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Hidde de Vries reposted thisHidde de Vries reposted thisI really appreciate that Hidde de Vries pushes for the topic to be addressed. My personal opinion is that AI companies are parasites that have no right to be part of the web. They should pay billions to W3C and to content creators, but they just come in and pretend to own the place. They just take and give nothing. They don’t deserve a place at the table, they don’t even deserve a place at the kids table. https://lnkd.in/dbQNc3rv
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Hidde de Vries shared this✏️ Open web vs AI: what can W3C do? https://lnkd.in/eCTza_pH High-level writeup of last week's W3C AC meeting breakout session, where we talked about threats to the open web and what to do about them! Thanks to Mark Nottingham Ben Werdmuller Anil Dash Julien Genestoux and others for talking/writing about this before.
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Hidde de Vries shared thisToday, as part of the W3C Developer Meetup at the yearly AC Meeting, I spoke at Ant Group in Hangzhou about AI, the web, and web standards! My slides: https://lnkd.in/e9GSKEH9
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Hidde de Vries shared thisToday I talked at Web You Want about five essential ingredients of a web in service of us, the people! Such a web is - sustainable, - ethical, - accessible, - fun, and, most importantly, - ours. Sorry, dear LinkedIn, I did make fun of your inability to link. I also covered polarisation, the need to slim down, and the fact that it is absolutely allowed to have fun on the web! 🖼️ Slides: https://lnkd.in/ecAAJXH7Five essential ingredients for a web that serves us allFive essential ingredients for a web that serves us all
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Hidde de Vries shared thisI'm doing a new (ish) talk at “The Web You Want” tomorrow, free to join in Amsterdam! the-web-you-want.org It is about 5 essential ingredients of a web that serves us all. If you're in or near Amsterdam, join us! Tickets are free. There's excellent speakers like Marleen Stikker, Sanne Peters, Niels Leenheer and Justus Sturkenboom!
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Hidde de Vries shared this🔗 “I want your unfiltered and half-baked ideas, not Claude’s synthesized extrusions”, says Dave Rupert in his recent blog post (https://lnkd.in/ewnG2-ua) about what casual LLM usage could actually mean in the workplace beyond promise of ‘efficiency’ and ‘profit’. — I post links like this on hidde dot blog slash links too, with an RSS feed that you can subscribe to for free, outside the algorithmic timelines.I don’t want a screenshot of your Claude conversationI don’t want a screenshot of your Claude conversation
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Hidde de Vries shared this🌿 My latest blog post for zeroheight came out today! And in it, I talk about making your websites more sustainable via the design system! The post covers the Web Sustainability Guidelines, measuring sustainability, and has 6 tips for things you could solve well via components, from lazy loading to CPU/GPU saving. https://lnkd.in/eFipPU7yGreen components: How your design system can aid sustainability goals - zeroheightGreen components: How your design system can aid sustainability goals - zeroheight
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Hidde de Vries shared thisGisteren gaf ik in het auditorium van Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties een presentatie over Ethiek en AI, een onderwerp waar ik tijdens m'n studie veel mee bezig was, en eigenlijk altijd wel ben blijven volgen. Wie wil weten of een project wel ethisch is, zou misschien naar een filosoof willen stappen om dat te vragen. Maar één filosoof weet dat ook niet: ethiek gaat over het wegen van waarden, en waarden kunnen verschillen. Daarom hebben we immers politieke partijen, het kan botsen! In Europa zijn er ook allerlei fundamentele rechten en waarden vastgelegd. Die geven richting aan wat er bijvoorbeeld volgens de AI Act wordt verboden, ontmoedigd of aangemoedigd. En er zijn ethische instrumenten, die soms verplicht en soms vrijwillig kunnen worden ingezet. In m'n praatje ging ik in op drie aspecten van AI die belangrijk zijn om te begrijpen als je waarden wilt wegen: hoe het wordt gemaakt, hoe het wordt verkocht en hoe het wordt gebruikt. Na afloop gingen we in gesprek, ik was blij met alle goede vragen! Slides zijn terug te vinden: https://lnkd.in/emp5vB45
