#Tag · bonfire.cafe

Huh, spam from 1Password offering me “Early access to Comet, the new AI browser from Perplexity”. I’m perplexed all right, about why 1Password, an outfit I mostly like, is doing this. I want a serious relationship with my security-technology providers, not a spammy one that flirts with sketchy totally-unrelated products.

#genAI #1Password

Tim Bray

@timbray@cosocial.ca · 2 days ago

#genAI #1Password

Sharon Machlis

@smach@masto.machlis.com · 2 days ago

@simonpcouch convincing me at #Positconf2025 that I should be automating evaluations of my LLM RAG chatbots with the {vitals} #RStats 📦 instead of doing them manually.
More resources: https://github.com/simonpcouch/conf-25
#GenAI

Sharon Machlis

@smach@masto.machlis.com · 2 days ago

Useful #Positconf2025 slide from Rebecca Barter on how she uses different forms of #GenAI for coding

This is a photo of a presentation slide titled "Tasks I use AI coding assistants for." The slide lists categories and tasks:

Code completion

Recall and discover functions

Generate repetitive code

Inline editor

Scale up from test example

File editor

Optimize code

Refactor my code

Chat

Debug

Explain complex code

Agent

Generate unit tests

Generate documentation

Create project templates — This is a photo of a presentation slide titled "Tasks I use AI coding assistants for." The slide lists categories and tasks: Code completion Recall and discover functions Generate repetitive code Inline editor Scale up from test example File editor Optimize code Refactor my code Chat Debug Explain complex code Agent Generate unit tests Generate documentation Create project templates

Sharon Machlis

@smach@masto.machlis.com · 2 days ago

AI isn’t taking my job; it’s changing the way I do my job Rebecca Barter, Senior Data Scientist at Arine, tells #PositConf2025 . She treats #GenAI as an assistant that can do things she doesn't want to do or look up, like change plot axes. Code completion can be good to discover new functions.

Sharon Machlis

@smach@masto.machlis.com · 3 days ago

Ryan Johnson at Posit is demoing the Databot Positron extension for data exploration now at #Positconf2025 . If you want more info, I wrote a short article about databot for InfoWorld: https://www.infoworld.com/article/4050900/databot-ai-assisted-data-analysis-in-r-or-python.html

#GenAI #RStats

InfoWorld

Databot: AI-assisted data analysis in R or Python

Databot is an experimental alternative to querychat that works with R or Python. And it’s now available as an add-on for the Positron IDE.

Lance Eaton, PhD

@leaton01@scholar.social · 3 days ago

there's still time to submit (Sept 19) your AI-infused approach/strategy/activity for teaching and learning! Please consider contributing to this open-access resources!

https://stars.library.ucf.edu/traiil/

#OER #GenAI #Teaching #AIEducation

@academicchatter @edutooters

Teaching Repository of AI-Infused Learning | University of Central Florida

Mre. Dartigen [maker mode] and 1 other boosted

Wim🧮

@wim_v12e@scholar.social · 4 days ago

I will give a webinar "Demystifying AI" targeted at non-technical people, primarily working in the third sector or consultants working for the third sector.

It's scheduled for Thursday 18 Sept, at 11:00 UK time, on Zoom.

If you are interested, let me know, I can DM you a link to the registration.

To be clear: I will be explaining why it is bad.

#genAI

Wim🧮

@wim_v12e@scholar.social · 4 days ago

I will give a webinar "Demystifying AI" targeted at non-technical people, primarily working in the third sector or consultants working for the third sector.

It's scheduled for Thursday 18 Sept, at 11:00 UK time, on Zoom.

If you are interested, let me know, I can DM you a link to the registration.

To be clear: I will be explaining why it is bad.

#genAI

Sharon Machlis

@smach@masto.machlis.com · 4 days ago

From Matt Boggie, CTO: "The Philadelphia Inquirer has released an open-source version of our internal archive tool 'Dewey', a RAG-based application built for exploring our deep historical archives and tuned for newsroom use. For some complex reporting tasks, this tool can take days out of a weeks-long research process."
https://github.com/Lenfest-Institute/ai-collab-dewey-ai
#GenAI #DDJ

Sharon Machlis

@smach@masto.machlis.com · 4 days ago

Programming With LLMs #PositConf2025 workshop materials are available on GitHub! 🎉 While going over the materials myself isn't nearly as good as attending the workshop, it's better than nothing. 😀
Repo: https://github.com/posit-conf-2025/llm
Website: https://posit-conf-2025.github.io/llm/
#GenAI #RStats #Python