In Defense of the Knowledge-Production Game (Beau Baumann/Passing Political Time)
https://bbaumann.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-the-knowledge-production
http://www.memeorandum.com/260526/p69#a260526p69
From Knowledge Network: now streaming
Stuff the British Stole
Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today, the Empire’s loot sits in museums, galleries and private collections around the world. Journalist and podcaster Marc Fennell uncovers the messy histories behind these objects—and meets the people who want them back.
#CommonplaceNotes AI fables, knowledge, etc. Well matured, some of these, due to relocating to Greater Liverpool along the way http://lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/04/common…
🌊 New study assesses geoengineering marine ecosystem risks, knowledge gaps
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/new-study-assesses-geoengineering-marine-ecosystem-risks-knowledge-gaps/
Large Language Models (LLMs) are poised to disrupt knowledge work,
with the emergence of delegated work as a new interaction paradigm
(e.g., vibe coding).
Delegation requires trust
- the expectation that the LLM will faithfully execute the task without introducing errors into documents.
Our large-scale experiment with 19 LLMs reveals that current models degrade documents during delegation:
even frontier models (Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude 4.6 Opus, GPT 5.4) c…
Source: Google signed a deal allowing the US DOD to use Google's AI for "any lawful government purpose"; Google says the agreement amends an existing contract (Erin Woo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/go
"Learning from mistakes" as individuals is hard if those lessons are not (or can not be) percolated up or are even rejected by larger groups or society in general, if the behaviors one might consider a mistake on a personal/ethical level are actually rewarded and encouraged (or imposed) by those larger social structures.
So many people have tried so hard for so long to share their knowledge and tools, trying to teach & inspire others, to build communities to help make the…
@… People, such as blondi Bondi, who use the "right vs privilege" argument are in the very shallow end of the Constitutional knowledge pool.
The Constitutional obligations of equal protection and due process affect all things, large or small. Whether a governmental act affects a person'…
Source: AI inference provider Baseten is in talks to raise $1B at a post-money valuation of $11B, up from $5B after its $300M Series E announced in January (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-inference-…