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So You Think You've Awoken ChatGPT — LessWrong

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nzagalo @nzagalo.bsky.social · 10d

Your instance of ChatGPT helped you clarify some ideas on a thorny problem (perhaps related to AI itself..) that you'd been thinking about for ages, but had never quite managed to get over that last hump. Now, however, with its help (and encouragement), you've arrived at truly profound conclusions.

Written in an attempt to fulfill @Raemon's request. …

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Game over for pure LLMs. Even Turing Award Winner Rich Sutton has gotten off the bus.

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nzagalo @nzagalo.bsky.social · 13d

"Practically the only people still pretending scaling LLMs is “all you need” are grifters."

One by one, all the big names have turned around. What should we do next?

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nzagalo @nzagalo.bsky.social · 13d

"In collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, our research team at BetterUp Labs has identified one possible reason: Employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers."

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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nzagalo @nzagalo.bsky.social · Sep 3

My new book Artificial Media (Springer) is out. But beyond announcing, I ask: what does it mean to create with machines? In Mirrors of Thought I explain why artificial media is not just a trend, but a paradigm shift in creativity and culture.

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · Aug 31

Buffoons in the Nazi/Cooker rally today were denying to me that they were at a Nazi event. They shouldn’t be allowed to continue to do so. @albomp.bsky.social & other leaders need to act hard.

Drafting RW policy to appease them only entrenches their far Right positions. #Auspol

ANALYSIS: 'Any doubt about neo-Nazi association dispelled'
Michael Bachelard
The March for Australia rally has been ordered - by neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell - to return to Federation Square by going "up the guts" of Bourke Street.
MIMIARA
Neo-Nazi leader Tom Sewell speaking at the March for Australia in Melbourne. MICHAEL BACHELARD

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 29

"People who attend the “March for Australia” rallies will almost certainly be marching alongside white supremacists and neo-Nazis,"

"Politicians from all sides should be at the counter-protests this weekend to demonstrate that neo-Nazis have no place in Australia." @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol

Who's going to stand up and make Nazis ashamed again?

A "March for Australia" rally sounds benign, but people who plan to attend the "March for Australia" rallies around the country on Sunday will almost certainly be marching alongside white supremacists...

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Risks of Declining Theory Construction and Theorisation and Rising Empiricism in the Discipline of Information Science: An Overview
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The Risks of Declining Theory Construction and Theorisation and Rising Empiricism in the Discipline of Information Science: An Overview

Theory is a hallmark of any discipline’s identity. Theory development and theorisation facilitate a healthy cultivation of ideas, help enculturate the future generation of scholars in a discipline,...

Shaping the Global Future of Library and Information Science Education: Lessons Learned from the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium and Other International Collaborations

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

A great review of all the global collaborative efforts in LIS Education
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The paper explores the past, present, and possible futures of international collaboration in the context of library and information science (LIS) education and highlights past and present examples ...

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Public Library Codesign Workshop Process

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 13

Another wonderful open access early online article from JALIA
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This article presents an evaluation of a three-workshop codesign methodology implemented for two public libraries as part of an Australian Research Council Linkage project, examining the effectiven...

The Risks of Declining Theory Construction and Theorisation and Rising Empiricism in the Discipline of Information Science: An Overview

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

An important reflection by Dr. Waseem Afzal at Charles Sturt University
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Applying a Critical Lens to Parihaka Collection Materials from a Kaupapa Māori Perspective

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

A great paper by Professor Spencer Lilley on decolonising Māori collections.

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Using the history of the Parihaka community, a peaceful village in South Taranaki that was invaded by colonial forces in 1881, this article builds on the Decolonising Māori collections article publ...

An Analysis of the Design Characteristics of New Public Library Buildings

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Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association @jaliajournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

Have a look at the early online version of this JALIA article with its gorgeous photos of some amazing libraries!
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Recent years have seen the opening of many large and expensive new public library buildings, including in Australia. These new libraries reflect the increasing emphasis placed on the role of the li...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · Aug 11

Owl Core. Good Morning Blue Sky

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · Aug 11

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 10

Watch the moment a group of Israeli activists stormed a live television broadcast to protest Israel’s war on Gaza.

