> On Feb 26, 2025, at 08:28, dan via groups.io <dmaertens2=gmail....@groups.io>
> wrote:
>
> No sources for the time being because this is not necessary....
Your quote makes conclusions about two completely different systems, four
hundred years apart, from nation states having different modes of production in
a different world order, which today is dominated by the most powerful imperial
nation the planet has ever seen. I'd like the details rather than a just
machine summary, at least partially plagiarized, that may or may not be an AI
"hallucination." So, I think this list deserves the analysis from human beings
and not pieces of software.
> It is not about specific facts but about general observations that are
> obvious to everyone..
> And as a historian I know very well how the VOC operated...
Then, you should already have the references of experts on the topic, why
bother with chatGPT? I use chatGPT to find references and spend a fraction of
time finding them with chatGPT - at considerable computing cost, but that's
another story. Well, an historian should be able to come up with a reference
written by an identified person who gives a reasoned presentation, or attempts
to, rather than a synopsis written by who knows who. Just because chatGPT
confirms our biases, doesn't mean we should quote it.
> how Leopold II operated in his Congo Free State...
> and how the Belgian State dealt with the Belgian Congo...
> Furthermore, as a world citizen I follow what is happening in the world every
> day, via Dutch, French and English media.
Then I'd like to hear your opinion and not what chatGPT has synthesized using
billions or trillions of terms and equations, Bayesian logic, and various other
algorithms, private and public, and culled from every piece of content that the
trainers of the model could find, much of it often contradictory. This week, I
found myself watching Jeffrey Sachs explain how US imperialism and NATO led to
Russia's invasion Ukraine. There is no doubt some truth to that, but Sachs has
his own baggage having been part of the neoliberal crew that administered a
"shock therapy" transition to Russian capitalism. I wouldn't dismiss the Sachs
interview because of that, but it definitely matters to know who you are
reading. chatGPT often cannot figure that out.
We no doubt need an AI policy for contributions to this list.
Mark
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