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Just to say it explicitly, for anyone else reading this:
Regarding:
AI & BS vs Fedi
Nowadays, when most people say "AI" they tend to mean LLMs and Diffusion Models.
But. the type of AI referred to in that post is not an LLM or Diffusion Model. But the type of AI that has been around for decades, most people (in certain parts of the world) already use (whether they realize it or not)
Ex of that other type of AI: anti-SPAM filters, reading hand written address on mail, etc.
I've been to some of the Bluesky / ATmosphere conferences.
You are correct that there are former AP people over there (at AT) now.
I talked to a number of them. This (at the following URL) is a common reason I heard for why they switched from AP to AT:
One person saying — builders have mostly left Mastodon (and gone to Bluesky), because when developers try to build on Mastodon, they get yelled at, and maybe even receive death threats. #ATmosphereConf
Mastodon (mastodon.social)
(I am quoting / paraphrasing someone who switched AP to AT. But, I heard others say similar, too.)
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