Podcasts about Wikidata

Guest Robert Douglass Panelist Richard Littauer | Abby Cabunoc Mayes Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, hosts Richard Littauer and Abby Cabunoc Mayes speak with Robert Douglass, Entrepreneur in Residence at Open Strategy Partners, to delve into sustaining open source projects. They explore Robert's extensive history with Drupal, the role of Open Strategy Partners, and the innovative Drupal Certified Partner Program designed to address the maker-taker dilemma in open source. The episode also covers the recently launched RFP templates aimed at promoting open source software and certified partners. Robert shares insights on gamification, the economic aspects of contributing to Drupal, and future initiatives to ensure the continued sustainability of open source projects. Hit download now to hear more! [00:01:49] Robert shares his background in the Drupal ecosystem and his involvement with Open Strategy Partners, which provides strategic content marketing for B2B tech companies focusing on open source. [00:02:43] Robert explains Open Strategy Partners' focus on supporting open source projects and mentions clients like DDEV and TYPO3. [00:04:06] Richard and Robert discuss what it means to be an entrepreneur in residence, with Robert explaining his role in developing new products for Open Strategy Partners and the books he has written. [00:05:52] Robert reflects on the early days of Drupal and the challenges in making open source sustainable. He notes how the community was initially driven by passion, with few paid opportunities. [00:08:05] Robert introduces the Drupal Certified Partner Program, a system for supporting Drupal sustainability by encouraging companies to contribute both time and money. [00:10:03] The conversation covers how Drupal's contribution system gamifies the support companies provide to the ecosystem. Companies can earn contribution credits, which are visible on Drupal.org and benefit their reputation. [00:15:41] Abby asks about the potential downsides of gamification, especially regarding diversity. Robert explains how placing the system at the company level may mitigate some negative impacts. [00:18:17] Richard inquires about the financial structure of the Drupal Certified Partner Program. Robert clarifies that the funds collected support the Drupal Association's core mission, including maintaining Drupal.org and organizing events. [00:21:33] Robert discusses the development of RFP (Request for Proposal) templates to encourage companies to consider certified open source providers, explaining how this initiative promotes sustainability in the ecosystem. [00:25:56] Robert describes how the RFP templates allow purpose-driven organizations to incorporate open source values in their procurement process, aligning with their missions. [00:27:00] Robert invites listeners to explore and utilize the RFP templates, which are available under a Creative Commons Zero license, encouraging others to adapt and improve them. [00:29:47] Find out where you can follow Robert and his work online. Quotes [00:08:57] “Open Source is like a free puppy.” Spotlight [00:30:30] Abby's spotlight is Common Sort thrift shop in Toronto. [00:30:52] Richard's spotlight is Wikidata. [00:31:21] Robert's spotlight is Chad Whitacre and Sentry. 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In dieser Folge spricht Jacqueline Klusik-Eckert mit den Kunsthistorikerinnen Anna Gnyp und Maria Merseburger über das Verhältnis von Wikimedia und der Kunstgeschichte. Gemeinsam diskutieren sie, wie Wikipedia und Wikidata inzwischen zu wertvollen Ressourcen für kunsthistorische Forschung geworden sind und warum die aktive Mitgestaltung dieser Plattformen durch Fachwissenschaftler*innen unter dem Aspekt der Wissensgerechtigkeit wichtig ist. Dabei wird auch die Arbeit der AG Kuwiki vorgestellt, die mit mehreren Projekten die Sichtbarkeit kunsthistorischen Wissens auf Wikipedia fördert: Das „Living Handbook“ bietet eine Einführung in die Wikipedia-Arbeit für Kunsthistoriker. „Wikipedia in der Lehre“ zielt darauf ab, Studierende frühzeitig für die Plattform zu sensibilisieren und aktiv einzubinden. Und „Kuwiki Loves Monuments, too“ fördert die Dokumentation und Verbreitung von Bildern zu Denkmälern und Kulturgütern. Ein wichtiges Anliegen ist dabei die Wissensgerechtigkeit, um mehr Diversität auf Wikipedia und Wikimedia Commons zu erreichen.Das Gespräch beleuchtet auch die wachsende Bedeutung von Wikidata als datenbankgestützte Ressource, die zunehmend in digitalen kunsthistorischen Projekten genutzt wird. Anna und Maria zeigen auf, wie Museen, Archive und Bibliotheken von Wikidata und Wikimedia Commons profitieren können, um ihre Bestände öffentlich zugänglich zu machen und neue Vernetzungen zu schaffen. Abschließend plädieren sie für stärkere Kooperationen und „Best Practice“-Beispiele, die die Arbeit mit Wikimedia-Projekten in der Kunstwissenschaft festigen und bereichern können.Anna Gnyp, ist seit knapp zwei Jahren Mitglied der Arbeitsgemeinschaft. Aktuell ist sie Wissenschaftlerin im Datenkompetenzzentrum Sammlungen, Objekte, Datenkompetenz an der Humboldt-Universität Berlin. Das ist ein Verbundprojekt zum Aufbau eines Datenkompetenzzentrums für wissenschaftliche Universitätssammlungen.Dr. Maria Merseburger, ist seit Beginn im der AG KUwiki, hier unter dem Namen Karatecoop und aktuell Wissenschaftlerin am Museum für Kommunikation in Berlin.Begleitmaterial zu den Folgen findest du auf der Homepage unter https://www.arthistoricum.net/themen/podcasts/arthistocast.Alle Folgen des Podcasts werden bei heidICON mit Metadaten und persistentem Identifier gespeichert. Die Folgen haben die Creative-Commons-Lizenz CC BY 4.0 und können heruntergeladen werden. Du findest sie unter https://doi.org/10.11588/heidicon/1738702.Bei Fragen, Anregungen, Kritik und gerne auch Lob kannst du uns gerne per Mail kontaktieren unter podcast@digitale-kunstgeschichte.de.

