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AI Alignment Metrics for Open Source Communities
Here is a link to a PDF of our FOSSY Talk of this title. We focused on metric models as a mechanisms for open source communities to influence AI Alignment through community governance and feedback. To move from reactiveness to directing and influencing this technology in our spaces. We are
"Open" has lost its power in the age of AI
Why a taxonomy of access won't democratize AI.
I won't spend time acknowledging the hard work happening in the "What is Open AI?" conversation, because I think self-congratulatory nature of the work, to-date has become part of the problem. The groups defining
AHA moment - keeping our creative voice and pace
Making sense of an open source career - in this AI moment
First things first - my primary contract wraps up in September (will write about that when it's shipped!), which means I need to again - begin searching again for contracts or roles. Please keep me in mind.
Exit, Voice and Loyalty
This week I found myself contemplating human agency in times of change and challenge for values-driven communities, and stumbled upon an interesting book: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States. Written in 1970, its message still feels quite relevant.
...we have two potential responses
Be the first open model builder to demonstrate alignment with open source communities
AI models are built on the labor of open source communities in two distinct ways: as a dependency of the technology (the frameworks, libraries, and tooling models and their infrastructure run on) and as the content they are trained on (the code, documentation, and discussion absorbed into the models). Yet
Safety Out of Sync: AI Policy, Codes of Conduct, and the Future of Incident Response
Sorry for some delays in writing. I have been out in nature again, but also working on a few things; One of those things is this: exploring the evolution of policy related to safe participation, and whether a new generation of AI safety tooling and related policies meet (or do
A framework for digital sovereignty in higher education (and beyond)
Notes from my OTESSA talk, extended with what I have been reading since.
What made me happy this week:
* Being away with my camper for a couple of days at French Beach.
* Getting our local bear on video x 2 (included at end of post!), he is quite big and
"The Anti-AI Crowd", Open Weights and 1500 applications
Three distinct things on my mind this week. Please allow me to process them, by writing here! As always, I share as thoughts and half-baked opinions.
Things that made me happy this week.
* I won a basket of cat things, at the wonderful 'Cat Walk' in Victoria
Can we start measuring the conversion-rate from paid to unpaid contributor?
Sustainability is a systemic issue, and this is another symptom.
Things that made me happy this week!
* We have three AI Alignment metrics that folks are starting to work on.
* My most popular Mastodon post is about a watermelon and how to properly protect it (people are passionate); I also
A Mirror That Talks Back
Centering open communities in the AI feedback loop
Things that made me happy this week
- My tulips are in full bloom! They are my favourite flower and every fall I plant a ton of bulbs hoping for the best (photo at end of post for subscribers).
- Starting to read The
After the Pull Request: Four Proposed Areas of Work for Open Community Representation
Things that made me happy this week:
* Creative Commons paused before charging forward. Their update on CC Signals - it made me happy to see their response to community push-back, and taking time, rather than rushing to something.
* A focus for my future. I have decided to find a way
How Can Open Communities Shape Representation in a Model?
💡A new section I will add to my newsletters - good things happening!
Duane O'Brien named Executive Director of the OSI. I am very encouraged by this news - Duane is an experienced expert, but also one of the most sincere, authentic people I have had the pleasure to collaborate