I think this is the sort of thing where it might be helpful to say things as loudly and clearly as possible.

So... I've written an open letter to Ecosia Search to point out how environmentally destructive "AI Chat" systems are.
https://thoughtsofprogress.wordpress.com/2023/11/29/an-open-letter-to-ecosia/

If anyone else wants to co-sign it, especially if you're an academic or professional in a key related field, then I'd really appreciate that - just let me know. Boosts also appreciated.

#ClimateChange #Climate #GlobalWarming #AI #LLM #ChatGPT

An Open Letter To Ecosia

Dear Ecosia, Your mission, as you put it, is to use environmental projects to turn the profits from web searches into meaningful action, especially through tree planting, to reduce and absorb carbo…

^{Thoughts of Progress}

Yesterday, I wrote about Perplexity AI, a tool that immediately changed the way I search for information.

I walk you through the simple reasons why (with screenshots) in my new email newsletter, AI Sidequest:

https://ai-sidequest.beehiiv.com/p/ai-can-actually-trust

#AIsidequest #AI #chatGPT

AI You Can Actually Trust

I've changed my mind about searching with AI

^{Mignon Fogarty (AI Sidequest: How-To Tips and News)}

Major shifts in store for the licensing of AI models?

https://news.itsfoss.com/open-source-definition-ai/

#opensource #ai

Open Source Definition for AI Models Need a Change

Do you think that the open-source licenses should evolve?

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Eviden (part of Atos) is hosting a lunch briefing at #SC23 on Mon Nov 13

Besides the obligatory marketing, it will also feature 👇

#JUPITER Panel Discussion: Architecting the First European #Exascale System

Register at: https://page.eviden.com/sc23-eviden-lunch-briefing-registration.html

#HPC #AI

😲Did you know compliments can influence large-language models?

They're even open to Argentinian Spanish & Swiss German slang.

Discover how Nextcloud AI is tackling ethical concerns differently:
#AI #EthicalAI #LanguageModels

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-ethical-ai-rating/

Nextcloud Ethical AI Rating - Nextcloud

Nextcloud Ethical AI Rating is designed to give a quick insight into the ethical implications of a particular integration of AI in Nextcloud.

^{Mikaela Schneider (Nextcloud)}

I feel like this article is gaslighting me to lower the threshold of what I consider intelligence, so it makes #AI look better.

Pigeons problem-solve similarly to artificial intelligence, research shows

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/26/pigeons-smart-ai-learning

Pigeons problem-solve similarly to artificial intelligence, research shows

The intelligent birds, thought to be a nuisance by some, learn from consequences and can recognize resemblance between objects

^{Aliya Uteuova (The Guardian)}

which is completely dumbfoundibg me because if anything #AI is predominantly developed, tested, trained ans run on #Linux...

And we're not talking about some #bloatware GUI App but basic #drivers.

@gpuopen , do something!

Five years ago, New York magazine reported less than 60% of web traffic was human while bots masquerade as people.

On days that the Internet seems particularly unpleasant, it’s helpful to remember that many of the individuals we encounter online aren’t real.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/how-much-of-the-internet-is-fake.html #AI

Qualitative and mixed methods can provide deep insight. But their time cost is a bottleneck! Enter

Machine-assisted mixed methods
a transparent and replicable framework for analyzing qualitative text etc data at scale
http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14379
#LLMs #AI #MAMM

I conducted 1⃣6⃣ hum&socsci casestudies to see if it works🧵👇

Researchers at ORNL developed a new #opensource cross-platform benchmarking software package just in time for #Frontier's launch in May 2022: OpenMxP

OpenMxP is the software that implements the HPL-MxP benchmark

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-open-source-mixed-precision-benchmark-tool-supercomputers.html

#HPC #AI

Researchers develop open-source mixed-precision benchmark tool for supercomputers

As Frontier, the world's first exascale supercomputer, was being assembled at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility in 2021, understanding its performance on mixed-precision calculations remained a difficult prospect.

^{Coury Z Turczyn (Tech Xplore)}

I think #Ai needs to be used to solve problems that are really hard.

Driving a car is pretty easy, I managed it at 17 and others younger.

Writing words, creating art is something we have all done and in the scheme of things relatively easy.

Lets do something really really hard with it.

#HeyGen - #AI Spokesperson #Video Creator

Video #Translate #BETA
Translate your videos seamlessly with one click, using a #natural #voice clone and #authentic speaking style!

https://labs.heygen.com/guest/video-translate

i'ma gonna do a series of 3 on our future master overlord; #chatgpt

so here 1/3 #rabotaemgpt

#mastoart #meme #mamema #ai #memes #openai

What does the AI revolution mean for Open Source, Open Tech and Open Societies?

@Karlitschek will be exploring these ideas in depth at this year's @allthingsopen

#AllThingsOpen #opensource #opentech #AI

https://2023.allthingsopen.org/sessions/what-does-the-ai-revolution-mean-for-open-source-open-tech-and-open-societies/

Cornelis has an ambitious roadmap for #Omnipath

With the 7th generation coming in 2028, Cornelis Networks will boost port speeds to 1.6 Tb/s and add the HyperX topology

https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/08/24/cornelis-unveils-ambitious-omni-path-interconnect-roadmap/

#HPC #AI #Interconnect

Brave is testing out a new in-house AI assistant called 'Leo'. 🤖

https://news.itsfoss.com/brave-browser-leo/

#ai

Brave Browser is Adding an AI Assistant: Try Now!