Could making Wikidata 'human' readable lead to better AI? A new project is underway to allow Large Language Models (LLMs) to read Wikidata. The data is currently structured in a way that's machine readable, but LLMs read data more like humans than machines, meaning this vast amount of human curated, high quality data isn't accessible to this type of AI. By allowing access to Wikidata, LLMs could become more reliable. Ania spoke to Lydia Pintscher, the Portfolio Lead Product Manager at Wikidata Deutschland, to learn more about these developments. Most news websites block AI Chatbots Two thirds of high quality news websites block AI chatbots from accessing their information, according to a report by the misinformation monitoring organisation NewsGuard. This means that some of the world's most popular AI chatbots could be collecting data on misinformation from low quality news sources and even conspiracy and hoax sites. The Enterprise Editor at NewsGuard is Jack Brewster and he is on the show to explain their findings. The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell and the studio expert is Ania Lichtarowicz. More on this week's stories: Wikidata and Artificial Intelligence: Simplified Access to Open Data for Open-Source Projects AI Chatbots Are Blocked by 67% of Top News Sites, Relying Instead on Low-Quality Sources Support the show Editor: Ania Lichtarowicz Production Manager: Liz Tuohy Recording and audio editing : Lansons | Team Farner For new episodes, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or via this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2265960/supporters/new Follow us on all the socials: Join our Facebook group Instagram Twitter/X If you like Somewhere on Earth, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts Contact us by email: hello@somewhereonearth.co Send us a voice note: via WhatsApp: +44 7486 329 484 Find a Story + Make it News = Change the World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could making Wikidata 'human' readable lead to better AI? A new project is underway to allow Large Language Models (LLMs) to read Wikidata. The data is currently structured in a way that's machine readable, but LLMs read data more like humans than machines, meaning this vast amount of human curated, high quality data isn't accessible to this type of AI. By allowing access to Wikidata, LLMs could become more reliable. Ania spoke to Lydia Pintscher, the Portfolio Lead Product Manager at Wikidata Deutschland, to learn more about these developments. Most news websites block AI ChatbotsTwo thirds of high quality news websites block AI chatbots from accessing their information, according to a report by the misinformation monitoring organisation NewsGuard. This means that some of the world's most popular AI chatbots could be collecting data on misinformation from low quality news sources and even conspiracy and hoax sites. The Enterprise Editor at NewsGuard is Jack Brewster and he is on the show to explain their findings.The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell and the studio expert is Ania Lichtarowicz.More on this week's stories: Wikidata and Artificial Intelligence: Simplified Access to Open Data for Open-Source ProjectsAI Chatbots Are Blocked by 67% of Top News Sites, Relying Instead on Low-Quality SourcesSupport the showEditor: Ania LichtarowiczProduction Manager: Liz Tuohy Recording and audio editing : Lansons | Team Farner For new episodes, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or via this link:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2265960/supporters/newFollow us on all the socials: Join our Facebook group Instagram Twitter/X If you like Somewhere on Earth, please rate and review it on Apple PodcastsContact us by email: hello@somewhereonearth.coSend us a voice note: via WhatsApp: +44 7486 329 484Find a Story + Make it News = Change the World

Subscriber-only episodeCould making Wikidata human readable lead to better AI? A new project is underway to allow Large Language Models (LLMs) to read Wikidata. The data is currently structured in a way that's machine readable, but LLMs read data more like humans than machines, meaning this vast amount of human curated, high quality data isn't accessible to this type of AI. By allowing access to Wikidata, LLMs could become more reliable. Ania spoke to Lydia Pintscher, the Portfolio Lead Product Manager at Wikidata Deutschland, to learn more about these developments. Most news websites block AI ChatbotsTwo thirds of high quality news websites block AI chatbots from accessing their information, according to a report by the misinformation monitoring organisation NewsGuard. This means that some of the world's most popular AI chatbots could be collecting data on misinformation from low quality news sources and even conspiracy and hoax sites. The Enterprise Editor at NewsGuard is Jack Brewster and he is on the show to explain their findings.The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell and the studio expert is Ania Lichtarowicz.More on this week's stories: Wikidata and Artificial Intelligence: Simplified Access to Open Data for Open-Source ProjectsAI Chatbots Are Blocked by 67% of Top News Sites, Relying Instead on Low-Quality SourcesEditor: Ania LichtarowiczProduction Manager: Liz Tuohy Recording and audio editing : Lansons | Team Farner For new episodes, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or via this link:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2265960/supporters/newFollow us on all the socials: Join our Facebook group Instagram Twitter/X If you like Somewhere on Earth, please rate and review it on Apple PodcastsContact us by email: hello@somewhereonearth.coSend us a voice note: via WhatsApp: +44 7486 329 484Find a Story + Make it News = Change the World

During National Indigenous History Month, Dalhousie University Libraries hosted an edit-a-thon to improve Wikipedia and Wikidata content related to Mi'kmaw people and Mi'kma'ki. A total of 19 Wikipedia articles were edited, 50 references added, and more than 3,300 words were contributed. One of the organizers fills us in. 

"Uvek sam radio samo ono što sam voleo i što me ložilo." Gost Ivana Minića u 258. epizodi Pojačala je dr Goran S. Milovanović, doktor psiholoških nauka koji nije pošao putem koji obično asociramo sa ovim poljem - psiholog, psihijatar ili psihoterapeut, već se specijalizovao za kognitivne i podatkovne nauke i machine learning. Polja koja zahtevaju duboko razumevanje ljudskog uma i razmišljanja, ali takođe i visok nivo tehnološkog znanja i stručnosti. Karijerni put dr Milovanovića mogao bi sam po sebi ispuniti tri epizode ove dužine, ali ova epizoda posvećena je njegovoj mladosti, priči o tome šta ga je stavilo na taj put, radu u Wikidata, najvećoj bazi znanja na svetu kao i kompaniji Smartocto koja se bavi prediktivnom analitikom u digitalnim medijima. Teme u epizodi: - Uvod - Početak razgovora - Kad porastem biću... - Dobri stari dani - Fakultetski dani - Fundamentalna nauka - Big data analytics - Kognitivne pristrasnosti - Wikidata I Smartocto - Problem digitalnih medija - Data kolektiv Realizacija Pojačalo podkasta ne bi bila moguća bez naših izuzetnih partnera: - Kompanija Epson koja je vodeći svetski proizvođač projektora i štampača za sve namene: https://www.epson.rs/sr_RS - Kompanija Orion telekom provajtera najbrže internet infrastrukture u Srbiji sa preko 30 godina iskustva: https://oriontelekom.rs Podržite nas na BuyMeACoffee: https://bit.ly/3uSBmoa Pročitajte transkript ove epizode: https://bit.ly/3PrfigS Posetite naš sajt i prijavite se na našu mailing listu: http://bit.ly/2LUKSBG Prijavite se na naš YouTube kanal: http://bit.ly/2Rgnu7o Pratite Pojačalo na društvenim mrežama: Facebook: http://bit.ly/2FfwqCR Twitter: http://bit.ly/2CVZoGr Instagram: http://bit.ly/2RzGHjN

In dieser ersten Folge des Jahres 2024 haben Letty und hukl wieder einen äußerst bunten Themenblumenstrauß für Euch mitgebracht. Schuhe, Game Engines, Trinkwasser und Osmose, Wikidata und ChatGPT und noch Vieles mehr findet den Weg in Eure Ohren und Synapsen. Bitte knacken Sie mit die Synapsen! Die Mixtape Playlists findet Ihr in den Shownotes (nicht 100% weil nicht Alles streambar).

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Pedro se muda y nos cuenta de primera mano sus experiencias con fletes japoneses y después nos pone al día sobre las grandes ambiciones de Wikipedia y el proyecto Wikidata. Por último Javier le escribe una carta de amor a uno de sus músicos favoritos, Louis Cole, en forma de sección de podcast.

