Tyler Smith

@plantarum@ottawa.place
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I'm a botanist and conservation biologist in Ottawa. My work focuses on crop wild relatives and wild-harvested species, particularly berries; and invasive plants. I am trained as a plant taxonomist and community ecologist.

All opinions expressed are my own, and do not reflect those any of my employer(s) past, present or future.

My interests include photography, woodworking, kayaking, swimming, hiking and natural history.

Websitehttps://plantarum.ca
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orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7683-2653
The Dunning-Kruger Effect and the Streisand Effect, when merged, become the Bari Weiss Effect

Ashley MacIsaac concert cancelled after AI wrongly accuses him of being sex offender | CBC News

No apology from Google.

"When issues arise — like if our features misinterpret web content or miss some context — we use those examples to improve our systems, and may take action under our policies."

By "miss some context" she meant that "lied". Not the “AI”, Google. That is the responsible entity.

It's time we had explicit legal consequences from government.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ashley-macisaac-ai-accusation-9.7026786?cmp=rss

> Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he may have been defamed by Google after it recently produced an AI-generated summary falsely identifying him as a sex offender.

Ashley MacIsaac concert cancelled after AI wrongly accuses him of being sex offender | CBC News

Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he may have been defamed by Google after it recently produced an AI-generated summary falsely identifying him as a sex offender.

CBC
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#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 237

The combined effects of milder winters, longer growing season, more available winter forage and ‘spring advancement’ now allow active overwintering rather than hibernation as an option for buff-tailed #bumblebee queens.
#bees
#nature
#worldbeesanctuary
#education
#science
#winter
#christmas
#insects
#vegan
#biodiversity
#environment

Cypress knees always look like always look like aliens about to sporify. #SwampHagSolstice
11 emails and counting from the #Ontario #NDP in the past 24 hours