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prachisrivas , 3 hours ago to academicchatter

Who has used AI or ChatGPT to automate research tasks? I'm specifically wondering about LLM functions to categorise or theme documentary data.

Any tips or protocols or resources would be helpful.

#AcademicChatter #ChatGPT #LLM #Research @academicchatter

beexcessivelydiverting , 7 months ago to bookstodon

You can “talk” to #JaneAusten via generative #AI.

(I asked "Jane" who was better: Darcy or Bingley and the answer “she" gave was illuminating. :) )

https://deepai.org/chat/jane-austen

#AmWriting #AmReading #Bookstodon @bookstodon #writing #reading #books #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian

18+ youronlyone , 8 months ago to actuallyautistic

It gets ask oftentimes why an #Autistic person would choose not getting an official diagnosis.

Some clarification first:

• “Official diagnosis” = recorded in your file (which also reflects in your government record, usually).
• “Unofficial diagnosis” = not recorded in your file
• “Self diagnosis” = self-diagnosis, which typically take years of study before the person comes up with their final self diagnosis.

Now back to the topic.

A common reason is: to have an option to not disclose it. Consider the following:

• There are countries which won't allow a visitor (regardless of purpose), or a migrant, to enter without declaring someone already living there; or without a companion.
• Jobs. While some countries require companies to have at least 1% of their workforce to be from the PWD community, they won't pick an autistic person. (Note: this is a job where the autistic person is safe, and qualified.)

Generally, if your diagnosis is “official” (it was placed on record), and a situation arises where you are obligated to declare your health and disability, you have no choice but to disclose.

But if your diagnosis is “unofficial” (not on record), then you have an option not to disclose. No record = no record. (Of course, some will find a way to justify that “you know it and you still did not disclose it”. Though ironically, if there was no incident, they won't even acknowledge your disclosure.)

There are also disadvantages to it, like not enjoying government and NGO support. For example, in the #Philippines, you'll enjoy tax deductions (income tax) and discounts (public transportation, cinema, grocery, and so on).

So, yes, please remember that #ActuallyAutistics who chose to have their formal diagnosis as “unofficial”, they chose to have an option to not disclose. Not only that, they potentially sacrificed any benefits and support they might need later. (Don't forget, diagnosis is also expensive in many countries and still they chose not to put it on record.)

Bottom-line, don't dismiss, don't laugh, don't discriminate against #Autistics who decided to have an “unofficial diagnosis” and “self diagnosis”. They have their reasons, you more likely than not are not aware of. Reasons that probably doesn't exist in your country, but an issue in theirs.

Example, mine is “unofficial”. For reasons I listed above, there is another important reason, family. (Who, ironically, I'm suspecting to be autistic as well, but is simply of the generation that will be devastated if someone is “officially” recorded as PWD mentally.) As an #Asian, #family is very indispensable for us. I'd rather make the sacrifice because I know I won't pass it to the next generation.

#ActuallyAutistic @autistics @actuallyautistic

ajsadauskas , 1 year ago to technology

Hi, we're a tech startup run by libertarian Silicon Valley tech bros.

We're not a newspaper, we're a content portal.
We're not a taxi service, we're a ride sharing app.
We're not a pay TV service, we're a streaming platform.
We're not a department store, we're an e-commerce marketplace.
We're not a financial services firm, we're crypto.
We're not a space agency, we're a group of visionaries who are totally going to Mars next year.
We're not a copywriting and graphic design agency, we're a large language model generative AI platform.

Oh sure, we compete against those established businesses. We basically provide the same goods and services.

But we're totally not those things. At least from a legal and PR standpoint.

And that means all the laws and regulations that have built up over the decades around those industries don't apply to us.

Things like consumer protections, privacy protections, minimum wage laws, local content requirements, safety regulations, environmental protections... They totally don't apply to us.

Even copyright laws — as long as we're talking about everyone else's intellectual property.

We're going to move fast and break things — and then externalise the costs of the things we break.

We've also raised several billion in VC funding, and we'll sell our products below cost — even give them away for free for a time — until we run our competition out of the market.

Once we have a near monopoly, we'll enshitify the hell out of our service and jack up prices.

You won't believe what you agreed to in our terms of service agreement.

We may also be secretly hoarding your personal information. We know who you are, we know where you work, we know where you live. But you can trust us.

By the time the regulators and the general public catch on to what we're doing, we will have well and truly moved on to our next grift.

By the way, don't forget to check out our latest innovation. It's the Uber of toothpaste!

#startup #business #tech #technology @technology