@jon Thanks for this post - it's probably one of the two main reasons I chose to join Fedi. I know, however, that follower/following dynamics can cause echo chambers, albeit ones that are much more visible and less abusive than those subtly formed by profiling.

Do you have any advice for minimizing these echo chambers, or when an echo chamber may become a problem rather than just being a convenient portal to a common interest?

Many criticisms about the Open Source Initiative's Open Source AI Definition have reached my feeds at FLOSS.social. I was confused.

For those like me unsure of the basis of these criticisms, I'd recommend this article (thanks @downey ). It argues that trying to apply the source-code based idea of "open source" to the distinct concept of a machine learning model may be impossible or weaken the definition of "open source", giving more room for its already-existent misuse. https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2024/10/22/from-open-source-to-ai/

@downey Thank you so much for this!

By the way (sorry for the sudden change in subject, but I'll take the chance to ask you as the admin), is a.gup.pe intentionally blocked from floss.social? I cannot access anything from Guppe groups on floss.social.

@downey I do love FOSS most for its benefits to and liberation of users, from a utilitarian point of view (users are the greatest group of interest) as well as the fact that the very point of software is to be a tool to assist users.

I've seen many references to the controversy of the OSAID, but still don't understand the full picture. Please could you let me know what the main problems are - are they the lack of users in stakeholder advisors, or the lack of direct requirements to data access?