Pamiętasz jak pierwszy raz skorzystałeś z Wikipedii? A może korzystanie z Wiki jest już tak naturalne, że nawet nie zastanawiasz się nad tym, skąd biorą się hasła w tym projekcie? W tym odcinku podcastu gościmy CEO Wikimedia Polska. Natalia wespół z ogromem zaangażowanych ludzi buduje największy projekt społeczny w historii ludzkości. Stowarzyszenie Wikimedia Polska działa na rzecz powszechnego dostępu do wiedzy. Wspiera i promuje Wikipedię i jej projekty siostrzane (projekty Wikimedia). Jest niezależnym partnerem Wikimedia Foundation. Projekt z Wiki w nazwie to coś więcej niż pierwsze hasło w wyszukiwarce. Porozmawiamy o wolontariuszach, czyli wikipedystach, oraz szerokiej współpracy na rzecz edukacji. Uniwersytety, szkoły, firmy, startupy, galerie i biblioteki. Oraz każdy, kto chciałby współtworzyć Wikipedię i upowszechniać edukację. Wikipedia wyznacza trendy, buduje zasób edukacyjny dzięki zapleczu technologicznemu i energii ludzi. Dzięki temu Wikipedia to trzeci największy dostawca informacji w Unii Europejskiej, bez reklam, bez potrzeby komercjalizowania, utrzymujący się wyłącznie z darowizn, od ludzi, którzy chcą wspierać dostęp do wolnej wiedzy, nieustannie się rozrastający, I to w gigantycznym tempie, istniejący w ponad 300 wersjach językowych I coraz bardziej wewnętrznie ze sobą połączony, skoordynowany. Jak wygląda Wikipedia od kuchni? Czy AI jest już w Wikipedii oraz jak naprawiać wandalizmy w Wikipedii? Przesłuchaj podcast i sprawdź, o czym mówimy w tym odcinku. Logo dźwiękowe Wikipedii https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Sonic_Logo_-_4-seconds.wav Patronite https://patronite.pl/Wikipedia.   Projekt Wikiszkoła https://wikiszkola.pl   Wikimedia Commons   https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strona_główna    Wikimedia Foundation to amerykańska organizacja non-profit założona w celu rozwoju Wikipedii i jej projektów siostrzanych (takich jak Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wiktionary itd). Utrzymuje m.in. serwery, na których znajdują się wszystkie światowe wersje Wikipedii.  Wikipedia jest największym i najbardziej rozpoznawalnym projektem prowadzonym przez WMF.  WMF wspiera również rozwój innych językowych Wikipedii i projektów siostrzanych na całym świecie.  Wikimedia Polska jest niezależnym partnerem Wikimedia Foundation, mającym wyłączne prawo na terenie Polski do używania marki Wikipedia.  Wikimedia Polska wspiera rozwój polskiej Wikipedii i jej projektów siostrzanych (np. Wikisłownik, Wikiźrodła, Wikicytaty, Wikidane, Wikimedia Commons i inne).    1 - Intro (00:01:10) 2 - O gościni (00:01:31) 3 - Wikipedia i Wikimedia (00:03:39) 4 - Jak pracują wikipedyści (00:05:56) 5 - Czym jest dziś Wikipedia (00:12:38) 6 - Praca w NBP (00:20:49) 7 - Wikipedia wyznacza trendy (00:23:51) 8 - Dobór treści w Wikipedii (00:25:44) 9 - Wikipedia na mobile (00:28:58) 10 - Dostępność (00:32:21) 11 - Współpraca z dostawcami technologii (00:34:40) 12 - AI i Wikipedia (00:37:49) 13 - Wandalizmy na Wikipedii (00:41:49) 14 - Przyszłość Wikipedii (00:46:53) 15 - Outro (00:50:22)   Muzyka: Kevin MacLeod Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License/mix by Jedrzej Paulus https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Oceń nasz podcast na Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/EscolaMobileIT

Vi klurar på hur andra källor återanvänder data från Wikipedia och Wikidata, hur referenslistor kan läggas till en masse, om den stora Vektoromställningen som nyss annonserades och ljud i rad.

In dieser Folge spricht Jacqueline Klusik-Eckert mit Angela Kailus M.A. und Julia Rössel M.A. über die Rolle von Normdaten in der kunsthistorischen Forschung und Praxis. Der Ursprung von Normdaten hängt mit einem bibliothekarischen Systematisierungsbestrebungen in den 1970er Jahren zusammen. Wie hat sich der Umgang und die Konzepte von Normdaten im Zuge der Digitalisierung verändert? Mit einem Blick hinter die Kulissen der Gemeinsamen Normdatei (kurz GND) werden die Zusammenhänge von Identifikationsnummer und den dahinterliegenden Informationen erklärt. Welchen Mehrwert für die eigenen Daten erzielt man durch die Verwendung von Normdaten? Für welche Begriffe bzw. Entitäten gibt es Normdaten? Wo findet man sie? Woher kommt dieses Wissen und wie muss man mit dem Normdatensatz umgehen? Wir sprechen auch über den Unterschied eines institutionell gepflegten und autorisierten Normdatensatzes (GND über die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) im Vergleich zu crowd-based Normdatensätzen (Wikidata).Darüber hinaus stellt sich die Frage, inwieweit die Verwendung von Normdaten bereits Einzug in das Fach Kunstgeschichte gehalten hat.Wir beleuchten die Herausforderung für sammelnde Institutionen bei der Erfassung von Objekten und der Anreicherung der Sammlungsdaten mit Normdaten. Welche Standards helfen bei der Erfassung und wofür soll man den Aufwand mit Normdaten überhaupt betreiben?Dabei nehmen wir unterschiedliche Szenarien im Datenlebenszyklus unter die Lupe.Wo begegnen wir als Forscher*innen diesen Daten, wie können wir sie nachnutzen und welche Verantwortung haben wir selbst als Produzent*innen von Forschungsdaten, wenn es um die Anreicherung der eigenen Daten mit Normdaten geht?Angela Kailus M.A. ist stellvertretende Leiterin des Deutschen Dokumentationszentrums für Kunstgeschichte – Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg und Ansprechperson bei NFDI4Culture im Arbeitsbereich Standardisierung und Datenqualität.Julia Rössel M.A. ist Kunsthistorikerin und Mitarbeiterin an der Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek, Fachstelle Denkmalpflege, DDK, Marburg . Neben ihrer Promotion über „Wechsel der Mediensysteme – Graphische Sammlung und ihre digitale Übersetzung“ hat sie sich in den Bereichen Digitalisierung und Museum, Datenqualität und Standards spezialisiert.Begleitmaterial zu den Folgen findest du auf der Homepage unter https://www.arthistoricum.net/themen/podcasts/arthistocastAlle Folgen des Podcasts werden bei heidICON mit Metadaten und persistentem Identifier gespeichert. Die Folgen haben die Creative-Commons-Lizenz CC BY 4.0 und können heruntergeladen werden. Du findest sie unterhttps://doi.org/10.11588/heidicon/1738702 Bei Fragen, Anregungen, Kritik und gerne auch Lob kannst du gerne per Mail an uns schicken unterpodcast@digitale-kunstgeschichte.de

In the first half of the last school year, PEN America has recorded almost 900 different books pulled from library shelves across the country. As long as libraries have existed, people have tried to police what goes in them. The burning of the Library of Alexandria is a metaphor that gets invoked any time we lose access to a treasure trove of books. But for centuries it has also inspired scientists and inventors, philosophers and programmers to dream about creating an ideal library, one that provides access to all the knowledge in the world. OTM producer Molly Schwartz goes to a birthday party for Wikidata at the Brooklyn Public Library, where she talks to Wikimedia New York City president Richard Knipel, Wikimedia software engineer James Forrester, and long-time Wikipedia editor Jim Henderson about how the free online encyclopedia has made strides toward providing knowledge to the sum of human knowledge. She also speaks with library historian Alex Wright, author of the book Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages, and software engineering consultant Gyula Lakatos, creator of the Library of Alexandria application suite, about the history of universal library projects and what keeps the dream alive. 

