[kwlug-disc] Linux Association Canada membership

[Chris Craig]

A couple of points I forgot to make.

All this AI stuff reminds me of when clip-art was new. Lots of terrible
flyers, notices and such were generated.

Dianne uses AI graphics in her comedy articles - so a complete hypocrite.

On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM Chris Craig <kwlug.org at ciotog.net> wrote:

> I found Dianne to be unnecessarily rude and abrasive.
>
> I skimmed through the book, it's really not that bad, nothing particularly
> illuminating for anyone with some experience. The pictures are AI generated
> and then edited, but zooming in on the book spines is a bit much. Book
> spines in drawings have had squiggles and random characters for decades.
>
> I know an older fellow who heads a local volunteer group, and he uses AI
> to produce songs about the initiative. I'm sure he means well but they are
> cringy. He sees it as a way to promote the group in ways he can't do and
> hasn't had much luck attracting someone else to do. It's just something
> that people don't recognize is off-putting to some.
>
> The fake "real use cases" is the thing that I find most questionable.
> Everything else is pretty mild.
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:
>
>> I have the same concerns as Diane and researched the same topics. But I
>> didn't use an "ai detector", I don't trust those.
>>
>> If she read the same web page about Andre's trucking experience, that has
>> a photo that matches Andre's photo on the web site, so I don't dispute his
>> photo is real. And there's nothing wrong with having a day job in addition
>> to being a Linux enthusiast.
>>
>> The books she complains about are bad AI slop, not suitable for reading
>> by humans. There is so much obvious AI slop on the web site that the Linux
>> Association looks like one of those 100% AI hallucinated fake
>> organizations. I don't think it is, I think the people are real, but the
>> vibes are bad, and I think that is a real concern and a reputational risk.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 3, 2026, at 6:20 AM, Ron wrote:
>>
>> Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote on 2026-05-11 16:17:
>>
>> A group called the Linux Association Canada (linuxassociation.ca,
>> which does not have much on it yet) is trying to create a network of
>> free/open source community organizations. They reached out and asked
>> KWLUG to be a member of it.
>>
>> So, this brief but interesting conversation happened:
>>
>> https://thecanadian.social/@linuxassociation/116892622775181904
>>
>>
>> A summary of highlights shows careless use of AI slop, inauthentic "real
>> use cases", unanswered questions about prior FLOSS involvement.
>>
>> This is between Diane from Linux Ottawa and Linux Association (reads like
>> it's probably a bot responding)...
>>
>>
>>
>> @linuxassociation <https://thecanadian.social/@linuxassociation> Nah,
>> come on. I finished reading that PDF and it's clearly AI slop.
>>
>> Nothing like "Th୨ৎ Linux Commiand Line" by "INJYDBBS" or "S9S9EN AYSTEM
>> HANDBOOK."
>>
>> Worth looking at, it's not lengthy.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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