1/ #MITPress (@mitpress) just sent a survey to its authors on how or whether to allow #AI tools to train on their publications. Here's the main question and my response.

[Q] Do you believe that works you have authored should be used to train generative AI systems? How do publisher practices in this area impact your own choice of publishing partners?

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Two journals from the European Sociological Association (#ESA) are leaving #TayloAndFrancis to become #DiamondOA at #MITPress (@themitpress).
https://mitpress.mit.edu/european-sociological-association-journals-european-societies-and-european-journal-of-cultural-and-political-sociology-move-to-diamond-open-access-at-the-mit-press/

The two journals "are the inaugural beneficiaries of the shift+OPEN program, an initiative by the MIT Press aimed at facilitating the transition of traditional journals to diamond open access."

Reminder that Jaroslav Švelch's
"Player vs. Monster" is right around the corner.

A study of the gruesome game characters we love to beat—and what they tell us about ourselves.

Read more about it here:
https://thevideogamelibrary.org/book/player-vs-monster-the-making-and-breaking-of-video-game-monstrosity

#GameStudies #Zombies #Aliens #Gaming #VideoGame #VideoGames #Gamer #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #MIT #MITPress #TLOU #TheLastOfUs #Bloodborne #SpaceInvaders #Reading #Bookworm #GameBooks #VideoGameBook #Monstrosity #Monster #Beast #Creature #Enemy #Boss

Hi!
I'm a #prof of Information at the University of #Toronto, part of the School of the Environment, and direct the Just Sustainability Design Lab. My work aims to help reorient computing and IT for #sustainability and #justice.
I often work across fields including #HCI, #CSCW, #softwareEngineering, #STS and others. My book 'Insolvent: How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainability' appeared in June 2023 #MITPress. https://justsustainabilitydesign.org/
he/him, immigrant settler, #T1D. re-#Introduction

#introductions

I'm the chair of Comm Studies at American U in Washington, DC.

Stuff I do:

Nonfiction abt culture, law & technology. Next book: THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA #MITPress (Spring 2024)

Fiction. Next book: #scifi novel A SECOND CHANCE FOR YESTERDAY #Solaris (2023; written w my sister @rachelcleves under the pen name @RASinn)

Music. Mostly bass, jazz/reggae/soul. Latest album: DUNIA & ARAM "BEDFELLOWS" #GMOtheLabel (2022 w my wife the great @dunia) http://duniaandaram.com