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“One phenomenon we are seeing is a lot of complaints and requests for review that have been generated by and possibly suggested by AI.”
People get a response to their FOI request, plug it into AI to ask how to handle it, and are told to appeal to the information and privacy commissioner, he said.
“So it’s reasonable to think that the next prompt will be: ‘OK. Well, please generate me a complaint.’ ”
The issues with AI hallucinating, exaggerating or extrapolating can complicate those complaints, he said. The term in use by front-line reviewers is “AI slop,” he said.
#AI #LLMs #BCGov
https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/les-leyne-complaints-about-foi-surge-and-ai-might-be-to-blame-12206821 -
What every citizen of BC should know about the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act is that at the end, it has a section that essentially argues that *any* and *all* government information *must* be disclosed if it is in the public interest.
“Division 4 -- Public Interest Paramount”
It has just one Section:
*Information must be disclosed if in the public interest*
25 (1)Whether or not a request for access is made, the head of a public body must, without delay, disclose to the public, to an affected group of people or to an applicant, information
(a)about a risk of significant harm to the environment or to the health or safety of the public or a group of people, or
(b)the disclosure of which is, for any other reason, clearly in the public interest.
(2)Subsection (1) applies despite any other provision of this Act.
———https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96165_02#section25
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Just sent a truly epic email to the Freedom of Information office at the BC Ministry requesting that they release a bunch of information that they refused/redacted in my 2000 page Island Railway related information disclosure.
It was 1160 words with 11 attachments. 😂
Feeling my citizen-power rn
Though i don't envy the FOI analyst opening that up just before lunch on a Friday in June. 😇
(blog post about the FOI request: (https://chrisalemany.ca/2025/06/16/2-years-later-my-freedom-of-information-request-shows-a-snapshot-of-government-ignoring-vancouver-islanders-for-20-years/)
#BCPoli #BCGov #IslandRail #FOIPPA #FOI -
This is so disheartening. #HealthCanada just continues to drop the ball on combatting #covid.
This is beyond infuriating, and it’s all because of shady deals #Canada made with #Pfizer and #Moderna.
#Novavax is the only vaccine my #immunocompromised #bced k-12 wife can take without heart palpitations. It’s also the only vaccine I will take period due to health complications with the others.
Health Canada has also always made Novavax difficult to get. Despite living in busy Burnaby, we regularly had to drive to Surrey or the back of Port Coquitlam to get a dose.
They always made it a long awkward drive because they wanted us to choose moderna or pfizer out of laziness. The other “govt preferred” options were always available at the Walmart 5 minutes away.
They have now decided to force us into these other options or simply not get vaccinated at all.
Looks like my #bced partner and I will not be vaccinated this fall due to #HeathCanada’s careless decision to forget about us again.
I have absolutely no faith this #bcndp #bcgov will care about this either. Wouldn’t be surprised if this decision came directly from #BonnieHenry herself. They have abandoned the vulnerable yet again.
I now wonder if we will ever get vaccinated in Canada again. Looks like we will have to start traveling to the #US just to get proper coverage. Shame on #HealthCanada.
They should all be fired and replaced by #vulnerable people who actually still care to fight this pandemic with ALL tools available.
This decision by Health Canada will only result in more sickness and death.
#Masks are now our only line of defence, how long before they take those away?
#bcpoli #unvaccinated #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #CovidIsNotOver #MakeSchoolsSafe
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Global News BC: 3,500 ‘affordable’ rental homes on the way, B.C. asking for proposals https://globalnews.ca/news/9928361/affordable-rental-homes-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCgovernmentrentalhousinginvestment #buildingbccommunityhousingfund #BCgovernmentrentalhousing #BCHousingCrisis #BCrentalhousing #BCrentalunits #BCgovernment #BCHousing #Politics #BCrental #Economy #Canada #BCgov
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I think it's super interesting that the #BCGov is pushing their wallet and #DigitalCredentials.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023CITZ0003-000076
@tylerharper you might be interested in this.Also, the Exchange Lab is putting on a talk with one of the people heavily involved in the gov's efforts with Digital Credentials and working in partnership with other jurisdictions.
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These irreplaceable old growth forests continue to be logged across British Columbia. Over 1,100 people have been arrested trying to keep them standing.
There is no time to waste. Protect the Irreplaceable.
#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #nature @[email protected] #bcpoli #bcgov
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1520018572084490240