AI is everywhere. Now, on one of your favorite web browsers!

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

#unix_surrealism mini #462

Wandering hackers and fools trade stories over a camplight.

#monochrome #comic #ai

This is real. I just took this screenshot.

#Google #AI #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence #LLMs #LLM

A cost-effective, scalable & available solution to reduce the #climate impact of flying?

Yes please. https://blog.google/technology/ai/ai-airlines-contrails-climate-change/

Contrails - those thin, white lines behind airplanes - account for ~35% of aviation's #ClimateChange impact.

New research reveals how #AI & satellite imagery can help us reduce their warming effects.

How AI is helping airlines mitigate the climate impact of contrails

We used AI to help airlines choose routes that are less likely to cause contrails, minimizing the environmental impact of flights.

^{Carl Elkin (Google)}

People are getting paid for #publishing #AI-written #books, in an #author's name, when in fact the author did not, and knew nothing about this happening.

Then, when the author tries to do something about it to stop this obvious #abuse, they are told no.

Blocks and Files looked at how #storage systems compare when using Nvidia’s #GPUDirect protocol, to serve data to and from Nvidia’s #GPUs

https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/07/31/storage-system-speed-serving-data-to-nvidia-gpus/

#AI #HPC #Storage

Azure Managed #Lustre: not your grandparents' parallel file system - by @glennklockwood

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-high-performance-computing/azure-managed-lustre-not-your-grandparents-parallel-file-system/ba-p/3889946

#HPC #AI #Storage

PCI SIG exploring #optical interconnect

"Optical connections will be an important advancement for #PCIe architecture as they will allow for higher performance, lower power consumption, extended reach and reduced latency”

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230802715619/en/PCI-SIG%C2%AE-Exploring-an-Optical-Interconnect-to-Enable-Higher-PCIe-Technology-Performance

#HPC #AI

PCI-SIG® Exploring an Optical Interconnect to Enable Higher PCIe Technology Performance

PCI-SIG® today announced the formation of a new workgroup to deliver PCI Express® (PCIe®) technology over optical connections. The PCI-SIG Optical Wor

^{www.businesswire.com}

Back in Feb, when Grammarly said they were going to think about incorporating AI, I immediately canceled my account and uninstalled. And now they've actually done it.

I'm sharing because with everything going on, writers might not realize this is happening.

#AI #writing

Bob Odenkirk:
“I will only memorize lines written by a person”

#SAGAFTRAstrike
#BobOdenkirk
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI

The shapes of modern IT professionals.

#cloud #hpc #ai #devops #satire

LOL.

#AI #Mansplaining

New blog post ✍️ by Lucy Li, Maarten Sap, Luca Soldaini, and me about large language models and how to use them with care.

We discuss:
- 10 current risks ⚠️ posed by chatbots and writing assistants to their users
- 7 questions 🤔 to ask yourself before using these tools

Our goal with this post is to increase transparency for everyday users 💻🔍

https://blog.allenai.org/using-large-language-models-with-care-eeb17b0aed27

#AI #GenerativeAI #LLMs #Chatbots

Using Large Language Models With Care - AI2 Blog

An introductory outline of the risks of LLMs, written for the everyday user.

^{Maria Antoniak (AI2 Blog)}

Hello friends! Are you good at #monitoring and #observability, and *also* interested in #supercomputers, #AI, or #HPC?

My team at NVIDIA is hiring a “Senior HPC Telemetry Engineer”, which is a fancy way of saying we want someone who can help understand what our supercomputers are doing!

Happy to answer questions or chat about the team. We’re doing some pretty cool work.

https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-HPC-Telemetry-Infrastructure-Engineer_JR1968517?q=JR1968517

Senior HPC Telemetry Infrastructure Engineer

NVIDIA has been continually redefining computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s an outstanding legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people.

^{nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com}

Similar to my last post…

My team at NVIDIA is working on building some of the fastest #supercomputers in the world, but we always need help squeezing the best performance out of our systems.

We’re #hiring a Senior Performance Engineer to help get the best perf from our hardware, and work closely with app and framework teams to make it easier for everyone else to do it too.

https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/US-CA-Santa-Clara/Senior-Performance-Engineer_JR1968518-1?q=JR1968518

#HPC #AI

Senior Performance Engineer

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years.

^{nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com}

AI sparks countless questions – social, ethical, economic, and even culinary!

Our proposed #AI law classifies technologies based on risk: 

⚠️ Ban on AI systems that threaten citizens, like social scoring or specific facial recognition.
⚠️ Strict regulations for high-risk AI in healthcare, education, and critical infrastructure.
⚠️ Additional transparency requirements for generative AI such as chatbots and image generators.

The proposal is in its final stage. Agreement is expected by year-end.