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Porn age verification law is unconstitutional, says judge
  • This is definitely one of those situations imo where such responsibility falls squarely on parents and inviting the government to handle such a thing will create far more issues than it would resolve.

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    Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI
  • that's an entirely legal fair use

    Yet what these companies are doing does not constitute 'fair use', period, no matter how much you want to argue otherwise.

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    Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI
  • It is illegal. As an artist, if another individual or company wants to use my work for their own commercial purposes in any way, even if just to 'analyze' (since the analysis is part of their private commercial product), they still need to pay for a license to do so. Otherwise it's an unauthorized use and theft. Copyright doesn't even play into it at that point, and would be a separate issue.

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    Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI
  • It's baffling to me seeing comments like this as if the 'AI' is some natural intelligence just hanging out going around reading books it's interested in for the hell of it.. No. These are software companies illegally using artists works (which we require licensing for commercial use) to develop a commercial, profit generating product. Whatever the potential outputs of the AI are is irrelevant when the sources used to train it were obtained illegally.

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    Shazam’ Star Zachary Levi Calls Out Hollywood For Output Of “Garbage” Content
  • Movies are made for different reasons. Some are made for the 'art', but some are made simply for entertainment. Shitty B-movies are a whole genere about being so 'bad' they're fun, and that's they're purpose. Fast and Furious movies aren't being made for the art.

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    Shoppers upset over lack of cashiers as self-checkout use soars | CBC News
  • You know you don't have to have a conversation with the cashier right? I put my stuff on the conveyor, say 'yup' when asked if I find everything alright, and 'thanks' when they're finished.. Or just silently nod 🤷‍♂️

    But literally two days ago I was at the store and the self checkouts were full with 7 people still waiting to use them, while one employee ran around trying to handle all the errors.. and only one standard checkout open for people with full carts. It was soo damn frustrating.

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    Japan Decides That Copyright Doesn't Apply to AI Training
  • @Gutless2615 Of course individuals can train models on their own work, but if they train it on other artists work, that too is an unauthorized use.

    Honestly whether AI outputs can be copyrighted is really a separate issue from what I am concerned about.. what matters in these cases is where/ how they obtained the inputs on which they trained the models. If a corporation or individual is using other artists works without authorization they are also committing theft, irrespective of any copyright infringement.

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    Japan Decides That Copyright Doesn't Apply to AI Training
  • @brimnac it's not a 'someone' though. The AI isn't an actual consciousness. It's a software company illegally using other artists work to develop their own commercial product. BIG DIFFERENCE.

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    Sen. Dianne Feinstein's daughter has power of attorney over her
  • I'd like that too, the reality though is that she is the deciding vote on the judiciary committee right now and if she steps down the republicans will refuse to seat a replacement halting any confirmations.. So right now they feel like they have to Weekend at Bernies her in order to keep confirming judges. Politics sucks.

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    How much did photography "steal" painter jobs ?
  • @RightHandOfIkaros If they are just painting for themselves to learn new techniques or styles, no. If they are purposely trying to copy it to sell or pass off as the original artist, yes. A for-profit corperation taking works that have not been authorized for commercial use in order to develop their for-profit software is indeed stealing.

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    How much did photography "steal" painter jobs ?
  • An independent artist learning new styles and gaining inspiration in creating their own work is not at all the same as a profit driven software corperation stealing other artists works on a massive scale to develop their own commercial products. That's on top of most artists like myself prohibiting using our work for private commercial gain unless properly compensated or credited.

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    Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds
  • Yes I always want the option. I'm fine with an algorithm feed when I'm randomly checking in, but I really prefer chronological when an event is happening for instance and I want to see people's most recent takes.

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    I asked Chat-GPT to predict future versions of itself. I had to stop at ChatGPT-20. Too scary
  • For real. The whole list I'm like "good luck" ha. It's going to transcend reality by scraping data off Twitter and Reddit? Have fun with that. It sounds just like every other self assured egotistical 'guru' charlatan, completely talking out its digital ass.

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    TikTok is the most popular news source for 12 to 15-year-olds, says Ofcom
  • What were the most popular news sources for that demo in the past? Facebook? MySpace? Sunday morning cartoons? When has that demographic ever had a 'most popular news source'?

    Also! The very first graph actually shows the BBC rated 10% higher than tiktok, but that's not click bait enough, so they separated the BBC into subcategories so they could say tiktok was highest 🤦‍♂️

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    Amazon Prime Day lowest price great deal!! unless you count last week...or even yesterday...argh...
  • It's the price history of a product. It was $15 cheaper 2 weeks ago compared to the 'prime day' price. Browser plug-ins like camelcamelcamel will show charts like this

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    Xbox GamePass Ultimate - Is it worth it?
  • It's been worth it for me.. gotten to try a lot of games I wouldn't have otherwise. And it's an especially good deal if you have kids!

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    Reddit API changes are imminent. Here’s what’s happening to your favorite apps [Updated]
  • I am no longer posting any of my work to reddit. Maybe if they started profit sharing with actual content creators I'd consider going back, but the hubris, greed, and animosity they've shown towards the users and mods that freely provide content/work that make the site worth anything has been infuriating.

    I was a daily user for a frickin decade both posting and lurking.. Haven't been to reddit in almost 3 weeks now. Onward to the fediverse 👍

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