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| ===== Agenda ===== | ===== Agenda ===== | ||
| * Memberships process: | * Memberships process: | ||
| - | * How to add ppl to Matrix: Jade needs to write this down | ||
| * Everything Open Talks | * Everything Open Talks | ||
| * AI Policy | * AI Policy | ||
| * LoRes UX: Design Directions and student involvement | * LoRes UX: Design Directions and student involvement | ||
| - | * Partnership opportunities: | + | * Partnership opportunities |
| * Taiga board review: AGM, bank account | * Taiga board review: AGM, bank account | ||
| * Solarpunk meetups | * Solarpunk meetups | ||
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| * Oct Maker Community | * Oct Maker Community | ||
| * Nov Melbourne Connect | * Nov Melbourne Connect | ||
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| + | ==== LoRes Update and Partnerships ==== | ||
| + | * Coburg Studios may be a space to explore: now fully battery powered (though not offgrid) | ||
| + | * 8 ppl have successfully set up their nodes; Kiwix app install is now a separate subsequent step. Some folks need to update. Maintenance section in the doc now started. Some QoL improvements are needed e.g. to see what version. Nodes are on | ||
| + | * Now we have one other contributor! Greg: a meaty PR. | ||
| + | * Priority: starting to unlock other contributors to the project. | ||
| + | * Multi-node Wikipedia is just a Proof of Concept | ||
| + | * People are knocking on our door asking for the services we are offering. Neighbourhood centres. Food Sovereignty Alliance. Feral Computing. | ||
| + | * DashChat is being realigned to be local first. But note it's not open / foundation held but the technical approach is interesting. | ||
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| + | ==== Design Directions ==== | ||
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| + | * Co-design opportunities around the LoRes Tech; | ||
| + | * Students and design professional to build a brief; | ||
| + | * Incorporate input from First Nations people; | ||
| + | * New design approaches needed to communicate the status of the node and network; | ||
| + | * A key idea: computing is now embedded in place. Re-geographising computers. | ||
| + | * Peopling computing: | ||
| + | * To what extent should we make the tech-based interactions human? Should people see the name and face of the person who's providing tech or will that lead to finger pointing? | ||
| + | * We can't fully throw a question like this over to designers: There are security implications which impact on risk, accessibility, | ||
| + | * Security model? | ||
| + | * Auditable and transparency rather than control | ||
| + | * Wade: " | ||
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| + | ==== AI Policy ==== | ||
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| + | * For Jade the big AI issue is the oligarch cash grab and power grab. | ||
| + | * Economic consequences; | ||
| + | * Secondary concerns: energy and | ||
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| + | On the other hand AI works: in some circumstances, | ||
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| + | Solarpunk policy: carve-out for tinkerers to run agentic AI if code is up to our standard, but not: | ||
| + | * pay big tech | ||
| + | * if it runs in a data centre; must run locally (within 20kms), fully powered (actually, not just buy green power) | ||
| + | * alternatives: | ||
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| + | Wade: it's not intelligent so we should put that framing in to the preamble. It's not refusal so we should consider carefully how this might be succeeded | ||
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| + | Sarah: We should set a process timeline or overall framework for revisiting the policy. | ||
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| + | AI enables us to work without collaboration. | ||
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| + | Sarah: let's discuss whether to remove the rationale to e.g. a blog post. | ||
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