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ClimateGPT is built by Erasmus.AI, which says "Built by Erasmus.AI on behalf of the ClimateGPT Foundation, and supported by the Internet Archive Europe,". Brew

by stonogo 10d ago

ClimateGPT is built by Erasmus.AI, which says "Built by Erasmus.AI on behalf of the ClimateGPT Foundation, and supported by the Internet Archive Europe,". Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive founder (and board chair), is on the board of Erasmus.AI. It does seem weird to rattle the donation box because hosting costs are going up while shooting money at the prime cause of hosting costs going up.

LastTrain 10d ago
They are independent organizations with separate funding.
- stonogo 10d ago
  Brewster Kahle is on IA Europe's board as well (with Daniel Erasmus, whose baby is Erasmus.AI). I'm sure they have separate bank accounts, but let's not pretend these organizations are independent. They're all run by the same little club of friends.
- crewman9 10d ago
  then why did the main IA account post about this https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive/117219501245722161 https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive/11721950124572... and it's darkly funny how HN downvotes this when every single answer on Mastodon is incredibly negative
  - tadfisher 10d ago
    It's not funny at all, it's deeply alarming. I'm in the wrong bar.
  - GaryBluto 10d ago
    > and it's darkly funny how HN downvotes this when every single answer on Mastodon is incredibly negative Mastodon is full of, for the lack of a better word, nuts. Every time I've had the displeasurable experience of clinking a link and seeing that dark violet colour cover my screen I know I'm in for either adults who never matured past their early teenage years or ideological hyperpartisanism, and within five seconds my prejudices are confirmed. Social media doesn't magically fill with rational people the moment you "fix" the infrastructure.
  - LastTrain 9d ago
    I swear sometimes people get so offended by something they stop thinking. It doesn't have to be all or nothing, you know? Like, you can acknowledge that these are two separate and independent organizations while also having the opinion that you don't like what Internet Archive Europe is doing in this one case and that you feel like IA posting about it is a tacit endorsement of the thing you don't like. Maybe it is enough for you to not support them, that's fine, but don't be intellectually dishonest about it.

by stonogo 10d ago

LastTrain 10d ago

They are independent organizations with separate funding.

stonogo 10d ago
Brewster Kahle is on IA Europe's board as well (with Daniel Erasmus, whose baby is Erasmus.AI). I'm sure they have separate bank accounts, but let's not pretend these organizations are independent. They're all run by the same little club of friends.
crewman9 10d ago
then why did the main IA account post about this https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive/117219501245722161 https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive/11721950124572... and it's darkly funny how HN downvotes this when every single answer on Mastodon is incredibly negative
- tadfisher 10d ago
  It's not funny at all, it's deeply alarming. I'm in the wrong bar.
- GaryBluto 10d ago
  > and it's darkly funny how HN downvotes this when every single answer on Mastodon is incredibly negative Mastodon is full of, for the lack of a better word, nuts. Every time I've had the displeasurable experience of clinking a link and seeing that dark violet colour cover my screen I know I'm in for either adults who never matured past their early teenage years or ideological hyperpartisanism, and within five seconds my prejudices are confirmed. Social media doesn't magically fill with rational people the moment you "fix" the infrastructure.
- LastTrain 9d ago
  I swear sometimes people get so offended by something they stop thinking. It doesn't have to be all or nothing, you know? Like, you can acknowledge that these are two separate and independent organizations while also having the opinion that you don't like what Internet Archive Europe is doing in this one case and that you feel like IA posting about it is a tacit endorsement of the thing you don't like. Maybe it is enough for you to not support them, that's fine, but don't be intellectually dishonest about it.