In the first half of the last school year, PEN America has recorded almost 900 different books pulled from library shelves across the country. As long as libraries have existed, people have tried to police what goes in them. The burning of the Library of Alexandria is a metaphor that gets invoked any time we lose access to a treasure trove of books. But for centuries it has also inspired scientists and inventors, philosophers and programmers to dream about creating an ideal library, one that provides access to all the knowledge in the world. OTM producer Molly Schwartz goes to a birthday party for Wikidata at the Brooklyn Public Library, where she talks to Wikimedia New York City president Richard Knipel, Wikimedia software engineer James Forrester, and long-time Wikipedia editor Jim Henderson about how the free online encyclopedia has made strides toward providing knowledge to the sum of human knowledge. She also speaks with library historian Alex Wright, author of the book Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages, and software engineering consultant Gyula Lakatos, creator of the Library of Alexandria application suite, about the history of universal library projects and what keeps the dream alive. 

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: An LLM-based “exemplary actor”, published by Roman Leventov on May 29, 2023 on The AI Alignment Forum. Into and summary This post is the second section of "Aligning an H-JEPA agent via training on the outputs of an LLM-based "exemplary actor", posted separately because I think it could warrant a separate discussion, largely independent of the discussion of H-JEPA agent with GFlowNet actors. Here's the summary of this post, copied from the "Overview" section of the main article: In section 2, I describe the “exemplary actor”, an LMCA (language model cognitive architecture) that takes a simple, “brute force” approach to alignment: a powerful LLM (think GPT-5/6 level, with a vast, or quasi-unlimited context) is given a list of “approved” textbooks on methodological and scientific disciplines: epistemology, rationality, ethics, physics, etc. Also, the LLM is given tools: narrow AIs (such as for protein folding or for predicting properties of materials, or for formal scientific modelling). Finally, the LLM is given a compute engine such as Wolfram and a knowledge base such as Wikidata or Wolfram Knowledgebase. The exemplary actor creates plans or predictions for given situations (described in language and fed to the LLM underlying the exemplary actor as prompts) and iteratively critiques and refines its own plans and predictions while putting different textbooks into the LLM context (first, with the textbook on rationality, then epistemology, then physics, etc., with potentially dozens of different textbooks relevant for a plan or prediction that is being criticised), for many iterations, until convergence. In section 2.1, I note that the type of alignment that the exemplary actor's architecture tries to ensure is called (world) model alignment and that is stronger and also more essential than goal alignment. Then, I discuss the properties of the exemplary actor. In section 2.2., I discuss what I see as likely non-issues or straightforwardly addressable issues: the “divergent reasoning nature” of LLMs, the lack of grounded common sense reasoning, and the bias of the quick reactive network (”System 1”), it it is added to the architecture to make it more practically usable in lower-stakes reasoning settings. In section 2.3, I discuss the outstanding technical issues and risks of the exemplary actor's architecture: The risk of direct access to the underlying LLM (section 2.3.1). The exemplary actor's reasoning could still be partially directed by “alien” thinking patterns (i.e., the world model) of the underlying LLM even though these influences won't surface in the explanations of the plan (section 2.3.2). Iterated critique and refinement probably won't make plans strictly conforming to the theories described in the textbooks (section 2.3.3). In section 2.3.4, I discuss the alignment tax of the exemplary actor (compared with the baseline of a bare, minimally fine-tuned LLM) and conclude that the main source of alignment tax might happen to be the theory of ethics which may force the exemplary actor to refuse to participate in “games” (i.e., real-world situations and environments) where it doesn't see ethical ways of “winning”, and thus will consider inaction (or some form of palliative action) the only ethical way forward. This is not a technical problem with the exemplary actor per se, but rather a problem with a higher-level system, i.e., the current economic, social, and political structure of the world. I mention this and other kinds of “higher-level” risks of the plans to build and deploy the exemplary actor (i.e., roughly the plans that OpenAI and Anthropic are betting on, as it seems to me) in section 2.4. 2. An LLM-based “exemplary actor” Let's assume that we have three things: First, a very powerful auto-regressive LLM (think GPT-5/6 level) with the ability to effe...

A Vorta and a Bajoran Walk into a Spaceport You may best recognize this week's guest from her work on Babylon 5, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, JAG, NYPD Blue, Becker and more! Kitty Swink is our guest this week, and we are excited to have her join us! Kitty talks about her work in the performing arts over the years, her love for Star Trek and how its impacted her life, her fight with pancreatic cancer and survival along with her work with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and more! Be sure to check out her response to WikiData claiming they have proof that she's an actual human! You can find out more about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network by visiting www.pancan.org For more information about Kitty Swink, please visit the following - Twitter - @kitswink For RSWOF Merch - https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/31938193-rswof?store_id=1397534 100% of all proceeds Benefit Wish Upon a Teen For direct contributions - www.wishuponateen.org Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/cpry4fCDTq FSF PopCast on Twitter and Instagram - @fsfpopcast Buy us Coffee - https://ko-fi.com/fsfpopcast For more on our show partners - Big Boy Graphics - www.etsy.com/shop/bigboygraphics Bridgework Studios - https://www.teepublic.com/user/bridgework-studios Level Up Sabers - https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=2018189&u=3289465&m=124959&urllink=&afftrack= Support The FSF PopCast by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/funny-science-fiction

A Vorta and a Bajoran Walk into a Spaceport You may best recognize this week's guest from her work on Babylon 5, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, JAG, NYPD Blue, Becker and more! Kitty Swink is our guest this week, and we are excited to have her join us! Kitty talks about her work in the performing arts over the years, her love for Star Trek and how its impacted her life, her fight with pancreatic cancer and survival along with her work with the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and more! Be sure to check out her response to WikiData claiming they have proof that she's an actual human! You can find out more about the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network by visiting www.pancan.org For more information about Kitty Swink, please visit the following - Twitter - @kitswink For RSWOF Merch - https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/31938193-rswof?store_id=1397534 100% of all proceeds Benefit Wish Upon a Teen For direct contributions - www.wishuponateen.org Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/cpry4fCDTq FSF PopCast on Twitter and Instagram - @fsfpopcast Buy us Coffee - https://ko-fi.com/fsfpopcast For more on our show partners - Big Boy Graphics - www.etsy.com/shop/bigboygraphics Bridgework Studios - https://www.teepublic.com/user/bridgework-studios Level Up Sabers - https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=2018189&u=3289465&m=124959&urllink=&afftrack= Support The FSF PopCast by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/funny-science-fiction

