<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Mon, Aug 3, 2026, at 6:20 AM, Ron wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div class="qt-moz-cite-prefix"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Tomson Talks";">Paul Nijjar
via kwlug-disc wrote on 2026-05-11 16:17:</span></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:agJjdqD4Vojtp8SD@nb-psychosis.crazy.local"><pre class="qt-moz-quote-pre"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Tomson Talks";">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. </span></pre></blockquote><p><span class="font" style="font-family:"Tomson Talks";">So, this brief but interesting
conversation happened:</span></p><p><a class="qt-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://thecanadian.social/@linuxassociation/116892622775181904">https://thecanadian.social/@linuxassociation/116892622775181904</a></p><p><br></p><p>A summary of highlights shows careless use of AI slop,
inauthentic "real use cases", unanswered questions about prior
FLOSS involvement.</p><p>This is between Diane from Linux Ottawa and Linux Association
(reads like it's probably a bot responding)...</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite"><p><span class="qt-h-card"><a class="qt-mention qt-u-url qt-mention" href="https://thecanadian.social/@linuxassociation" title="@linuxassociation">@<span>linuxassociation</span></a></span> Nah, come on. I finished reading that PDF and it's clearly AI
slop.</p><p>Nothing like "Th\u0b68\u09ce Linux Commiand Line" by "INJYDBBS" or
"S9S9EN AYSTEM HANDBOOK."</p></blockquote><div>Worth looking at, it's not lengthy.</div><p><br></p><div><br></div><p><br></p><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>kwlug-disc mailing list</div><div>To unsubscribe, send an email to <a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-leave@kwlug.org</a></div><div>with the subject "unsubscribe", or email</div><div><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-owner@kwlug.org</a> to contact a human being.</div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>