3 NY" shirt is positioned in a way that it looks like a red circle" class="wide-bleed-image u-photo">3 NY" shirt is positioned in a way that it looks like a red circle" class="wide-bleed-image u-photo">
Throwback to 2007-04-28 at Radio Radio for the Wolfy, Cabin, and Little Voice show with Isha and Allison. I think this is one of my first pictures with Isha. This was only a couple weeks before my heart incident too. Whoa.
We were so young. I miss going to shows with Indianapolis friends.
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I got a spammy message via my contact page from “PostBy AI” trying to sell me on adding a chatbot to my site to answer customer questions, generate leads, yada yada. Annoying, but not a big deal in itself.
The part that really bugged me, though, was “I went ahead and created a custom chatbot tailored for your site, and want to let you try it out for free.” I find that to be a really creepy practice if they actually had their software train against the text on my site, so I replied with the email below. I’ll update here based on how they reply.
Was this message generated by a chat bot? It doesn’t seem like a human looked at my website at all. I have no need for any of the things listed because it’s not a business site and there are no sales. It’s just my personal site that I share things on.
I think it’s a creepy practice to create a chatbot tailored to my site without my request or permission. If you have scraped information from my site or trained an LLM against its content, please remove all such data from your systems immediately.
Also please let me know what user agent your software uses so I can add it to my robots.txt disallow list, or let me know what other methods your software respects to let a site opt out.
You're making a lot of demands for someone who did something nice for you. It's your responsibility to add your own robot files, not mine.
However, I've destroyed the bot and removed you from any scraping on my end.
I just wrote back:
What an absolutely unprofessional response. “Please remove my data” is a polite request and should be understandable for your business, regardless of whether you think you’ve done something “nice” for me.
Yes, robots.txt is for me to update. That’s why I requested what user agent your software uses so I can update accordingly. Please let me know.
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"text": "Your August blog carnival theme is \u201cgardening\u201d. It\u2019s your < 10min update on the #IndieWeb community!\nThis Week in the IndieWeb audio edition for July 29th - August 4th, 2023.\nhttps://martymcgui.re/2023/08/05/this-week-in-the-indieweb-audio-edition--july-29th---august-4th-2023/",
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"html": "Show/Hide Transcript\n \n <p>Your August blog carnival theme is \u201cgardening\u201d. It\u2019s the audio edition for <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/this-week/2023-08-04.html\">This Week in the IndieWeb for July 29th - August 4th, 2023</a>.</p>\n<p>You can find all of my audio editions and subscribe with your favorite podcast app here: <a href=\"https://martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/\">martymcgui.re/podcasts/indieweb/</a>.</p>\n<p>Music from <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/\">Aaron Parecki</a>\u2019s <a href=\"https://100.aaronparecki.com/\">100DaysOfMusic project</a>: <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/03/15/14/day85\">Day 85 - Suit</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/02/06/7/day48\">Day 48 - Glitch</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2017/02/07/4/day49\">Day 49 - Floating</a>, <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2016/12/29/21/day-9\">Day 9</a>, and <a href=\"https://aaronparecki.com/2016/12/31/15/\">Day 11</a></p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone in the <a href=\"https://chat.indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb chat</a> for their feedback and suggestions. Please drop me a note if there are any changes you\u2019d like to see for this audio edition!</p>"
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"text": "Hey it\u2019s Bandcamp Friday! This means today\u2019s a good day to buy music on Bandcamp. (Such as mine.)Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve bought this month:\n\nInverse Phase - discography\n\nMagic Arm - discography\n\nArtemis - discography\nBlue Nagoon - Here Be Dragons\n\nVektroid\u2019s discography (having forgotten that I\u2019d already bought it in 2015 and Bandcamp unfortunately doesn\u2019t let you buy just the stuff that isn\u2019t already in your collection)\nBird Streets - Lagoon\nC. T. Matthews - Ducky\u2019s Delivery Service OST\nnomnomnami - Charm Studies OST - Magical Beats to Study To",
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I added back the posting activity visualization that was on my site a while ago. Now it's on the homepage under my bio instead of at the bottom of each post. There's four shades of blue based on relative number of posts. Hovering on a square shows the date and number of posts.
Next I would like to set up daily archive pages that each box can link to.