Guest Jan Ainali Panelists Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. On this episode, we have an amazing guest, Jan Ainali, who's a steward at the Foundation for Public Code, where they develop tools, processes, and collecting best practices for community building. Earlier, he ran a consultancy called Open by Default and he was swept into the ‘open movement' through Wikipedia editing and leading him to cofound the Swedish Wikimedia chapter and become chairman and later, CEO. Today, we'll learn all the details about the Foundation for Public Code, the process of becoming a member, what sets them apart from others, and their Standard for Public Code that is for anyone who wants to prepare their code to be collaborated on. Also, Jan shares what's he looking forward to in the next few months about the standard and the Foundation for Public Code. Download this episode now to learn much more! [00:02:02] Jan tells us about the Foundation for Public Code, as well as how many member organizations it has. [00:03:43] With only one member currently, we find out if Jan is trying to get others on to work with the foundation, he explains the process of becoming of member with them, and the team sizes that are directly working with them. [00:07:02] We learn what sets apart the Foundation for Public Code from the other trans-provincial and trans-governmental organizations that are doing the work of InnerSource Commons but with politics. He also goes into the policies that have gone into code that he's worked on. [00:09:46] Wikimedia and Wikipedia have chapters, and Jan reveals how big his was, how many other chapters there are in the world, and the difference between them. [00:11:15] Find out who Sverker Johansson is and what he did. [00:13:12] Jan tells us more about the Standard for Public Code, what it is, how it applies, who wrote it, and we hear the 16 criteria for it. [00:18:13] Jan explains the “must be in plain English” requirement and what the global efforts are for the Foundation for Public Code. [00:20:13] We learn how Jan is making it beneficial for everyone to join in a way that helps them out as being super awesome and grow the network that way. [00:21:02] Has Jan gotten any pushback from developers in other places? [00:22:24] Jan tells us businesses he's working with to help push this initiative forward. [00:24:38] We hear if there's a sign on process for getting people to use this standard, and Jan talks about the accreditation process. [00:29:14] Richard asks Jan if he knows of other standards that are already in this space and what sets his apart from the others. [00:30:32] Jan explains their level of standards, as well as what he's most looking forward to in the next few months about the standard and the foundation. [00:32:54] Find out where you can follow Jan on the web. Quotes [00:03:19] “We really think if you collaborate with everyone, that's better than to collaborate with just a few." [00:07:22] “We only work with code bases with the public purpose where someone tries to put a policy into code. That's where we're a little bit narrower than others.” Spotlight [00:34:04] Justin's spotlight is WeasyPrint. It's open source and turns simple HTML pages into gorgeous PDF's and open source. [00:34:39] Richard's spotlight is Sverker Johansson. [00:35:10] Jan's spotlight is Denny Vrandečić, first project manager at Wikidata, and right now working on Abstract Wikipedia. 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Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guest: Jan Ainali.

Sie war Fürstin aus dem mächtigen Hause Habsburg, das seit dem Mittelalter zahlreiche europäische Herrscher*innen hervor gebracht hat, z.B. alle Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches (deutscher Nation) bis 1806. Darunter Maria Theresia.Sie war 1740 bis zu ihrem Tod Erzherzogin von Österreich und Königin u.a. von Ungarn (mitKroatien) und Böhmen.Sie war die Gewinnerin des österreichischen Erbfolgekriegs: Bis 1748 konnte sich Maria Theresia im Frieden von Aachen als rechtmäßige Erbin des 1740 verstorbenen Karl VI. durchsetzen, wobei sie trotzdem einige Ländereien wie Schlesien verlor sowie die Herzogtümer Parma und Piacenza.Maria Theresia ist besonders bekannt für politische und gesellschaftliche Reformen, die aus heutiger Sicht sehr modern anmuten, darunter eine größere Bedeutung für Bildung in der Gesellschaft. Damit wurde Maria Theresia eine prägende Figur des aufgeklärten Absolutismus.Mehr zu ihr in dieser Episode.Photo Credits: wiki commons, Deutsch: Maria Theresia von Österreich-Este, Lithographie von Franz Eybl nach einem Gemälde von Moritz Daffinger, 1845Date1845SourceEigenes Foto einer Originallithographie der ÖNB (Wien) Author: Franz Eybl  (1806–1880)  Foto Peter Geymayer at German Wikipedia.Redaktionelle Unterstützung: Daniel Jacob Mehr zu uns unter: https://linktr.ee/starkefrauen****************WERBUNG: Unser Podcast wird freundlicherweise unterstützt von CLARK, dem digitalen Versicherungsmanager. Versichert euch jetzt "up" mit der kostenlosen CLARK-App und erfahrt alle Infos zum Shopping-Gutschein mit dem Code “STARKEFRAUEN“ hier: https://www.clark.de/landing/social/starke-frauen/ Möchtest Du Cathrin oder Kim auf einen Kaffee einladen und dafür die Episoden werbefrei hören? Dann klicke auf den folgenden Link: https://plus.acast.com/s/starke-frauen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This bonus episode features a conversation between Lane Rasberry, Wikimedian-In-Residence at the UVA School of Data Science, and Lloyd Sy, a Ph.D. candidate in the UVA Department of English. In this conversation, Lane and Lloyd take a deep dive into the expansive world of Wikidata and ask the existential question, "What makes a person a person?" Or, more specifically, what data points make up a person? To help answer this question, Lloyd developed a large-scale data model of the biographical data contained within the Wikidata platform. This project serves as the foundation for their conversation. They also take a wide view of biographical data as it pertains to research and academia, including the process of gathering the data, the ethics of utilizing the data, personal ownership of the data, and much more. Anyone interested in these concepts should find this discussion valuable. Links: WikiProject Biography Music: "Screen Saver" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Aquest dijous ens fem la següent reflexió: qui és la personalitat més popular nascuda a Lloret de Mar? La personalitat més popular nascuda a Lloret de Mar és el jugador de futbol Marc Muniesa, segons un mapa creat per un geògraf finlandès, a partir de les dades de Viquipèdia i Wikidata. Es tracta d'una informació, […] La notícia Bon Dia Bona Hora – 11 Agost 2022 s'ha publicat al web de Nova Ràdio Lloret.

Nueva edición del podcast de www.infotecarios.com En esta edición charlaremos con Luis Álvarez Azcárraga sobre documentación, registro y archivo del espacio público a través de herramientas de conocimiento libre: Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons y Wikidata. Conocido como Luis Alvaz dentro de la comunidad de Wikimedia México y Wikipedia. Luis es Doctor en Estudios Socioculturales (UAA), maestro en Estética y Arte (BUAP) y licenciado en Ciencias de la Comunicación (BUAP). Profesor en la Licenciatura en Estudios del Arte y Gestión Cultural (UAA) y en la Licenciatura en Artes Visuales (Universidad de las Artes, ICA), desde el 2015. Sus áreas de investigación son: Las comunidades colaborativas y participativas de Internet, como Wikipedia. También ha estudiado los procesos creativos en las artes digitales, así como el arte sonoro y los sistemas de colaboración en el arte y la música. Está interesado en las licencias libres, la cultura copyleft, la ciencia abierta y el conocimiento como un procomún. Desde 2014, edita en Wikipedia y es voluntario de Wikimedia México desde ese mismo año, organizando talleres, editatones e incorporando esta herramienta como elemento para el aprendizaje en la universidad. Forma parte de la mesa directiva de Wikimedia México desde el año 2016, donde es vicepresidente desde este año. También es integrante de Creative Commons México desde el año 2020. Sus actividades artísticas: Ha musicalizado documentales y obras de teatro, como Corazón gordito (Teatro escolar Aguascalientes, 2016-2017) y Clarita (Muestra Nacional de Teatro 2019), con la colectiva Ramas y Raíces. Colaborador del podcast Se Oye Libre de Wikimedia México (2021-2022). Productor, editor y locutor de radio: El Grito del Silencio (2010-2011); El Ágora (RadioBuap, 2008); Comunicación al Aire (RadioBuap, 2006-2007) Es editor de sección de la Revista Arte Imagen y Sonido, de la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes.

Les références : Software Heritage Site de Morgane Gruenpeter Software Stories (utilise Wikidata) Save code now Les ambassadeurs de Software Heritage Postuler à Software Heritage Guide de bonnes pratiques Software Heritage archive Internet archive Libre à vous ! #13 du 19 février 2019, avec Roberto Di Cosmo, un des fondateurs du projet Software Heritage. Libre à vous ! #130 sur la science ouverte et logiciel libreVous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour cela, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.

