Re: Planning to close Human Centric AI Community Group due to inactivity unless we hear from you

Hi CG/BG System,

I've been unwell and homeless, following demands to address others crisis /
human rights needs, whilst continuing to have difficulty with finding means
to address my own.

last year, i produced
https://github.com/mediaprophet/init-draft-standards-wip which has a range
of quickly drafted respec docs considering some aspects, beyond my earlier
'spatio-temporal human centric AI package format'
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fwx3-YYyKgeigaScoMVoTFc3V2p-0jVwOg0IvMr8TZs/edit?tab=t.0

that in-turn, sought to advance elements relating to earlier works on
something i called 'sense',
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_xrTXd-rgKlmTu2DWe5C491EHqRkoaJXuBzem6ZaKUw/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p

i note that advancement broadly on 'ai context' (or as is reasonably
defined more technically as 'context graphs' ) has advanced elsewhere.
here's a recent article made by the ever remarkable kingsley
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/language-context-digital-notebooks-age-ai-kingsley-uyi-idehen-b2qye/


I have not updated the google sheet about 'human centric' for a while, this
indicates when my capacities became further diminished;
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BdFy5m-J5Lj5LnYxDY7d06MtKaUw3G3UqaLWKnuwptk/edit?gid=0#gid=0

here are a few notes relating to my efforts at IGF 2025,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erTe4GrzOlE&t=3221s

https://youtu.be/mNQvUxa4gtw?si=ubO5AeE68JnhleTf&t=3886

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDoqVBMbUDU&t=2523s

https://youtu.be/mNQvUxa4gtw?si=lBfAh0jWxBoRq2ZD&t=2164

Following other related efforts at IETF119;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ZDH5eaIF_zc&t=2024s

and broader-range advancements, such as is illustrated also,
https://www.un.org/en/delegate/uns-first-global-advocate-human-centric-digital-governance

Over the past 6 months, both homeless and working on solutions to address
the means to create better environmental supports for people seeking to
advance 'human centric' digital transformation capabilities, standards,
tools and related works; i've been working to advance the development of
civil society options that may better help and improve the means for people
to do so. As has always been the case throughout my time doing unpaid w3c
works, the means to avocate for human rights focused purposes - is not well
supported by our corporations act (duties of directors, etc) and its often
been found that government can act in a reative and latent manner; such as
is the case nowadays, with the w3c web-payments/credentials related works,
now being advanced - whilst i'm currently seeking to get a 'digital
concession card' solution done.

the videos about these works is,
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCbmz0VSZ_voPlKcgq_9wNooqKX7a0C7V

however as a consequence of recent international affairs, arguably due to
the lack of peace infrastructure project investments earlier (including but
not limited to advancing human centric web / ai // humanitarian ict works),
my efforts are now shifting to 'resiliance', where, if it is deemed to have
merit and then lead to a process that resources me to advance my works,
does in-turn involve aspects that relate to the intended purpose, function
and cause - of this 'human centric ai' cg.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCbmz0VSZ_vpNhNexVEHVBXIkwjerM9Fg

as to improve forecasts and circumstances for/of people generally,

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SO, whilst i'm currently powered by a 200ah lithium battery connected to
solar, and starlink (expensive atm).

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I'm doing my best to better resource works, that it seems i think to be
more important than the many others world-wide with far more resources than
myself; whilst also worried about the -7c weather coming up in the next few
months, in circumstances that may be dire for the nation...

i'm actively seeking out support to address some of these challenges ASAP.

Yet also, there's been tremendous adversarial pressure.  So, to some-extent
also, perhaps W3C needs to consider whether the 'human centric' paradigm is
something that the historic internet governance framework / stakeholders /
stewards (inc. w3c) is something that is sought to be supported at all, or
whether it is in-fact better off being further advanced elsewhere, perhaps
thereby finding more resources made available for such efforts if indeed
that occurred...

it must also be noted, that the implications and consequences of what is
required when developing 'human centric ai', as is intended to be best
supported via ecosystems that support information management structures
involving other w3c project related outcomes, such as RWW or Solid,

its hard to know, when those underlying pieces haven't been advanced well
enough to then better support the growth of related structures...

therein; its also entirely possible, that if that future does exist and is
supported via W3C related 'humanitarian ict' infrastructure; what other
componetns may become known to be important, to deliver that kind of
outcome...

jobs 1991 - interpersonal computing -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w55KZfj0DqU
timbl 94 - the future of the web -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkjyCPuTKPw
Henry Story - 2013 Open Distributed Social Networks -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7qOhjja7jM
BVK Sastry: A.I –World Future of Human Languages Needs Human Language
Appropriate Technology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrTNSmYc7Bk

so overall, in relation to this map; https://www.w3.org/2007/09/map/main.jpg
(video of TimBL talking about the map:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1b9xVMoqU )
it seems we may be somewhere between 'here be dragons' and 'uncharted',

In conclusion;

I've been committed to ensuring that there is technological means to
support 'freedom of thought', and various other human rights factors,
obligations and challenges; that, remain somewhat 'inexorable'..

I noted a 'human centric web' (build using AI related tools, as semweb is -
web-of-data, etc.) in my 2016 slide-deck (slide 19),
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RzczQPfygLuowu-WPvaYyKQB0PsSF2COKldj1mjktTs/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p

and the video i produced (first published christmas day 2016);
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vROTibKiE

for the WWW2017 schedule i put together:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180318162737/https://2017.trustfactory.org/
(sadly, the cameras didn't turn up on the day, so i've only got poor
quality recordings of it).

