2026-10-29T16:38:39Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz petersuber https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/npub1py4nz04lczsv4fyr3lywsjss5eqedlckk2npue8wsy7fwzgzrrks6n7td9 https://fediscience.org/system/accounts/avatars/109/247/071/580/303/094/original/9f56a43089060ade.png https://fediscience.org/system/accounts/avatars/109/247/071/580/303/094/original/9f56a43089060ade.png https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgxuwquhdw3xc87k66prnv50gx4mqnd0qs97gwtfxdyv23lpkk0fqzyqyjkvf7hlq2pj4ysw8u36z2zznyr9hlz6e2v8nya6qne9cfqgvw6tkv4d3 If you monitor the use of #AI tools in research, you might think (like me) that (1) they&#39;re incapable of top-notch #PeerReview, and (2) they&#39;re getting better fast. If so, it&#39;s time to grapple with an almost inevitable new study: <br/><br/>From Gary King and Steven Worthington: &#34;We show that AI-generated article reviews are now better, by every measure we could construct, than reviews written by well-compensated human experts and judged to be of unusually high quality by journal editors and authors.&#34; <br/><a href="https://gking.harvard.edu/files/peerless.pdf">https://gking.harvard.edu/files/peerless.pdf</a><br/><br/>#Metaresearch #ScholComm 2026-10-24T13:20:50Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs0h0shceut7r4g0m94xq90dgknnn3nqm2cfm7m94k68w37wsgem5czyqyjkvf7hlq2pj4ysw8u36z2zznyr9hlz6e2v8nya6qne9cfqgvw6fxle0l Kudos to #Mozilla for defying #Russia&#39;s ban on #Firefox extensions that help Russian users bypass Russian #censorship. <br/><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/14/mozilla_firefox_russia/">https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/14/mozilla_firefox_russia/</a> 2024-06-15T13:19:16Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsq3nveqv0mwqddskr59puweuagzjc6y3cu6cg02t3552xl2mzdcfszyqyjkvf7hlq2pj4ysw8u36z2zznyr9hlz6e2v8nya6qne9cfqgvw60hv6rn <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1thpzvm4uv0ckt68lynp57tq2gehgre8dza3sgjyrprtyud4krxkszn6ff9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Citizens for Ethics</span> (<span class="italic">npub1thp…6ff9</span>)</a></span> is tracking companies that pledged to make no donations to politicians who &#34;who voted against certifying the 2020 election [&amp;] later, the 20 new members who won in the 2022 midterms promoting the #BigLie that the 2020 election was stolen.&#34; <br/><a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/bankrolling-the-big-lie/">https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/bankrolling-the-big-lie/</a> <br/><br/>It just published its June 2024 update:<br/>* 37 companies kept their promise<br/>* 1,794 companies did not, donating $145.5 million to the &#34;Sedition Caucus&#34; since January 6, 2021.<br/><br/>#Boycotts #Insurrection #USPolitics 2024-06-04T19:23:25Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsxm2dxrrlanlg03mkkwyd4l9f60ap8jgf7te7zu3d8f469uwl7y5szyqyjkvf7hlq2pj4ysw8u36z2zznyr9hlz6e2v8nya6qne9cfqgvw628a4v6 Good piece on two controversies roiling #Wikipedians:<br/>* whether to allow the use of #AI tools to generate #Wikipedia content,<br/>* whether to allow AI tools to train on Wikipedia content, esp to create &#34;closed commercial datasets&#34;<br/><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bdba/ai-is-tearing-wikipedia-apart">https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bdba/ai-is-tearing-wikipedia-apart</a> <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1enq408yjkn2q8lga0w0xhgh39t2nk7m2gtg8fu7u2x37rfk3tc0q4hycu8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Wikipedia</span> (<span class="italic">npub1enq…ycu8</span>)</a></span> 2024-05-14T13:37:18Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsfj3r8uxmfkdpdjaq7rdcjppa3g5w57zag2z9q9c2mxx6x7nhca8gzyqyjkvf7hlq2pj4ysw8u36z2zznyr9hlz6e2v8nya6qne9cfqgvw64h4pgv &#34;In the face of such colossal danger, why is the world’s response so slow and inadequate? The #IPCC experts overwhelmingly pointed to one barrier: lack of political will. Almost three-quarters of the respondents cited this factor, with 60% also blaming vested corporate interests.&#34;<br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair</a><br/><br/>#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis 2024-05-09T16:10:38Z