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Once they understand the industry, they will write a chapter for the OER for future students to use.</p>\n<p>Like many educators, I\u2019m interested in the role that artificial intelligence in general and <a href=\"https://chat.openai.com/\">ChatGPT</a> in particular will play in assignments like this. I think we do a disservice to our students if we try to ignore the technological developments happening outside of the classroom while we are inside of the classroom. For example, I encourage students to use Wikipedia in their research as a starting point, explaining the various parts of a Wikipedia entry and how to use them as a jumping off point for further research. I think it\u2019s important to help students understand these technologies, their strengths and weaknesses, rather than ban them outright from our classes. I know some students will want to use ChatGPT in writing their chapters for this class. So rather than ban the use of the tool, I am working on an assignment that will help them understand the role such tools can play in writing.</p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my plan. I chose Games as my example medium and used ChatGPT to answer a series of prompts. For example, I asked ChatGPT \u201cWhat is the function of the game industry in society?\u201d The response was:</p>\n<blockquote><p>The game industry serves several important functions in society, extending beyond mere entertainment. Here are some of the key functions:</p>\n<ol><li><strong>Entertainment and Recreation</strong>: The primary function of the game industry is to provide entertainment and recreation to people of all ages. Games offer a diverse range of experiences, from casual and relaxing games to immersive and challenging ones, catering to various preferences and interests.</li>\n<li><strong>Cultural Expression</strong>: Games can reflect and express cultural values, stories, and traditions. They often incorporate elements of art, music, storytelling, and design, creating unique experiences that resonate with players from different backgrounds.</li>\n<li><strong>Education and Learning</strong>: Many games are designed with educational purposes in mind. Educational games can help improve cognitive skills, problem-solving abilities, critical thinking, and knowledge retention in a fun and interactive manner.</li>\n<li><strong>Social Interaction</strong>: Multiplayer and online games enable social interactions among players worldwide. Gaming communities foster friendships, teamwork, and collaboration, providing a sense of belonging and connection for players.</li>\n<li><strong>Stress Relief and Mental Health</strong>: Games can serve as a form of stress relief and relaxation, offering an escape from daily challenges and pressures. Engaging in games can be a therapeutic activity, promoting mental well-being and emotional balance.</li>\n<li><strong>Technological Advancement</strong>: The game industry drives technological advancements and innovation. Game developers often push the boundaries of hardware capabilities, graphics, artificial intelligence, and user interfaces, which can subsequently be applied to other industries and fields.</li>\n<li><strong>Economic Impact</strong>: The game industry contributes significantly to the global economy. It generates revenue through sales, subscriptions, and in-game purchases, creating job opportunities for developers, artists, designers, marketers, and more.</li>\n<li><strong>Community Building and Events</strong>: Gaming events, conventions, and competitions bring together enthusiasts, professionals, and developers, fostering a sense of community and celebration of gaming culture.</li>\n<li><strong>Storytelling and Immersion</strong>: Games have evolved to offer immersive storytelling experiences similar to books and movies. Players can become emotionally invested in the characters and narratives, fostering empathy and understanding.</li>\n<li><strong>Research and Training</strong>: Serious games, a subset of games designed for a specific purpose other than entertainment, are used in research, simulations, and training programs in various fields, such as healthcare, military, and corporate training.</li>\n</ol><p>Overall, the game industry has a multifaceted impact on society, contributing to entertainment, education, culture, technology, and economy, while also influencing individuals\u2019 social lives and mental well-being.</p></blockquote>\n<p>An interesting observation is that all but one of my prompts resulted in a list similar to the one above. The full set of prompts and responses is <a href=\"https://pressbooks.usnh.edu/media-studies/chapter/games-from-chatgpt/\">here</a> in the OER for the class. I will ask students to investigate each of the items in the lists to determine sources for the information. I think this will mean that if any of the information is not true, students will figure that out. As a class, we will then determine which three (or five?) items in the list are most important and then in small groups, students will flesh out those most important items, citing their sources. We will put these paragraphs together to create a fleshed out chapter about the game industry. Then, students will choose a new medium (newspapers, books, TV, films, etc.) to investigate. They will start by creating prompts for ChatGPT about each area they need to write about (business model, challenges, future, etc.) and then go through a process similar to what we used for the Games chapter to write the chapter on their medium. Along the way, we will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of ChatGPT and similar tools.</p>\n<p>I\u2019m curious about how others are handling the opportunities and challenges presented by AI tools. And I would love some feedback about how you think the assignment that I\u2019ve described might go.</p>\n<p>The featured image is a screenshot of the <a href=\"https://openai.com/chatgpt\">ChatGPT</a> home page captured on August 2, 2023.</p>",
