Thanks Yael and all for hosting this! A great conversation which we should revisit regularly.
On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 4:40 PM Yael Weissburg <rweissb...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Last year, as part of our annual planning process, the Wikimedia > Foundation shared a list of external trends > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Chief_Executive_Officer/Maryana%E2%80%99s_Listening_Tour/External_Trends> > that we believed were likely to significantly impact the context in which > the Wikimedia movement operates. Our focus at the time was on the changing > nature of search, the astronomical rise in the global demand for content, > and rich media content in particular, and the concerning rise of > misinformation and disinformation. We heard from many in our movement about > additional trends that our movement faces that we didn’t include in that > list, but that are critical to how we as a movement operate, including the > de-prioritization of investigative journalism, and the damage to GLAM > institutions wrought by the global pandemic. > > As part of this year’s annual planning process, we set out to update that > list. In particular, we’ve been tracking recent advancements in artificial > intelligence (AI). In our recent Diff post on the topic, [1] we noted some > risks as well as some potential opportunities for our movement as this > technology continues to evolve. Since there has been a great deal of > interest in and discussion about AI products like ChatGPT and what it means > for Wikimedia over the past few months (including several threads on the > topic on this mailing list), we’d love to explore this topic in more depth > with you and continue the conversation about its implications for us as a > free knowledge movement. > > I’d like to invite you all to an open call on 23 March at 18:00 UTC (find > your local time here) [2] where we can share reflections on the > opportunities, risks, and questions we see raised by new AI tools and > products. > > The call will be held on Zoom. If you’re interested in joining, email > answ...@wikimedia.org and we will share the Zoom link with you via email. > We will work to coordinate interpretation for languages where there are 3 > or more interested community members; please email answ...@wikimedia.org > with interpretation requests as well. > > For those who are unable to join the call, but interested in following and > contributing to the conversation, we plan to share notes on our External > Trends Meta page [3] afterward so that you can add your thoughts. > > Whether in person or on-wiki, I hope you’ll share your ideas so that we > can all get a broader understanding of the potential benefits and > challenges of this emergent technology. Looking forward to the discussion! > > Best, > > > Yael Weissburg > > 1. > > > > https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/02/17/looking-outward-external-trends-in-2023/ > 2. > > https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1679594401 > 3. > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/2023-2024/Draft/External_Trends > > > *Yael Weissburg* (she/her) > VP, Partnerships, Programs & Grantmaking > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > M: (+1) 415.513.6643 > I work from San Francisco. My time zone is UTC -7/-8. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/BTIM7FBO3XATNOLL7OMAPCQQWC2DM45X/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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