'The right to decide who can train a model on your work does you no good unless it comes with the *power* to exercise that right.'

@pluralistic on Rupert Murdoch's new enthusiasm for AI:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/18/rights-without-power/

#books #reading #writing #publishing#AI #bookstodon @bookstodon

When I was putting together my "Forgotten Greek and Roman Myths" manuscript, I was constantly told that it is not a sellable concept for a book - because "people want to read their favorite myths", and not unkown ones.

Now the reviews are trickling in, and every reviewer highlights how exciting it is to find unknown myths about the well-known gods and heroes.

🤷‍♀️

(Still looking for an English language publisher, btw.)

#mythology #books #bookstodon #storytelling #writing #publishing

Academia has a collective action problem.

"Instead, they all hold one another hostage, through a wicked collective action problem that holds back science, starves their institutions of funding, and puts their colleagues at risk of imprisonment."

Glad this was covered by @pluralistic

#academia #publishing #publishorperish #copyright

@academicchatter @academicsunite

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/16/the-public-sphere/#not-the-elsevier

This is getting seriously ridiculous!

It is one thing that somebody doesn't WRITE their own papers, and another if they don't PROOF-READ their own papers – but a completely different thing altogether if the editors and reviewers don't read/see what's been written in a manuscript! Good lord!

#AcademicMastodon #academia #publishing #academic#science #sciencefiction #sciencemastodon #research #healthcare#LLM#AI#ArtificialInteligence

In the words of Fatboy Slim, "we've come a long long way together." Here, @miaq breaks down Flipboard's federation journey so far.

"We could [federate Flipboard] with a quick flip of the switch but we’ve chosen to act more intentionally," she writes. "We’re taking measured steps to test, learn, and ensure that everything we’re doing stays true to our values and those of the fediverse. Maintaining quality is top of the list."

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/federation-timeline/

#Federation#Fediverse#Flipboard#FediCurious#ActivityPub#Publishing#Media#Technology#MastodonMigration#Mastodon