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UPDATE2: There've been new developements:
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/117486094261932225

🚨 Please read & act if you're running a small online shop in the EU or are even just a customer of one: These people need your urgent support. Otherwise the still new EU-wide packaging & waste regulation (PPWR) as it currently stands and is in full effect WILL kill most of the small businesses in the EU, incl. the livelihoods of artists, designers, illustrators, makers etc. who're trying to survive by selling physical goods online...

The legislation already came online in August, but it's been an utter bureaucratic mess! Official communication and clarification was even worse/absent for many weeks since rollout. An exemption from the most damaging parts for nano/micro-businesses was only voted[1][2] on in parliament today (almost 60(!) days after introduction), but with positive outcome. However, this support by parliament is only a small win and we need more pressure on MEPs to clarify the severity of this situation for the next round(s) of negotiation with the EU Council and member states.

To clarify: The most damaging & costly part of this regulation is the requirement for a legal representative in each EU country you want to ship to. The cost of a single representative is several hundred Euro per yer per country. If you're intending to sell to the entire EU, that's worst case 27 middlemen to pay, i.e. (tens of) thousands of Euro in just regulatory fees every single year. It's completely unrealistic, disproportional, nonsensical and against every aspect of the single market principles... It is now easier to sell to outside the EU than it is to sell inside the EU! Make it make sense!

The only people this regulation benefits are major retailers and the growing compliance industry!

Please boost for visibility! Thank you! 🙏

(Update: added link, punctuation)

[1] https://packaging-journal.de/en/the-european-parliament-wants-to-simplify-the-epr-requirements-only-for-small-companies/
[2] https://www.rapporteur.com/news/meps-back-small-business-exemption-from-costly-waste-reduction-compliance/

#PPWR #EU #SME #SaveMicroEnterprises #Legislation #WriteToYourMEP

好可爱的雪的刺绣

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风暴已至

10 月 6 日，OpenAI 一次性释放了 722 份数学成果论文，涵盖了 372 个数学开放问题，这些结果来源于 4000 多个研究问题的测试，每项成果平均消耗了相当于 ChatGPT Pro 约三小时的计算量。

这对数学界无疑是一颗重磅炸弹。就连原本支持使用 AI 辅助数学研究的陶哲轩都转载了一段人类数学协会（Association for Human Mathematics）的宣言（这个组织内的所有成员均宣言自己不会发表完全由 AI 生成的论文，不过陶哲轩不在其中）。宣言指出，OpenAI 此举是对科学研究规范的漠视，一次性释放 700 余份未经验证的论文并非对学术的追求，而是对权力的展示，数学界应该立刻停止和 OpenAI 的合作。

但这场风暴其实一个月前已经启动，并暂时看不到任何休止的迹象。

9月7日，一位数学家以一篇言辞激烈的PDF开启了这场风暴。他指责OpenAI试图截胡他的研究课题，不得不把未能完善的论文公之于众。

这引发了一系列关于 AI 学术伦理与数学研究的激烈争议。之后，25 位菲尔兹奖得主签署了联合声明，认为人工智能公司正在以一种急功近利的态度破坏学科的根基。

整个数学界都处于风暴中。

在普通人的眼里，这场风暴并不陌生。两年前甚至更早，画师们就经历了几乎一模一样的过程。AI 吸取著名画师画风，并生成新图，和 AI 利用研究者们的思路，进而证明开放数学问题，这两种行为之间几乎可以一一映射。程序员、翻译、作家……各行各业都经历过 AI 的冲击：对行业的怀疑，然后默默接受 AI 存在的现实，把 AI 用在日常工作之中。

哪怕在数学界，这也不是第一次面对类似的冲击。十多年前，当深度学习横扫计算机视觉与信号处理时，应用数学家们曾经精心构建的特征处理、稀疏表示等理论，在许多任务上被一个不讲道理但就是有效的神经网络碾压了。那一轮没有联名信，没有声势浩大的声明。应用数学家们默默地改变了自己和学生的研究方向，将神经网络纳入了研究方法之中。

因此，在社交媒体上，不少人对数学界面对的这场风暴持有着同样的嘲讽态度：终于轮到你了。

然而，这次风暴中的数学家真的只是又一群被 AI 冲击，受不了委屈的牺牲品吗？为什么我们要关心数学家的想法？凭什么纯数学如此特殊？
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给毛象贡献一下lake Louise的日出美照

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I really got out of my comfort zone with this one!
I had this idea in my mind for the past week or so and I really wanted to try something drastically different from my usual digital pieces.
I wasn’t sure about it for so long, but I actually love it!

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