"AI for the rest of us", Part VII

 Last we showed here how to create "quick & dirty" graphs while chatting on ur mobile. Now we'll see how we can create summaries, not from "text to hand", but from that cribbed off the internet. 

Having left socials, I'm down to corresponding at Extinction Rebellion "Media Tell the Truth" WhatsApp group. Jon Fuller there is also at "Climate Genocide Act Now" here. I was a scientist for Extinction Rebellion, and blogged here about the pandemic against the lies of the British government, as well as about floods and rising sea levels in East Anglia. I didn't know GCAN, however, as I'm no longer active.

Useful GPT

I just reg'd for Nova collection of GPT  tools (Generative Pre-Trained Transformer), so I simply asked ChatGPT what it knew about GCAN? It's a  understatement to say that as a writer I was impressed, so was Jon Fuller:

Climate Genocide Act Now is a movement and advocacy campaign that seeks to address the significant and severe impacts of climate change, particularly on marginalized communities around the world. While comprehensive details may vary, here are some key points typically associated with the campaign:

1. Definition of Climate Genocide: The term "climate genocide" refers to the idea that the actions (or inaction) of governments and corporations regarding climate change can lead to catastrophic outcomes that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. This could include forced displacement, loss of livelihoods, and severe health impacts due to climate-related disasters.

2. Advocacy for Legal Accountability: Proponents of the Climate Genocide Act Now campaign often call for legal frameworks that recognize climate change and its consequences as a form of genocide. This can involve the pursuit of action against entities (such as corporations and governments) that are perceived as perpetuating climate-related harm.

3. Human Rights Focus: The movement often emphasizes the human rights implications of climate change, arguing that failure to act on climate issues violates the rights of individuals and communities, particularly those historically marginalized.

4. Mobilization and Awareness: "Climate Genocide Act Now" seeks to raise public awareness regarding the urgent need for action on climate change. This includes mobilizing communities, educating the public about the impacts of climate change, and advocating for policies that are sustainable and equitable.

5. Intersectionality: The campaign often takes an intersectional approach, recognizing that climate change intersects with issues of race, class, gender, and colonialism, and that solutions must address these interconnected factors.

6. Global Scope: While the campaign may have specific focuses in various regions, it typically aims for a global audience, seeking to unify efforts across different nations to tackle the climate crisis and its adverse effects.

Conclusion:

The "Climate Genocide Act Now" campaign is part of a broader movement advocating for urgent and equitable climate action. It seeks to amplify the voices of those who are most affected by climate change and to push for legal and structural changes necessary to combat climate injustice. For the latest and most specific details about the campaign, including current initiatives and actions, it is advisable to visit their official website or look for recent publications related to their efforts.

Hallucination

Nova however falls apart on my previous website, when I had a sole proprietorship and hosted it on a Canadian ISP. As it's no longer hosted there, GPT "hallucinated" (Wikipedia) or created erroneous material:

Zolnai.ca is a platform associated with the business and professional activities of Bonnie Zolnai, who is a real estate agent based in Canada. The website typically showcases her services, listings, and expertise in the real estate market, particularly within her operating regions. Here are some key aspects you can generally find on Zolnai.ca:

1. Real Estate Listings: The site often features current property listings, including residential and possibly commercial properties available for sale or rent. It may provide detailed descriptions, high-quality images, and essential information about each listing.

2. Market Insights: Zolnai.ca may offer insights into the local real estate market, including trends, pricing analysis, and tips for buyers and sellers, helping clients make informed decisions.

3. Client Services: The website likely outlines the services offered by Bonnie Zolnai, which can include home buying and selling assistance, property evaluation, consultation, and guidance throughout the transaction process.

4. Contact Information: Zolnai.ca generally provides contact details for potential clients to reach out directly, whether for inquiries about listings, to schedule showings, or for general questions about the real estate process.

5. Testimonials and Success Stories: Many real estate websites include client testimonials or case studies showcasing successful transactions as social proof of the agent's effectiveness and expertise.

6. Resources: The platform may feature resources for buyers and sellers, such as financing options, tips for staging a home, or checklists for moving.

7. Community Involvement: If applicable, the site might highlight Bonnie Zolnai's involvement in the local community, including sponsorships, events, or volunteer work.

For the latest and most specific information about Bonnie Zolnai's real estate services, property listings, and market insights, it is recommended to visit the website directly at Zolnai.ca. This will provide you with up-to-date information regarding her offerings and any current listings.

