Eh, recent studies show some implicit bias in some of the best Chinese models, mostly when it comes to software dev stuff so less relevant here. Not the hugest deal for this kind of projected either way, but it would be good to know if they are using those vs say Llama, or yes just building a front end fine tune for a closed model.
In my dumb naive optimistic brain bridges are the perfect kind of software to be automatically developed, revised, tested, and updated by AI agents.
Two sets of rules with written documentation (API), translate request from one to the other, validate message sent and message received, if not revise and test again.
Realistically, I know this would likely hit a brick wall quickly, but it sure seems like if AI driven software development is getting actually practical this type of thing should be on the easier end of the spectrum of possibilities.
I notice it doesnt say what model Socialism AI is built on top of, I’m guessing one of the Chinese models fine tuned?
ISPs should be regional users cooperatives everywhere. Rural areas in the US have local ISPs structured this way, but corporate ISPs have been trying to use regulation to make them illegal in normal service areas, which is disgusting.
I predict that point to point private fiber (currently used by high speed traders) will become more and more prevalent as issues with AI impersonation and spoofing become more prevalent, we should use this infrastructure drive to push linking co-op and public mesh networks using the same long-run conduit.
Nice! Thanks for posting this. Does it run on all wifi bands? Is there provision for mesh extension by wired Intranet?
You can run it yourself on a closed network if you’re worried about telemetry, that’s part of the point.
is this with or without the prompt including politically sensitive topics?
Check out Apertus , the Swiss are showing how it should be done. 100% open: architecture, training data, weights, recipes, and final models all publicly available and licenses Apache 2.0. https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/09/press-release-apertus-a-fully-open-transparent-multilingual-language-model.html
Prohibition leads to the propagation of means of evasion. By attempting to ban teenagers from popular means of communications they will incentivize mass adoption of “illicit means” of communications, and create another generation both familiar and comfortable with “illegal online activity” like the Napster generation. Just like Napster, this will also accidentally push youth into online platforms and channels where they are more likely to encounter content not suitable for minors and malware.
The only “truly effective” form that this type of internet control can take is requiring a digital ID verification to establish a connection to the network at the ISP, and that is a nightmare setup we should be prepared to fight tooth and nail.
I have suggested a couple of times now that ActivityPub should implement an encryption layer for user authentication of requests and pings. It already has a system for instances vauching for each other. The situation is that users of “walled garden” instances in ActivityPub lack means of interfacing with public facing instances that doesnt leave the network open for scraping. I believe a pivot towards default registered users only content service built on encrypted handshakes, with the ability for servers to opt-in to serving content to unregistered users would make the whole network much more robust and less dependent on third party contingencies like CloudFlare.
Then again, maybe I should just be looking for a different network, I’m sure there are services in the blockchain/cryptosphere that take that approach, I just would rather participate in a network built on commons rather than financialization at it’s core. Where is the protocol doing both hardened network and distributed volunteer instances?
How is Gemini fairing in the existing bot landscape? Usenet?
Damn, how was this not big headline news?
And of course in Cyberpunk the ttrpg setting much of the o0en internet was rendered useless by self replicating AI malware hijacking storage, processing, and bandwidth due to a zero day exploit discovered by one egomaniacal hacker.
corn me up snake, I’m passing through your bountious fields shortly
This is the biggest struggle of the decade at least. It needs to be forced on every politician as an issue to make statements on. No votes for Digital ID supporters.
What are the implications for users of FOSS? Should we not be downloading from github?
Links in the article. Hugging Face and Swiss Telecoms host
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I’m ok with both, but prefer co-ops because the members get direct voting on large decisions by default, rather than a proxy vote via an appointed government worker who answers to the municipal government.
That said, there is no reason these can’t be one and the same, the local government could fund the establishment of a regional co-op and maintain audit and some other limited authority over it.
I also support long-distance fiber infrastructure being built and maintained by worker’s co-ops that would then get paid for service by the regional ISPs. Worker members would be highly motivated to maintain good uptime, and hiring/training members who live local to the fiber lines in remote regions would be possible with the incentive of worker ownership. Once built it is a long term maintenance and security business with steady return, perfect for a worker’s co-op that could be financed with private capital at decent ROI.