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A look at open-source alternatives to ChatGPT #oldaily downes.ca/post/75112 This article profiles five open source alternatives to chatGPT: LLaMA, Alpaca, Vicuna, Dolly, and OpenAssistant.

Growing the Fediverse #oldaily downes.ca/post/75110

Of Accountability and Interdependence #oldaily downes.ca/post/75115

Web Neural Network API #oldaily downes.ca/post/75116 The W3C is looking for implementations of the Web Neural Network API.

Learning Solutions Conference 2023 Recap - Experiencing eLearning #oldaily downes.ca/post/75117 We don't get enough conference summaries any more, but here's an excellent example of the genre, a report on the Learning Solutions Conference 2023 from Christy Tucker.

Metaverse Standards Forum Incorporates #oldaily downes.ca/post/75118

What Is the Impact of ChatGPT on Education? A Rapid Review of the Literature #oldaily downes.ca/post/75119 This (15 page PDF) is a 'rapid review' of academic literature related to chatGPT and education (much of which is found in literature on medical information).

Mapping Open Science resources from around the world by discipline and principles #oldaily downes.ca/post/75120 This short article describes an open science mapping project.

AWS Enters the Generative AI Race With Bedrock and Titan Foundation Models #oldaily downes.ca/post/75121

Reddit Doesn't Want Free Content to Train Chatbots, Will Charge AI Companies for API Use #oldaily downes.ca/post/75122

What's Happening to Twitter Could Never Happen to Mastodon #oldaily downes.ca/post/75123 I have long touted the advantages of decentralized networks over the centralized variety (and you will no doubt hear me doing it again in the future).

The 10-Question Micro-Credential Checklist #oldaily downes.ca/post/75124 This is a nice little tool. "Before commissioning, developing, or delivering a micro-credential, check it meets these 10 requirements," suggests the author.

Mentoring meets the Metaverse #oldaily downes.ca/post/75125 The argument is this: "Trust is the foundation of any mentor-mentee relationship.

Law School Ai #oldaily downes.ca/post/75126 I didn't try this application because it asks you to sign in (eg., with Google) and I wasn't willing to do that. It's also weird that their own Twitter account says "I'm a Law Student.

Update #30 #oldaily downes.ca/post/75127 I guess I have to report that the BC Court of Appeal has dismissed Ian Linkletter's appeal of his anti-SLAPP application.

Reddit - Dive into anything #oldaily downes.ca/post/75128

Midjourney at the College Level: Visual Representations Created by Artificial Intelligence #oldaily downes.ca/post/75129

Please Stop Drawing Neural Networks Wrong | by Aaron Master | Mar, 2023 | Towards Data Science #oldaily downes.ca/post/75130

Going to court without a lawyer? DIY law is on the rise #oldaily downes.ca/post/75131

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