aspendigital.org/report/strategic-reorientation-on-ai-competition-with-china/

It is DONE! One year ago, I set out to pull together my reflections and answers to the question “how do I get into #AI #policy?” This week, I finished the final installment.
The series has five parts:
🧠 Mindset
👁️ Be perceived
💬 Be the reply guy you want to see in the world
⏳ Don’t wait to do the work
🏆 Pay it forward (don’t skip this!)
I’m so grateful to everyone who came on this journey with me. Thank you. 💖 #IHopeWeAllMakeIt
https://posts.bcavello.com/how-to-get-into-ai-policy-part-5/

Any #HistoryOfTechnology folks out there?
I’m trying to learn more about the history of electrification (aka the widespread adoption of electricity or construction of infrastructure outside of, like, funky inventors-in-labs types of things).
In my mind, the early demonstrations of public usefulness were for electric lighting, but I am learning that the telegraph may have even earlier driven infrastructure investments.
Do you know more? Or have recommendations on where to look? I’d love to learn!

Asking for a friend:
What’s a good way for a regular person to contribute to archival efforts? I know when I was living in SF, the @internetarchive had #volunteer slots for scanning media, but any ideas that would be good for someone in Florida or Texas?
Thanks!! 🙏
#Archives #DigitalPreservation #PhysicalPreservation

@b_cavello Was it https://nora.zone/manifesto.html by any chance?

Back in 2020-2021, I wrote a book about how to survive scary hard times by writing your own stories and getting lost in the imaginary worlds you create.

I feel more than ever that making up stories can help save us and keep us whole.

So this feels like good timing: Never Say You Can't Survive is just $2.99 in ebook formats for just one day.

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250800022/neversayyoucantsurvive/

Can you #help me?
I feel like I've seen a post a few times #OnHere that's a link to a blogpost or site that's a manifesto on why you should have a personal site/blog outside of social media.
But I can't remember what it was called or the URL!!

UPDATE: incredibly, @stefan identified the one I was thinking of, almost immediately! https://nora.zone/manifesto.html
Thank you thank you (and thanks @nora for writing it)

Specific Suggestions: Simple Sabotage for the 21st Century.

The most potent tools for fighting injustice are the ones already in your hands. The enemy has a new form. Today's wars are fought from computer consoles; climate disinformation campaigns are...
https://jwz.org/b/ykea