In this episode, we speak with Dr Sabah Ul-Hasan, a bioinformatics postdoctoral scholar and lecturer who curates and integrates specialised medical databases into Wikidata. They are also one of the founders of The Biota Project, which intersects science education, outreach, and environmental justice to foster science and data literacy. We begin our conversation by exploring their first moments of fascination with science, and in particular, with wildlife biology. Later on, we discuss the value of data accessibility, the importance of community, and the valuable lessons that Dr Ul-Hasan has learned along their journey. Episode transcript available here: https://www.herroyalscience.com/post/26-community

Uma semana cheia de problemas, outra vez no Percy, nas contribuições do Ember, e mais umas esquisiticesSegue-nos no Mastodon ou no Twitter e junta-te ao nosso Slack.Links:WikidataEmber.js na wikidataGithub wikidata bottool-new-releaseFirefox multi-account containersPercyChoosyBufferMastodon schedulerO Conversas em Código é da autoria do Hugo Peixoto e de Ricardo Mendes

Onze gastnerd deze week is Dr. Egon Willighagen. Hij is docent bio-informatica aan de Universiteit van Maastricht en onderzoekt de chemie van de biologie. Zijn grootste hobby is Open Science, met onder meer Bioclipse, de Chemistry Development Kit en WikiPathways als gevolg. We beginnen ons gesprek al met de vraag wat bio-informatica precies is. Nadat Egon ons heeft verteld over zijn onderzoek naar bijvoorbeeld de veiligheid van nieuwe chemische verbindingen in vaccins en zonnebrand, beschouwen we met hem de lange reis van fundamenteel wetenschappelijk onderzoek tot een door iedereen goed te begrijpen nieuwsbericht.Terug van weggeweest aan onze tafel is Esther Crabbendam en Maarten van Woerkom zwaait (voorlopig) definitief af. Een bewogen aflevering met een keur aan inhoud dus.Tijdschema00:00:00 Een pijnlijk afscheid00:02:48 Een nieuw Nerdbier00:08:51 Voorstellen: Egon Willighagen00:14:27 Hoe leg je bio-informatica uit?00:18:21 Hoe onderzoek je biologische processen?00:24:35 Eiwitten vouwen met je eigen CPU00:32:51 Het op schaal produceren van vaccins00:43:14 Wikidata als tegenhanger van Wikipedia00:55:16 Hoe wetenschappelijk nieuws de wereld over gaat01:12:04 Vragen van de luisteraars01:52:11 Tips02:05:32 Afkondiging02:07:51 Napraten met Maarten van WoerkomTipsRandal PeelenWar Remains VR experience van Dan CarlinSomeone Dear Ruined My Life… Again van CGP GreyAuke Hoekstra's twitterdraadje over Don't Look UpEsther CrabbendamWereldmachten podcast Vaccinatiediplomatie: armpje drukken met vaccinsTrailer van MoonknightEgon WillighagenNerdbier BruinAlpha Fold 2Cryptobros spent $3 million on Dune book, believing it gave them copyrightLees je in in wetgevingStudents for Free CultureThe Graveyard Book van Neil GaimanZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Les références : La Formation Culture générale des données de Datactivist La rencontre de Sebastopol sur Wikidata Ma chronique Pépites libres sur les données géographiques libres IGN et OpenStreetMap, des données géographiques libres pour les territoires : Écouter le podcast ou Lire la transcription Les 8 principes de l'opendata (en anglais) Usbek & Rica : Une brève histoire de la donnée publique Le Plan d'action logiciels libres et communs numériques Le Challenge DataVous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour cela, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.

On this episode, I got the chance to sit down and chat about social justice in science with Dr. Sabah Ul-Hasan, a bioinformatician and postdoc at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego under Dr. Andrew Su. They are currently working on the NIH-funded Wikidata biocuration project. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromwheredoesitstem/message

Con Galder Gonzalez conocemos un poco más profundamente qué es el mundo Wikipedia, sobre todo, el mundo wikipedia en euskara. Una de las mejores posicionadas del mundo, con miles de artículos e información. ...

A letter as a vessel for life. Join our daily conversation 🍒 Gen 11:30 https://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0111.htm ???????? ??????, ???????: ???? ????, ?????. And Sarai was barren; she had no child. Painting by: Bartolome Esteban Murillo; 1617-1682 the Lord appears to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre Oil on canvas Height: 236.2 cm (92.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; Width: 261.5 cm (102.9 in) Accession number 4900 (National Gallery of Canada) Edit this at Wikidata ~~~~~ Biblical Hebrew Links & Resources ~~~~~ Blog: https://hebrew.learnoutlive.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/learnhebrewOnline/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/_learn_hebrew You can find our podcast on: Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/blueprints_apple Spotify: http://bit.ly/blueprints_spotify Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/blueprints_google Stitcher: http://bit.ly/blueprints_stitcher Join our live lessons via our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2599792680052142/ Koltuv & Shalom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

r i kvalitetskontroll av Wikidata på Wikipedia, har för mycket xxx-klassat på första sidan, behandlar tråkig vandalisering, röstar på kommittéer och nominerar verktyg.

Vi vränger ut och in på Wikipedias förhållande till Wikidata, svarar på mejl, rensar cachen, drar fler fast små pengar, och får möjlighet att svar bättre.

In this episode, we will talk to Siobhan Leachman, a citizen scientist and prolific Wikidata editor. Rebecca tries to figure out which WikiFauna represents her best. And our Wiki hero is the incoming CEO Maryana Iskander. Logo design by Trish O'Flaherty: https://www.trishoflahertydesign.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/ This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more.

In this episode, we will talk to Jan Ainali, a Codebase Steward for the Foundation for Public Code and a complete Wikidata fanboy. The wiki-rule of the episode is that no-one owns an article and we celebrate the many Wikimedians of 2021, including past guest Netha Hussain.  Some interesting links from the Interview with Jan: https://www.datastory.org/services/election-tracker https://www.govdirectory.org/ Logo design by Trish O'Flaherty: https://www.trishoflahertydesign.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/world_wikipedia Website: https://www.headstuff.org/the-world-according-to-wikipedia/ This show is part of the HeadStuff Podcast Network. For more, go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com, where you can also become a member of HeadStuff+ and get exclusive access to bonus material and lots more.

Projecting and tracking COVID-19 infection rates in England with R, leveraging Wikidata to tag scientific abstracts, and a new deep-learning workflow with the luz package Episode Links This week's curator: Robert Hickman (@robwhickman (https://twitter.com/robwhickman)) Tracking SARS-CoV-2 In England with {epidemia} (https://imperialcollegelondon.github.io/epidemia/articles/multiple-obs.html) Tagging the Scientific Abstracts with Wikidata Items (https://dwayzer.netlify.app/posts/2021-06-15-tagging-the-abstracts-with-wikidata-items) Que haja luz: More light for torch! (https://blogs.rstudio.com/tensorflow/posts/2021-06-17-luz) Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2021-W25 (https://rweekly.org/2021-W25.html) Supplemental Resources {epidemia} package documentation (https://imperialcollegelondon.github.io/epidemia/index.html) A COVID-19 Model for Local Authorities of the United Kingdom (https://rss.org.uk/RSS/media/File-library/News/2021/MishraScott.pdf) How epidemiology has shaped the COVID pandemic (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00183-z)