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Hidde de Vries shared thisProud that we've published our first “position paper” at the W3C AB, gathering our thoughts around using LLMs in the process of creating standards in our community. There are some ways where we think it could be relatively ok, but also many others where the risk may not be worth it. If I can highlight one point: “Embrace thoughtful discussions: avoid using LLMs instead of deliberation.” One risk of having an LLM generate a reply or most of a reply in a conversation, is that you're giving that conversation less thought. And thought is _the_ thing that we as humans can uniquely bring to our work. Curious to hear people think of the paper!Hidde de Vries shared thisWhat happens when you put AI enthusiasts and AI skeptics into the same room? Well, at W3C you get conversations flowing and perspectives challenged. In this case, it has led to the W3C Advisory Board's first ever public position statement: "Use of Large Language Models in Standards Work”. The position statement reflects the AB's current thinking on using Large Language Models (LLMs) in the standards process. It lists both opportunities, like brainstorming names and gap analysis, and risks, like subtle incorrectness and second-hand burdening as well as suggesting some guardrails for when LLMs are used. Hidde de Vries, co-author, noted: ”As an AI skeptic with a philosophy background, I've often been annoyingly pedantic about various aspects of LLMs and the ways they're used. I loved working with Elena, who is much more optimistic and much more tuned into how people are using these tools, to take on the challenge of coming up with a balanced piece together.” Elena Lape, co-author, added: “Standards are meant to last. And on the Web, that matters even more — because decisions made here can affect billions of people, for years to come. Hidde and I came at this from different perspectives, and I think that helped the Advisory Board arrive at a shared view that is neither uncritically open nor reflexively skeptical.” Read more at: https://lnkd.in/ebaSp3dn #WebStandards #LLMsAdvisory Board publishes Position Statement on AI in Standards WorkAdvisory Board publishes Position Statement on AI in Standards Work
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woohoo well done 👏. Congrats on your first, I am sure many will follow!
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Astrid Poot dankjewel! En ooh ik zag je zitten en wilde nog ff hallo zeggen! moest vroeg naar huis dus dat lukte helaas niet meer, volgende keer! Leuk dat je erbij was!
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Hidde de Vries liked thisHidde de Vries liked thisVandaag hebben we https://code.overheid.nl gelanceerd: hét overheidsbrede codeplatform 🥳🥳 Code.overheid.nl is een pilot waarin we Forgejo gaan beproeven; een open source, Europees en soeverein alternatief voor Github/Gitlab. We gaan klein beginnen en bouwen voorzichtig uit. Het overheidsbrede codeplatform is een initiatief van het Open Source Program Office bij het Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties in samenwerking met onze vrienden van DAWO (SSC-ICT), Opensourcewerken , developer.overheid.nl, en een aantal enthousiaste overheidsorganisaties. 🤝 Tom Ootes van developer.overheid schreef er een mooi stuk over: https://lnkd.in/dyAjA6Xd Boris 🧑🚀 van Hoytema Johan Groenen Marlena van Ooijen @MauriceHendriks Daan Buursen Victor Gevers Martijn Stegerhoek Anne Jan Brouwer Anne Schuth Jan Klopper Eelco Maljaars Tilian Honig Ruub van der Klip Thomas Steenbergen Manfred Zielinski Peter Giskes Mitch Hak Jochem Knoops Ger Senden @BurnyVerbeekWe gaan samen code.overheid.nl bouwen | developer.overheid.nlWe gaan samen code.overheid.nl bouwen | developer.overheid.nl
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Hidde de Vries liked thisI briefly escaped my garage prison to film this one…Hidde de Vries liked thissizes="auto" landed in Firefox 150, making responsive images simpler and more reliable. Here's when you can use it, and how…
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Hidde de Vries liked thisThis one was fun to record! Together with Una Kravets we nailed this one in just 2 takes 😎 #GoogleIO Also, come see our “What’s new in Web UI” talk in the Chrome tent on May 20: https://lnkd.in/eAvqUDyF (Yes, the talk will be recorded and get published afterwards)Hidde de Vries liked thisWatch the Developer Keynote on May 19th at 1:30 pm PT to discover the latest web features created to boost your productivity → https://goo.gle/3OHt9Cm
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