the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results

So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers

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Just voted in the Norwegian national elections for the first time (got my citizenship in 2022). It’s pretty great to feel that your vote counts, to read all the parties’ programs, to compare policy suggestions. Democracy takes a lot of mental work, but it is very empowering to have a voice.