Exploring wikidata with the {tidywikidatar} package, accessibility improvements in {knitr}, and the top 40 new CRAN packages for March. Episode Links This week's curator: Batool Almazrouq (@batool664) (https://twitter.com/batool664) What does Wikidata know about members of the European Parliament? (https://medium.com/european-data-journalism-network/a-new-r-package-for-exploring-the-wealth-of-information-stored-by-wikidata-fe85e82b6440) New in knitr: Improved accessibility with image alt text (https://blog.rstudio.com/2021/04/20/knitr-fig-alt/) March 2021: "Top 40" New CRAN Packages (https://rviews.rstudio.com/2021/04/22/march-2021-top-40-new-cran-packages/) Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2021-W17 (https://rweekly.org/2021-W17.html) Supplemental Resources https://news.yahoo.com/wikipedia-turns-20-aims-reach-035212015.html https://github.com/yihui/knitr/releases/tag/v1.32 https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/pkglite/index.html https://flujoo.github.io/gm/

Jarno van Driel talks with Jason Barnard about structured data Jarno Van Driel is a technical & semantic SEO expert with more than 20 years of experience in the field, whose main focus is to provide website optimization services and guide organizations into this new era of the semantic web. Contrary to what most marketers believe, structured data is much more than a simple final touch to get a nice Brand SERP – there are serious advantages in making structured data the foundation for your organization. You will learn amazing tips and insights, as well as what the future looks like in terms of the implementation of Schema Markup in e-commerce sites. What you'll learn from Jarno van Driel 00:00 Jarno Van Driel with Jason Barnard00:40 Jarno Van Driel's Brand SERP02:35 Structured Data is MUCH more than just a “final sprinkle” to get a nice looking SERP07:02 Structured Data as the foundation for your organization08:36 Managing Data Layers in Google Tag Manager11:15 How to deal with the current Schema Markup limitations?13:58 Could Structured Data solve the language barrier issue on a search engine?15:54 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Dbpedia for entity disambiguation in different languages17:15 Is there always a need to disambiguate?17:53 What has changed in SEO copywriting since 201020:26 Does Google prefer that a page is about just one single entity (passage based indexing) ?22:33 A discussion about Google's ability to identify content's relevancy27:54 Using Schema Markup to avoid duplicate content on an e-commerce site at the category level32:22 New implementations of Schema Markup in e-commerce sites38:09 Google's Merchant Center feeds and the role of Schema Markup41:06 Is Google “forcing our hand” with structured data? Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe here >> This episode was recorded live on video April 6th 2021 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Jarno van Driel talks with Jason Barnard about structured data Jarno Van Driel is a technical & semantic SEO expert with more than 20 years of experience in the field, whose main focus is to provide website optimization services and guide organizations into this new era of the semantic web. Contrary to what most marketers believe, structured data is much more than a simple final touch to get a nice Brand SERP – there are serious advantages in making structured data the foundation for your organization. You will learn amazing tips and insights, as well as what the future looks like in terms of the implementation of Schema Markup in e-commerce sites. What you'll learn from Jarno van Driel 00:00 Jarno Van Driel with Jason Barnard00:40 Jarno Van Driel's Brand SERP02:35 Structured Data is MUCH more than just a “final sprinkle” to get a nice looking SERP07:02 Structured Data as the foundation for your organization08:36 Managing Data Layers in Google Tag Manager11:15 How to deal with the current Schema Markup limitations?13:58 Could Structured Data solve the language barrier issue on a search engine?15:54 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Dbpedia for entity disambiguation in different languages17:15 Is there always a need to disambiguate?17:53 What has changed in SEO copywriting since 201020:26 Does Google prefer that a page is about just one single entity (passage based indexing) ?22:33 A discussion about Google's ability to identify content's relevancy27:54 Using Schema Markup to avoid duplicate content on an e-commerce site at the category level32:22 New implementations of Schema Markup in e-commerce sites38:09 Google's Merchant Center feeds and the role of Schema Markup41:06 Is Google “forcing our hand” with structured data? Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe here >> This episode was recorded live on video April 6th 2021 Recorded live at Kalicube Tuesdays (Digital Marketing Livestream Event Series). Watch the video now >>

Para este episodio contamos con la compañía de Rubén Ojeda, coordinador de proyectos en Wikimedia España, la asociación sin ánimo de lucro que promueve el conocimiento libre y los proyectos Wikimedia, siendo Wikipedia el más conocido de todos. Pero Wikimedia es mucho más que la Wikipedia, y en este episodio Rubén nos contará todo el trabajo que se realiza desde la asociación y cómo favorecen un mejor acceso a la cultura y el conocimiento libre. Wikimedia está detrás de proyectos de difusión tan interesantes como Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikiquote o Wikisource, pero también de otros muchos que constituyen un formidable repositorio de información compartida y libre. Con Rubén Ojeda hablamos mucho sobre Wikipedia pero también de varias cuestiones sobre Wikimedia y sus proyectos: ¿Qué es la Asociación Wikimedia España y cómo se constituye aquí? En qué consiste una wiki y cómo se organiza a nivel editorial. ¿Cómo pueden participar los ciudadanos de los proyectos Wikimedia? ¿Conoce el sector público y las instituciones culturales cómo compartir conocimiento a través de vuestros proyectos? ¿Cuáles son las mayores amenazas al conocimiento libre en la era digital? ¿Cómo pueden ayudar los proyectos Wikimedia a combatir la desinformación? En definitiva una conversación muy completa para conocer la labor de Wikimedia, aspectos sobre derechos digitales, contenidos libres y conocer cómo poder colaborar en los proyectos.

