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#riskmanagement

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@elementary tl;dr I support your objectives, and kudos on the goal, but I think you should monitor this new policy for unexpected negative outcomes. I take about 9k characters to explain why, but I’m not criticizing your intent.

While I am much more pragmatic about my stance on #aicoding this was previously a long-running issue of contention on the #StackExchange network that was never really effectively resolved outside of a few clearly egregious cases.

The triple-net is that when it comes to certain parts of software—think of the SCO copyright trials over header files from a few decades back—in many cases, obvious code will be, well…obvious. That “the simplest thing that could possibly work” was produced by an AI instead of a person is difficult to prove using existing tools, and false accusations of plagiarism have been a huge problem that has caused a number of people real #reputationalharm over the last couple of years.

That said, I don’t disagree with the stance that #vibecoding is not worth the pixels that it takes up on a screen. From a more pragmatic standpoint, though, it may be more useful to address the underlying principle that #plagiarism is unacceptable from a community standards or copyright perspective rather than making it a tool-specific policy issue.

I’m a firm believer that people have the right to run their community projects in whatever way best serves their community members. I’m only pointing out the pragmatic issues of setting forth a policy where the likelihood of false positives is quite high, and the level of pragmatic enforceability may be quite low. That is something that could lead to reputational harm to people and the project, or to community in-fighting down the road, when the real policy you’re promoting (as I understand it) is just a fundamental expectation of “original human contributions” to the project.

Because I work in #riskmanagement and #cybersecurity I see this a lot. This is an issue that comes up more often than you might think. Again, I fully support your objectives, but just wanted to offer an alternative viewpoint that your project might want to revisit down the road if the current policy doesn’t achieve the results that you’re hoping for.

In the meantime, I certainly wish you every possible success! You’re taking a #thoughtleadership stance on an important #AIgovernance policy issue that is important to society and to #FOSS right now. I think that’s terrific!

#riskmanagement Today #farmer in our household was able
To access #usda #pricedata to buy #insurance.

#price for #beefcattle being insured flat
#price to pay private insurance way up

This program replaced many years ago USDA crop #subsidy which created market distortions.

A price is listed daily 430pm

Must call ins agent to bind coverage before 830am next day

Unsubsidized price is 50% ish higher than with #usda paying some of the premium to private for-profit insurers.
#HowStuffWorks

Published my 3rd blog post today! It's a book list about the politics of climate risk in urban environments and ways we should think about navigating them. Will use my Bookshop.org affiliate links to donate to the California Fire Foundation’s Wildfire & Disaster Relief Fund.

My main goal, though, is to spark discussion. Join my growing community! Would love more book recommendations or topics to cover.

misaligned.markets/rising-risk

Misaligned Markets · Book list - Rising Risks: Navigating the Modern Risk SocietyComplex risks, fueled by abstract and sometimes interrelated crises, are becoming a common feature of the modern world and our politics.

From the Never Use Alone FB page:
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Everything we do at NUA is volunteer except for a couple of unhoused volunteers who get paid $5 a call. Our volunteers spend a lot of time and love for NUA. Please help out if you can ♡

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More stories about the impact of fireworks on the #CriticalZone.

A study found that fine dust levels increased up to 32 times after the 2023 Seoul and Busan Fireworks Festivals, posing serious health risks. The story from #Korea's Maeil Business Newspaper: bit.ly/4go8RG4

Cluster members have been studying fireworks fallout as well. Read their work published in Applied Geochemistry: bit.ly/3UkTS8j

#Academia #Universities #Research etc.
leaving X is great - if late - but I do wonder if they are doing any #DueDiligence at all before investing time and effort into another platform?

If you leave one place *on principle*, then you had better check properly that your destination aligns with your principles too.

The 'follow the crowd' rush to #Bluesky seems hasty compared to what we have to do before signing a "general warm feelings" MoU. Inconsistent #RiskManagement

bewegung.social/@neuSoM/113618

bewegung.socialAktionsb. neue Soziale Medien (@neuSoM@bewegung.social)Angehängt: 1 Bild European Universities started … .. leaving X #Universities in #Amsterdam, #Vienna, #Berlin, #Karlsruhe, #Aachen and other cities in Europe have left microblogging service X during the last week(s). They justify this step with the systematic lack of moderation on the platform, which has resulted in a flood of hate speech, disinformation and cyberbullying. Some of them have already started to run channels on Mastodon: @univienna@fediscience.org, @tuberlin@wisskomm.social, @KIT_Karlsruhe@mastodon.social, @UniOldenburg@wisskomm.social @unibremen@wisskomm.social, @freieuniversitaet@berlin.social, @UniUlm@mastodon.social , @HTW_Berlin@wisskomm.social, @uni_paderborn@wisskomm.social. X is not a suitable medium for communication in #research and #education. Help get the other #universities to follow suit and sign the petition 👉 https://openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon #unis4mastodon 🌻 👩‍🎓 #eXit

They have officially begun the process to take our home from us. I am being sued for $8k in back taxes. I had the nerve to be broke and unable to find a job, therefore I and my family deserve to die. This is the system we have built for ourselves, where a temporary blip in the job market can threaten your very existence. It doesn't matter that I was making good money before. It doesn't matter that I probably will again soon. It doesn't matter that human lives have value ***even if we can't contribute economically***. It only matters that I fell down and therefore should be stomped into the dirt. This is why I supported UBI, back before any of this happened, when I would have been among those holding up the safety net instead of landing on it. When are we going to create a system that reflects and recognizes the value of human life instead of trampling it?

#UBI
#Unemployment
#MonetaryPolicy
#RiskManagement