[Advisors] ChatBotGPT defines community networking

[Marita Moll]

Been here all along, actually. Can't seem to find the off ramp🙁

I did take the opportunity to highlight this discussion here in Canada 
as part of my report on TC activities at yesterday's monthly meeting of 
NARALO -- North American Regional At Large Organization. Thanks to the 
other TC members who attended that meeting

Marita

On 2023-01-08 9:34 p.m., Joey Slinger wrote:
> Hey, Marita. Welcome aboard.
>
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 7:08 PM Marita Moll <mmoll at ca.inter.net 
> <mailto:mmoll at ca.inter.net>> wrote:
>
>     Oh my, that's pretty complete. So we don't need our brains any
>     more to come up with good information. But then, years ago, Neil
>     Postman told us that our problem was never lack of information. 
>     We have even had great examples for years on how communities can
>     build, own and operate their own networks (K-Net). It is obviously
>     possible. So far, the digital strategies proposed by governments
>     have simply not been robust enough to push through the inertia.
>     Has the pandemic changed things? Well, at least we are talking
>     about it again, even using words like "public infrastructure."
>
>     Marita
>
>     On 2023-01-07 8:21 p.m., Joey Slinger wrote:
>>     I don’t like to boast, but as, say, a Globe rewrite person on
>>     duty (Which I was for a considerable period) and asked on
>>     deadline to slam together something by way of background on this
>>     subject to be inserted into the story, I could not have done a
>>     better job, although my version would have had a couple of
>>     enormous clanging errors that neither the desk editors nor the
>>     general reader, let alone me, would have noticed thanks to my
>>     exquisite prose.
>>
>>     joj
>>
>>     On Sat, Jan 7, 2023 at 7:39 PM Garth Graham
>>     <garth.graham at telus.net <mailto:garth.graham at telus.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         I just asked ChatGPT, A new chatbot from OpenAI,
>>         <https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
>>         <https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/>> about general information
>>         on community networking.  Here’s the answer it generated:
>>
>>         > Community networking is a type of computer network that is
>>         built and maintained by a community of users. These networks
>>         can be used for a variety of purposes, including sharing
>>         resources such as Internet access, software, and data
>>         storage, as well as facilitating communication and
>>         collaboration among community members. Community networks can
>>         be local, regional, or global in scope, and can be based on a
>>         variety of technologies, including wired and wireless
>>         networks. They are often used in underserved or
>>         underrepresented communities as a way to provide access to
>>         information and communication technologies that may not be
>>         readily available through more traditional means.
>>
>>         GG
>>
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