John Carlos Baez1d ago

The new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation worked at J.P. Morgan and Lehman Brothers. The Foundation has now fired a longtime lead developer and disbanded the team whose job was to listen to volunteers. Most of the people they fired were union organizers. Wikipedia’s editors are now threatening to strike. To stand in solidarity with them, sign the petition:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Workers_United_solidarity

For more, read on!

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Wikipedia:Wiki Workers United solidarity - Wikipedia

Show threadJohn Carlos Baez1d ago

For more on the situation, read this:

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https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943

Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia

TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…

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Show threadmalice
@johncarlosbaez This article is ai?
May 27 at 1:41pmWeb
Show threadJohn Carlos Baez23h ago
@malice - no. You can read about the author, Jake Orlowitz, online.
Show threadmalice23h ago

@johncarlosbaez https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/coming-out-of-the-ai-closet-c11eebc8b7e7

I don't even care to read, tricking people into reading undisclosed ai text is just disrespectful

Coming out of the AI Closet

For a while now, I’ve been quietly using AI in my writing. A lot.

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Show threadmalice23h ago
@johncarlosbaez (on the authors part, not yours, if you didn't know)
Show threadJohn Carlos Baez9h ago
@malice - okay, thanks for letting me know.
Show threadS21h ago
@malice @johncarlosbaez Well spotted!
Show threadbrib ​ 20h ago

@malice Somehow I picked up on the AI style and I was like "it looks AI... but it couldn't be... this is someone who actually wrote a book and is actively involved in labour issues".

I am quietly disappointed, but at least I can still spot the stuff

Show threadKagan MacTane (he/him)20h ago
@malice @johncarlosbaez Ugh, but well spotted and thanks for letting us know.
Show threadXaela Enjoyer 🦎20h ago

@malice @johncarlosbaez

"Coming out of the AI Closet" oh FUCK THIS GUY

(Edited to fix what my word-replacer, uh, replaced)

Show threadKévin ⏚9h ago
@november @malice @johncarlosbaez generic cishet white guys always find a way to try and hijack something to feel special. Don’t see him getting kicked out of his house at 16