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My problem with things like this is that companies expect to sell a product to me and then steal it back from me without compensating me.

that's because unsaid social rules are part of the structures that keep rich elites on top, and help them filter out "pretenders" to nobility.

Before getting all excited that your ML model runs on your brand new 2024 macbook, before you run off to create earbuds / hearing aids with it, please try to run it on-target and s…

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I think the idea that our lives are a set of branching paths, where once you go down one path you can't go down others, is partly a consequence of how the academic path of many car…

If that's the case, then Tesla has a certain number of children their FSD solution can run over every year, below which its cheaper to settle with the parents out of court instead …

The luddites didn't destroy the power looms because they were some kind of handcrafting purists - they destroyed the machines because they took away ownership of the means of produ…

Sorry but what is [good_platform] ?

The anti-corruption movements on the right get co-opted by fascists. The anti-corruption movements on the left get bombed by the police and sniped by the FBI.

If any industry needs a union it's gamedev.

Comcast and AT&T are plenty willing to cut off my internet if I pirate popular shows. Don't see why they can't just cut off infringing AI companies... and nations.

And yet, Comcast and AT&T will gladly terminate any customer on their network pirating copyrighted works from large corporate owners. It seems to me like we very much can do someth…

Hey, sorry, I read your profile briefly before replying... do you play bluegrass as your main gig or as a side hustle? Your new album is a bop. Anyway, I don't think there's much I…

The understanding you're missing is that artists benefit when they are credited for their work. Let's say you drew concept art for a videogame, and your name appears in the credits…

Those of you who are desperately trying to soften the blow - "they're talking about facebook, not OpenAI", "it's fair use, the license terms are irrelevant", "nothing has been take…

Homelessness will stop being a minority endeavor once AI-driven job automation becomes widespread.

I think Three Fingered Fox is trying to explain the PA artists' behavior. The message seems to be: 1. Three Fingered Fox understands why they think self expression is a greater vir…