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Once they understand the industry, they will write a chapter for the OER for future students to use.\nLike many educators, I\u2019m interested in the role that artificial intelligence in general and ChatGPT in particular will play in assignments like this. I think we do a disservice to our students if we try to ignore the technological developments happening outside of the classroom while we are inside of the classroom. For example, I encourage students to use Wikipedia in their research as a starting point, explaining the various parts of a Wikipedia entry and how to use them as a jumping off point for further research. I think it\u2019s important to help students understand these technologies, their strengths and weaknesses, rather than ban them outright from our classes. I know some students will want to use ChatGPT in writing their chapters for this class. So rather than ban the use of the tool, I am working on an assignment that will help them understand the role such tools can play in writing.\nHere\u2019s my plan. I chose Games as my example medium and used ChatGPT to answer a series of prompts. For example, I asked ChatGPT \u201cWhat is the function of the game industry in society?\u201d The response was:\nThe game industry serves several important functions in society, extending beyond mere entertainment. Here are some of the key functions:\nEntertainment and Recreation: The primary function of the game industry is to provide entertainment and recreation to people of all ages. Games offer a diverse range of experiences, from casual and relaxing games to immersive and challenging ones, catering to various preferences and interests.\nCultural Expression: Games can reflect and express cultural values, stories, and traditions. They often incorporate elements of art, music, storytelling, and design, creating unique experiences that resonate with players from different backgrounds.\nEducation and Learning: Many games are designed with educational purposes in mind. Educational games can help improve cognitive skills, problem-solving abilities, critical thinking, and knowledge retention in a fun and interactive manner.\nSocial Interaction: Multiplayer and online games enable social interactions among players worldwide. Gaming communities foster friendships, teamwork, and collaboration, providing a sense of belonging and connection for players.\nStress Relief and Mental Health: Games can serve as a form of stress relief and relaxation, offering an escape from daily challenges and pressures. Engaging in games can be a therapeutic activity, promoting mental well-being and emotional balance.\nTechnological Advancement: The game industry drives technological advancements and innovation. Game developers often push the boundaries of hardware capabilities, graphics, artificial intelligence, and user interfaces, which can subsequently be applied to other industries and fields.\nEconomic Impact: The game industry contributes significantly to the global economy. It generates revenue through sales, subscriptions, and in-game purchases, creating job opportunities for developers, artists, designers, marketers, and more.\nCommunity Building and Events: Gaming events, conventions, and competitions bring together enthusiasts, professionals, and developers, fostering a sense of community and celebration of gaming culture.\nStorytelling and Immersion: Games have evolved to offer immersive storytelling experiences similar to books and movies. Players can become emotionally invested in the characters and narratives, fostering empathy and understanding.\nResearch and Training: Serious games, a subset of games designed for a specific purpose other than entertainment, are used in research, simulations, and training programs in various fields, such as healthcare, military, and corporate training.\nOverall, the game industry has a multifaceted impact on society, contributing to entertainment, education, culture, technology, and economy, while also influencing individuals\u2019 social lives and mental well-being.\nAn interesting observation is that all but one of my prompts resulted in a list similar to the one above. The full set of prompts and responses is here in the OER for the class. I will ask students to investigate each of the items in the lists to determine sources for the information. I think this will mean that if any of the information is not true, students will figure that out. As a class, we will then determine which three (or five?) items in the list are most important and then in small groups, students will flesh out those most important items, citing their sources. We will put these paragraphs together to create a fleshed out chapter about the game industry. Then, students will choose a new medium (newspapers, books, TV, films, etc.) to investigate. They will start by creating prompts for ChatGPT about each area they need to write about (business model, challenges, future, etc.) and then go through a process similar to what we used for the Games chapter to write the chapter on their medium. Along the way, we will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of ChatGPT and similar tools.\nI\u2019m curious about how others are handling the opportunities and challenges presented by AI tools. And I would love some feedback about how you think the assignment that I\u2019ve described might go.\nThe featured image is a screenshot of the ChatGPT home page captured on August 2, 2023."
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I have a lot of feelings about that, but Anita has already said more and better than I could in her post.
I wish everyone involved all the best in terms of rest and relief and I hope to see that the work of criticism and mutual support continues, perhaps with new faces at the helm!
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"text": "Oh wow! Feminist Frequency is shutting down.\nI have a lot of feelings about that, but Anita has already said more and better than I could in her post.\nI wish everyone involved all the best in terms of rest and relief and I hope to see that the work of criticism and mutual support continues, perhaps with new faces at the helm!",
"html": "<p>Oh wow! <a href=\"https://feministfrequency.com/2023/08/01/shutting-down-feminist-frequency/\">Feminist Frequency is shutting down</a>.</p>\n<p>I have a lot of feelings about that, but <a href=\"https://www.anitasarkeesian.com/\">Anita</a> has already said more and better than I could in her post.</p>\n<p>I wish everyone involved all the best in terms of rest and relief and I hope to see that the work of criticism and mutual support continues, perhaps with new faces at the helm!</p>"
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