Lauren Byl
@laurenbyl.bsky.social
Copyright librarian, lover of ducks and moss and baked goods.
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July 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Fun fact: the "-ai" search modifier generates completely different results from the AI version, complete with the normal info panel thing from a completely different source than when I ran the original search
I feel like porting this Google tip over here because I find it beyond essential now
October 16, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Fun fact: the "-ai" search modifier generates completely different results from the AI version, complete with the normal info panel thing from a completely different source than when I ran the original search
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Academic publishers sell to AI companies but tell authors not to share their own works independently - right in line with longerstanding practices. In a 2017 chapter, I explored publisher rhetoric about "protecting" authors, despite taking rights from authors.
hdl.handle.net/11299/198469 esp pp.6-8
hdl.handle.net/11299/198469 esp pp.6-8
"Protecting" our works - from what?
Academic library workers can be even stronger partners with academic creators by developing fluency in the many different ways copyright, intellectual property, and credit are discussed both within an...
hdl.handle.net
August 8, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Academic publishers sell to AI companies but tell authors not to share their own works independently - right in line with longerstanding practices. In a 2017 chapter, I explored publisher rhetoric about "protecting" authors, despite taking rights from authors.
hdl.handle.net/11299/198469 esp pp.6-8
hdl.handle.net/11299/198469 esp pp.6-8
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I’m pretty sure this is the chart my mum used for most of my childhood. I remember being bowled over by the flavours when a friend handed me a bowl of lightly steamed veg with lemon juice, salt and pepper. I was 25 before I realised cooked veg doesn’t need to be limp and colourless
December 27, 2023 at 12:15 PM
I’m pretty sure this is the chart my mum used for most of my childhood. I remember being bowled over by the flavours when a friend handed me a bowl of lightly steamed veg with lemon juice, salt and pepper. I was 25 before I realised cooked veg doesn’t need to be limp and colourless
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ChatGPT does not have a duty of care, confidentiality, or basic understanding of how humans work and how to help someone. It has no empathy. It could give you actively harmful feedback that makes things so much worse. This is horrifically bad advice. DO NOT.
September 27, 2023 at 1:18 PM
ChatGPT does not have a duty of care, confidentiality, or basic understanding of how humans work and how to help someone. It has no empathy. It could give you actively harmful feedback that makes things so much worse. This is horrifically bad advice. DO NOT.