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If you weren't able to make @everythingopen in Adelaide in January but were still keen to catch my talk on the #TokenWars in #ML - the hunt for real, human data amidst a sea of AI-generated slop - then don't despair!
I'm delighted to be giving this talk again at the Melbourne ML and AI meetup in mid-April - with thanks to Lizzie Silver for the behind the scenes organisation and to Jonathan Oxer for making the connection.
Seats are strictly limited - so sign up as soon as you can!
📅 Tuesday 15th April, 6pm to 8pm AEST
📍 Docklands Hub, next to Library at the Dock, 912 Collins Street, MelbourneTalk Title: The Token Wars: why not all our content should be open
Abstract: In recent years, there has been an explosion in generative AI. Most of us are now familiar with tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, Sora, and others. At the heart of generative AI is a machine learning architecture called the "transformer", which is fed by huge datasets - text, images and videos. Those datasets are "tokenised" - cut up into chunks which the transformer can ingest. Those actors who can obtain the most tokens can generally train the best models (for various values of "best").
We are now witnessing a battle between the creators of generative AI models - who seek to obtain as much data as possible for tokenisation - while their targets try to stop them. The social ramifications of this resource conflict are widespread, resulting in "alateral damage" - a term I am coining to point to the unforeseen, unintended, distal consequences of a seemingly innocuous technology.
These are the Token Wars.
And they're the reason not all our content should be openly available.
In this three-part talk, I first provide a technical grounding on transformers, tokens and how they're used to build text-based generative AI. In the second part, I draw on economics to ask, "why are tokens so valuable?", showing that as the internet becomes filled with AI slop, human-created data is becoming more scarce - and so more expensive. In the third part I explore how you might approach guarding your token treasure, from data poisoning to alternative licensing models and data sovereignty.
You'll leave this talk never looking at data or ChatGPT the same way again.
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Watched a neat talk about #dinit at #EverythingOpen today. It's nice to see people still working on systemd alternatives. @davmac focused more on the experience of running the project and managing expectations, which fits well with the theme of the conference this year.
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Jon Oxer of SuperHouse spoke with me at #EverythingOpen about doing a livestream of him building a #RepRapMicron #3Dprinter. Well, it's this Sunday NZ/Aus time: https://www.youtube.com/live/9y5YsKGFets
Boy is the documentation wiki due for a shakedown!
I shall lurk in the background.
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Hello #introduction! I made this account after attending #everythingopen as I'm finally convinced to get into the fediverse. I will be tooting about obscure computer history and the nitty gritty of various topics related to secure computing, electronics and embedded systems
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Our chair @kattekrab is talking about all our services at @everythingopen! #EverythingOpen #eo2026 #RightToKnow #PlanningAlerts #Transparency #OpenGovernment #TheyVoteForYou
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I had the opportunity to re-run my `What happened in production!?` presentation from @everythingopen this week and got the recording for anyone who might've missed it at #eo2025 #EverythingOpen
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I had the opportunity to re-run my `What happened in production!?` presentation from @everythingopen this week and got the recording for anyone who might've missed it at #eo2025 #EverythingOpen
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I had the opportunity to re-run my `What happened in production!?` presentation from @everythingopen this week and got the recording for anyone who might've missed it at #eo2025 #EverythingOpen
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I had the opportunity to re-run my `What happened in production!?` presentation from @everythingopen this week and got the recording for anyone who might've missed it at #eo2025 #EverythingOpen
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🌟🌟🌟 A HUGE thank you to all the organisers and volunteers of @everythingopen - a wonderful conference made possible by your efforts 🌟🌟🌟
#EverythingOpen #eo2025 -
It wouldn't be a conference without being sniped in the hallway track, so here's an extremely niche thing that I did this week.
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Michael of the #Kaurna people, with Ian's help, teaches us about the importance of listening, and more broadly about how knowledge is shared.
We need to know where our knowledge comes from so we can share it and connect.
Niina Marni
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In just a few days I will travel to Tarntanya/Adelaide - fulfilling a desire to take the Overland across north-Western Victoria and into South Australia - to present my talk on the #TokenWars at @everythingopen #EO2025 #EverythingOpen.
The future of many open source, volunteer-run conferences is precarious.
Rising costs of hosting, dwindling sponsorship, and reluctance to fund employees to attend, as well as the increasing burn-out of the dedicated folks who pitch in thousands of hours a year to make them happen - on top of the erosion caused by the pandemic - means that this may be the last year in many I get to catch up with the community I've come to call "my people" over the last 15 years.
So, let's make it a blast.
Three stellar #keynotes lead the proceedings - maker, technologist and Skill Seeker, @sjpiper145, critical technologist and FOI expert, @daedalus, alongside passionate advocate for the power of libraries, @Trishh.
On top of that, I'm also anticipating great talks from Andy Gelme, @Unixbigot, @saera, @nnye, @dtbell91, @emmadavidson, @kattekrab @[email protected] Aleisha Amohia and Sara King, just to name a few - people I have admired and respected for a long time.
See you there, perhaps for the last time in a long while?
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Did you love #linuxconfau? Then you're going to love #EverythingOpen - another excellent #conference from #LinuxAustralia.
#EverythingOpen brings together folx in the #GLAM, #OpenSource, #OpenHardware, #OpenData, #OpenCulture and related communities to share knowledge, exchange ideas and collaborate.
What you might not know is that #EverythingOpen, like other events in the Linux Australia stable - #PyConAu, #DrupalSouth, #WordCamp -
- is #volunteer-run.This means that tickets are much more affordable than commercial or for-profit events - when was the last time you attended a 3-day #conference for around $100 per day (Hobbyist rate)?! That low cost is subsidised by the hundreds - thousands - of volunteer hours that go into the conference. To the team - thank you. You are appreciated.
Everything Open is on at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in beautiful #Naarm #Melbourne March 14th-16th.
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Folks, there's only one more day to submit to the #EverythingOpen #conference, which will be held in #Melbourne #Naarm in March.
If you liked #linuxconfau or #LCA2020 then you're going to love #EverythingOpen
🎉 🐧 🐍 📊 ⌨️ 🧑🤝🧑
In particular, we'd love to have #CfP proposals from topic areas such as #GLAM #GLAMR #OpenData #OpenGov #GovHack, #OpenAccess, #OER and #Education.
Boosts warmly welcomed!
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current CO₂ level in Room B / #2B11 is 817ppm [2026-01-23 11:45]
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current CO₂ level in room A / #2B07 is 1007ppm [2026-01-22 15:00]
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current CO₂ level in room A / #2B07 is 1019ppm [2026-01-22 14:40]
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current CO₂ level in room A / #2B07 is 963ppm [2026-01-22 14:26]
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current CO₂ level in room A / #2B07 is 886ppm [2026-01-22 12:00]