 Meanwhile back at the ranch 

You may also look at my early Prompt Engineering trials here and here, that also hit  roadblocks. Note also that hallucination above only happened once, and that,subsequent queries stated it has no info on that specific website... no doubt because it no longer exists!

It did, moreover, create very useful summaries for current websites of the Community Interest Company I started this AI series for - see previous paragraph - both the old Cottenham.info and the new Cambridgeshire.ai... 

The ranch I refer to, where Terry Jackson and I lean against the gate as we chew on a blade of grass? Copilot generated this:

(click to enlarge) 

"AI for the rest of us", Part VI

Update: Part VII here follows w using ChatGPT to summarize off the web direct.

 Part V (here) showed elaborate (mis)use of AI. Here is a super simple example whipped up in Google Gemini on the phone during a chat about value change over time. Notice all along, adding less & less detail shows AI perists previous prompts.

Northwest Passage Reloaded

Update: right on cue, a photo exhibit on Arctic Life and Climate Change in Budapest HU on Euronews.

Here is an old webpage from 1996 I had to retire a couple years ago. It smacks of urban legend, had I not been told by airport staff in Resolute on Cornwallis Isl., the Arctic Canadian hub (read on):

Hurricanes, tornadoes and sea level rise

Update: see @ bottom example of a Cyclone (Wikipedia) as they're called in the So. Hemisphere.

 Further to our explorations in AI here and to the previous post here, this is a 'conversation' with Copilot, Microsoft Bing's AI extension. Conversation means that you can daisy-chain questions without repeating them, either to extend or to zero in:

Global sea level rise revisited

Update: so follow-on here with definions and relationsips among these topics

I posted here 3 yrs. ago among a series of DIY map notes to encourage Citizen Science, how to use NOAA global digital elevation data to model sea level rise data on straight geometry. See also here for an explanation referring to East Anglia. Here is what it looks like from the DIY document:

"Where in the world is Andrew?", updated

I posted a decade ago here re: creating dynamic maps where my travels can show on video. I have since improved on the original Mercator maps that smear out the poles and make N Hemisphere land mass look a lot bigger than it really is. 

Mercator projection (Wikipedia) started with mariners, whose maps allowed to plot sailings in straight lines. It was later kept by Colonialist Europe and Cold War North America, because it increased the size of colonizers and reduced that of the colonies, or conversely made the Soviet Union look bigger & more threatening.

Global harmonization of climate & temperature data since 1850

Update: a post in SciTech Daily shows that ocean  atmospheric science - shown in this and previous post - is alive and may help with assessing climate change: it's about the doldrums driven by downdrafts not updrafts; at a localized scale, downdrafts  were dramatically reported in passenger flight incidents here or the sinking off Sicily of a superyacht here, and updrafts in increasing mid-Atlantic hurricane generation here. 

CLIWOC tall ships sailings from captains logs

Update: global harmonization of climate data since 1850 follows next.

"CLImatological database of World OCeans" was my first outing using Esri tools as personal project. I found this fabulous dataset with ¼ M points! Detailed here, it came from a 5 yr. EU project to scan captains ships logs for climate data in the 17-19th c. before weather data were recorded. Tall ships were mainly British, Dutch & French, Portuguese notably absent due to Lisbon archive destruction in the 1755 "Great Earthquake" (Wikipedia). 

A return to my roots

Updates: mapping climate data from historic ships & global harmonization follow respectively here & here.

 "You can get Andrew outa maps, but you can't get maps outa Andrew" quipped a GIS map friend when I left Kuwait a dozen years ago... Well after quitting socials, Esri(UK) graciously helped me recover my desktop app. While I lost my story maps and web maps content, I maintained a free dev account - story maps and maps&data - this was chiefly to preserve my Living Atlas content inspired by John Nelson. 

"AI for the rest of us", Part V

Update 1: go to the bottom for a positive aspect of what AI can automatically generate, and how a test for AGI (artificial general intelligence) has been designed

Update 2: see next part here of this series for an uktra-simple use of AI

While I described opportunities AI gave in prompt engineering and text processing (ending at previous post here), I tried for fun to create a billboard from an advert I saw in TX or CA 20 or 30 yrs ago: it was Home Depot's "got wood?", after the wildly famous "got milk?" campaign from the Milk Board. 

Showing folks  sporting white 'mustaches' from drinking milk too eagerly, it was the dawn of the photoshop era: milk was traced into mustaches or smiles... "and no milk was spilled in the production of the advert".