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The problem is not the text prediction, which nobody denies, rather the "just" which minimizes its impact.

The problem I have with this conclusion is that "trust but verify" long predates AI models. People can, and have been, posting total bullshit on the internet since time immemorial.…

> LLMs are just text prediction. That's what they are. This sort of glib talking point really doesn't pass muster, because if you showed the current state of affairs to a random de…

Does giving someone the product count as a payment?

The difference is that often, particular things are more concretely defined. A ban on advertising might be so onerous you wouldn't even be able to 'advertise' your FOSS projects on…

> I find all advertising to be the sort of implicit-mugging the grandparent is describing. Unfortunately, it's a useful thing that people have used to prey on our inquisitive simia…

Rarely by dollar amount or by volume? Because I assume, by volume, it must be mostly novel things.

I'm actually convinced that "marketing", as such, can be completely orthogonal to profit altogether. Any sort of communication of a novel thing would fall under this banner, but I …