Welcome to the History of Computing Podcast, where we explore the history of information technology. Because understanding the past prepares us for the innovations of the future! Todays episode is on the history of Wikipedia. The very idea of a single location that could store all the known information in the world began with Ptolemy I, founder of the Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt following the death of Alexander the great. He and his son amassed 100s of thousands of scrolls in the Library and Alexandria from 331 BC and on. The Library was part of a great campus of the Musaeum where they also supported great minds starting with Ptolemy I's patronage of Euclid, the father of geometry, and later including Archimedes, the father of engineering, Hipparchus, the founder of trigonometry, Her, the father of math, and Herophilus, who gave us the scientific method and countless other great hellenistic thinkers. The Library entered into a slow decline that began with the expulsion of intellectuals from Alexandria in 145BC. Ptolemy VIII was responsible for that. Always be weary of people who attack those that they can't win over especially when they start blaming the intellectual elite for the problems of the world. This began a slow decline of the library until it burned, first with a small fire accidentally set by Caesar in 48BC and then for good in the 270s AD. In the centuries since there have been attempts here and there to gather great amounts of information. The first known encyclopedia was the Naturalis Historiae by Pliny the Elder, never completed because he was killed in the eruption of Vesuvius. One of the better known being the Encyclopedia Britannica, starting off in 1768. Mass production of these was aided by the printing press but given that there's a cost to producing those materials and a margin to be made in the sale of those materials that encouraged a somewhat succinct exploration of certain topics. The advent of the computer era of course led to encyclopedias on CD and then to online encyclopedias. Encyclopedias at the time employed experts in certain fields and paid them for compiling and editing articles for volumes that would then be sold. As we say these days, this was a business model just waiting to be disrupted. Jimmy Wales was moderating an online discussion board on Objectivism and happened across Larry Sanger in the early 90s. They debated and became friends. Wales started Nupedia, which was supposed to be a free encyclopedia, funded by advertising revenue. As it was to be free, they were to recruit thousands of volunteer editors. People of the caliber that had been previously hired to research and write articles for encyclopedias. Sanger, who was pursuing a PhD in philosophy from Ohio State University, was hired on as editor-in-chief. This was a twist on the old model of compiling an encyclopedia and a twist that didn't work out as intended. Volunteers were slow to sign up, but Nupedia went online in 2000. Later in the year there had only been two articles that made it through the review process. When Sanger told Ben Kovitz about this, he recommended looking at the emerging wiki culture. This had been started with WikiWikiWeb, developed by Ward Cunningham in 1994, named after a shuttle bus that ran between airport terminals at the Honolulu airport. WikiWikiWeb had been inspired by Hypercard but needed to be multi-user so people could collaborate on web pages, quickly producing content on new patterns in programming. He wanted to make non-writers feel ok about writing. Sanger proposed using a wiki to be able to accept submissions for articles and edits from anyone but still having a complicated review process to accept changes. The reviewers weren't into that, so they started a side project they called Wikipedia in 2001 with a user-generated model for content, or article, generation. The plan was to generate articles on Wikipedia and then move or copy them into Nupedia once they were ready. But Wikipedia got mentioned on Slashdot. In 2001 there were nearly 30 million websites but half a billion people using the web. Back then a mention on the influential Slashdot could make a site. And it certainly helped. They grew and more and more people started to contribute. They hit 1,000 articles in March of 2001 and that increased by 10 fold by September, By And another 4 fold the next year. It started working independent of Nupedia. The dot-com bubble burst in 2000 and by 2002 Nupedia had to lay Sanger off and he left both projects. Nupedia slowly died and was finally shut down in 2003. Eventually the Wikimedia Foundation was built to help unlock the world's knowledge, which now owns and operates Wikipedia. Wikimedia also includes Commons for media, Wikibooks that includes free textbooks and manuals, Wikiquote for quotations, Wikiversity for free learning materials, MediaWiki the source code for the site, Wikidata for pulling large amounts of data from Wikimedia properties using APIs, Wikisource, a library of free content, Wikivoyage, a free travel guide, Wikinews, free news, Wikispecies, a directory containing over 687,000 species. Many of the properties have very specific ways of organizing data, making it easier to work with en masse. The properties have grown because people like to be helpful and Wales allowed self-governance of articles. To this day he rarely gets involved in the day-to-day affairs of the wikipedia site, other than the occasional puppy dog looks in banners asking for donations. You should donate. He does have 8 principles the site is run by: 1. Wikipedia's success to date is entirely a function of our open community. 2. Newcomers are always to be welcomed. 3. “You can edit this page right now” is a core guiding check on everything that we do. 4. Any changes to the software must be gradual and reversible. 5. The open and viral nature of the GNU Free Documentation License and the Create Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License is fundamental to the long-term success of the site. 6. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. 7. Anyone with a complaint should be treated with the utmost respect and dignity. 8. Diplomacy consists of combining honesty and politeness. This culminates in 5 pillars wikipedia is built on: 1. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. 2. Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view. 3. Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute. 4. Wikipedia's editors should treat each other with respect and civility. 5. Wikipedia has no firm rules. Sanger went on to found Citizendium, which uses real names instead of handles, thinking maybe people will contribute better content if their name is attached to something. The web is global. Throughout history there have been encyclopedias produced around the world, with the Four Great Books of Song coming out of 11th century China, the Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity coming out of 10th century Persia. When Wikipedia launched, it was in English. Wikipedia launched a German version using the deutsche.wikipedia.com subdomain. It now lives at de.wikipedia.com and Wikipedia has gone from being 90% English to being almost 90 % non-English, meaning that Wikipedia is able to pull in even more of the world's knowledge. Wikipedia picked up nearly 20,000 English articles in 2001, over 75,000 new articles in 2002, and that number has steadily climbed wreaching over 3,000,000 by 2010, and we're closing in on 6 Million today. The English version is 10 terabytes of data uncompressed. If you wanted to buy a printed copy of wikipedia today, it would be over 2500 books. By 2009 Microsoft Encarta shut down. By 2010 Encyclopedia Britannica stopped printing their massive set of books and went online. You can still buy encyclopedias from specialty makers, such as the World Book. Ironically, Encyclopedia Britannica does now put real names of people on articles they produce on their website, in an ad-driven model. There are a lot of ads. And the content isn't linked to as many places nor as thorough. Creating a single location that could store all the known information in the world seems like a pretty daunting task. Compiling the non-copywritten works of the world is now the mission of Wikipedia. The site receives the fifth most views per month and is read by nearly half a billion people a month with over 15 billion page views per month. Anyone who has gone down the rabbit hole of learning about Ptolemy I's involvement in developing the Library of Alexandria and then read up on his children and how his dynasty lasted until Cleopatra and how… well, you get the point… can understand how they get so much traffic. Today there are over 48,000,000 articles and over 37,000,000 registered users who have contributed articles meaning if we set 160 Great Libraries of Alexandria side-by-side we would have about the same amount of information Wikipedia has amassed. And it's done so because of the contributions of so many dedicated people. People who spend hours researching and building pages, undergoing the need to provide references to cite the data in the articles (btw wikipedia is not supposed to represent original research), more people to patrol and look for content contributed by people on a soapbox or with an agenda, rather than just reporting the facts. Another team looking for articles that need more information. And they do these things for free. While you can occasionally see frustrations from contributors, it is truly one of the best things humanity has done. This allows us to rediscover our own history, effectively compiling all the facts that make up the world we live in, often linked to the opinions that shape them in the reference materials, which include the over 200 million works housed at the US Library of Congress, and over 25 million books scanned into Google Books (out of about 130 million). As with the Great Library of Alexandria, we do have to keep those who seek to throw out the intellectuals of the world away and keep the great works being compiled from falling to waste due to inactivity. Wikipedia keeps a history of pages, to avoid revisionist history. The servers need to be maintained, but the database can be downloaded and is routinely downloaded by plenty of people. I think the idea of providing an encyclopedia for free that was sponsored by ads was sound. Pivoting the business model to make it open was revolutionary. With the availability of the data for machine learning and the ability to enrich it with other sources like genealogical research, actual books, maps, scientific data, and anything else you can manage, I suspect we'll see contributions we haven't even begun to think about! And thanks to all of this, we now have a real compendium of the worlds knowledge, getting more and more accurate and holistic by the day. Thank you to everyone involved, from Jimbo and Larry, to the moderators, to the staff, and of course to the millions of people who contribute pages about all the history that makes up the world as we know it today. And thanks to you for listening to yet another episode of the History of Computing Podcast. We're lucky to have you. Have a great day! Note: This work was produced in large part due to the compilation of historical facts available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia

Humans pricked by info-hunger pangs used to hunt and peck for scraps of trivia on the savanna of the internet. Now we sit in screen-glow-flooded caves and grunt, “Alexa!” Virtual assistants do the dirty work for us. Problem is, computers can't really speak the language. Many of our densest, most reliable troves of knowledge, from Wikipedia to (ahem) the pages of WIRED, are encoded in an ancient technology largely opaque to machines—prose.

Most people are familiar with Wikipedia, but there's a lot more to "open data" than the convenience of checking how tall your favorite Olympic athlete is. Open databases can play a key role in supporting research and innovation, but they also raise questions about intellectual property and fair compensation for creators. How are databases like Wikidata regulated in Europe, and how does that approach differ from the U.S.? Julia Schuetze, a Euromasters student and tech strategist at Wikimedia Germany joins the show.