Members of Standing Together, wearing 'Leave Gaza' T-shirts, jumped onto the stage during the airing of the Big Brother show on Channel 13.

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Social & Political Sciences, UTS @uts-sps.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Annual Andrew Jakubowicz lecture

'Envisioning trans futures'.

An expert panel will contemplate the radical challenges to trans and gender diverse rights, and the joyful possibilities of social justice research.

Tue 26 August, 5pm-7:30pm, CB08.3.008

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Envisioning trans futures: Andrew Jakubowicz annual lecture

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We may be approaching a time when the illusion of selfhood is strengthened, not weakened, because we are surrounded by machines enacting it.

Dr. Bhuva Narayan @bhuvauts.bsky.social · Jul 31

"That is the real risk: not that machines become people, but that we forget—we were never what we think we are."

The Self That Never Was

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Library guides: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Research: Introduction

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Mylee Joseph @mylee.bsky.social · Jul 11

Griffith University’s Indigenous Research Unit (IRU) and Library collaborated to develop the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research guide libraryguides.griffith.edu.au/researching-... #libraries

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'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It

Dr. Bhuva Narayan @bhuvauts.bsky.social · Jul 9

A PhD opportunity in my university.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · Jul 8

next time you're in a national park, take some photos of the signage and upload it to help these archivists www.404media.co/save-our-sig...

Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks. A group of data preservationists asks visitors to help them document placards and monuments, before they disappear...

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404 Media @404media.co · Jul 8

Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon

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Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon

LLMs don’t read the danger in requests if you use enough big words.

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Dr Anita Heiss @dranitaheiss.bsky.social · May 13

Please join Tasma Walton and me in a conversation around Bundyi Publishing, hosted by the Australian Society of Authors on July 9. Open to all, and free.

www.asauthors.org.au/events/bundy...

@austlit.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social

#writing #publishing #IndigenousX #FirstNationsVoices

Bundyi: Changing how First Nations stories are told - Australian Society of Authors

Bundyi, a Wiradyuri word meaning ‘to share with me’, is a new First Nations imprint from Dr Anita Heiss and Simon & Schuster. Join Anita and Bundyi author Tasma Walton for a free Q&A session, which wi...

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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · Jul 5

There’s a growing sector of jobs that should not need to exist: fixing errors made by AI, redoing shoddy work by AI, and correcting mistakes by people who used AI stupidly. In other words, it’s people doing the work but now with extra steps. www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

'I'm being paid to fix issues caused by AI' - BBC News

Businesses that rush to use AI to write content or computer code, often have to pay humans to fix it.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jul 5

In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."

$The real surprise came after the experiment. Fred Lambert, who writes for the blog Electrek, pointed out the same autopilot disengagement that the NHTSA had documented. “Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,” Lambert noted.$

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jul 5

AI summaries kill search traffic. This has been an obvious consequence of Google's AI summary strategy since its inception.

Apparently the training data is so valuable that Google is willing to risk the neck of the goose that lays golden eggs.

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Screenshot from Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines (Bergstrom and West 2025).

People wandering through a desert mirage, with the text:

"We anticipate powerful, damaging spillover effects. If no one follows web links, there will be few incentives for people to create high-quality content in the first place.

Meanwhile large language models make it easy to produce low-quality content at the touch of a button. Quality human-created information may be swamped by AI-generated bullshit."

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Jul 5

Identity is a complicated thing. Who you are is a co-created, co-currated experience. Indian-Ugandans are Africans, & the only person who didn't think so was Uganda's former brutal dictator Idi Amin. www.bbc.com/news/newsbea...

Uganda: The story your parents never told you

Young people ask their parents what happened 50 years ago when Asians were expelled from Uganda.

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nzagalo @nzagalo.bsky.social · Jul 4

When Cloudflare Closes the Gates to AI

How Generative AI Risks Losing Its Edge Without Access to the Open Web

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