So, whilst also considering the - considerations made by chomsky about
'moral grammar' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ2vr2YnSGA

my concern would be, that we'd not be able to create future tooling to
better then, find out what the reality of these sorts of highly complex
fields of consideration and discovery actually mean from a STEM
perspective, alongside others...

I started these works in 2000 ish,
https://devdocs.webizen.org/old-work-archives/iBank/
https://devdocs.webizen.org/old-work-archives/Basedrive/
https://www.theage.com.au/national/start-me-up-20040619-gdy1tc.html

inspired in-part my the fables of my grandfather's cousin,  Sir John Carew
Eccles (AC FRS FRACP FRSNZ FAA):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KemhfmAsg8&list=PLCbmz0VSZ_voTpRK9-o5RksERak4kOL40&index=73&t=2854s


but there were issues with the work becoming an 'everything aggregator' by
one platform (back then), as was the concern highlighted in the
'start-me-up' article (the age) and later also - by others:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zXqHIJJVxk

and the implications broadly otherwise seems to be that, such sorts of
underlying problems haven't actually changed much.  as such, whereby the
works (underlying considerations relating to creating 'parts' via w3c) then
advanced,
https://www.w3.org/Search/Mail/Public/search?keywords=quantum&from=timothy.holborn%40gmail.com&indexes=Public&resultsperpage=100&sortby=date-asc


leading to then further investigating the 'quantum' stuff, that i was
labelled crazy about (in connection to consciousness and informatics
requirements, back then...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYPjXz1MVv0&list=PLCbmz0VSZ_voTpRK9-o5RksERak4kOL40&index=8


there's some videos here, about human agency,
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCbmz0VSZ_vp7r7VvuGuaSipjxp9bI1_D

trying to distinguish between observational reality vs. objective reality,
etc; defining solutions to ensure sanctity of human agency or 'embodiment'
in relation to these 'digital transformation' related environments as
remained incredibly difficult - perhaps, more difficult than any of the
remarkable things that have been achieved over that period,

including but not limited to the advancements via BRICS since the early
Web-Payments focused days which is compartively, not that long ago,

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The means to better advance these 'human centric' focused works via W3C has
sadly not been able to do any better than what's been able to be done, as
illustrated https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-humancentricai/

fundamentally, i think its a resourcing issue, which was in-part sought to
be addressed via https://www.w3.org/wiki/Webizen but we've not been able to
do better, and, notwithstanding the memories of reps for w3c members
calling me directly after w3c meetings, to note that they did agree with
me; but couldn't in their role, on behalf of the member they represented...

its overall, a complex series of problems that are in-part, very old, and
found difficult by the best amongst us world-wide; but, for me, is
considered both important and really, really hard - very heavy, as is the
burden of implications linked with considerations about how it is
in-effect, unsupported.  what does that say, about 'our' world... anyhow.

One of the ideas i had this morning, was whether it should in-fact just be
'human centric' rather than adding the 'ai' part, at the time of creating
the group; it was somewhat in response to areas that i considered had an
absence of comprehension by WSIS colleages..  thereby leading to questions
being directed to MS (microsoft) and, we're a long way from being able to
empower a feminine led, ontological design capability for our humanity.

perhaps, we could see what happens over the next few months; which might
also provide opportunity for others to consider how they may resource the
works whether or not my circumstances change in any way that means i'm able
to do better, but it is a big job, and certainly, from the w3c related
stakeholders / body of membership; https://www.w3.org/membership/list/
there doesn't appear to be more interest in advancing works in relation to
this topic, via w3c.  perhaps efforts to define 'next gen vaccine
passports' would be better supported, i really don't know...

whilst reflecting upon history generally otherwise.

perhaps, simply, people generally - don't do 'free work' (also thereby
funding the costs), because they love their children and understand the
importance of homes, beds, food, life. as so many years are consumed by the
very few others (not all of whom have survived), still willing to make the
sacrifice, for what may well be a lost cause.  for some reason, perhaps of
kinds that they don't want to talk about on public lists, etc...

anyhow.

i'd ask for a few months grace - to see what happens, but i'd also be very
much interested to hear / see / find - others, who may be able to resource
the works in ways that i've not been able to do otherwise.  I've tried to
act honourably, stepping down as chair due to circumstances of impairment
(perhaps in-part due to work related factors, etc.) but sadly also, i've
not seen much progress since, so, its perhaps been functionally abandoned,
without necessarily being ideologically abandoned, and the question is
whether there's a recovery solution available; or whether more objections,
obstructions, and efforts to ensure it doesn't exist - persist, in which
case, i'm not really sure who the beneficiaries would actually become.

maybe, there's much bigger problems - that actually means, it is not
possible to progress this field of research & work on such forms of royalty
free, patent-pool supported, Humanitarian ICT outcomes. However, i'm not
sure any such scenario could be easily discussed on mailing lists
inanycase.  hard to know, when the cost of doing the 'free work' means an
inability to fund the cost to get to the events and places where the people
making decisions can be found and approached to consider how to advance
works, that they may also feel important for their own children.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%27personal+ontology%27

Let me know your thoughts.

Best wishes,

Timothy Holborn.




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