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Ian Rose May 15, 2023

People in security and computing have been saying for years - there's no cloud. There's just someone else's computer.

Right now, there's no AI. There's just someone else's work.

Stop calling generative text and image programs AI. It's inaccurate and insulting. They are just the evolution of corporate creative theft that's been going on as long as media corporations have existed.

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Alek May 15, 2023

@ianrosewrites i agree with your point, but it gets tricky if you want to do advocacy on regulation. The European Act is on „AI”, it becomes convoluted to call it something else in policy debates

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Ian Rose

@tarkowski It's a fair point - simple, widely recognized terminology is important for advocacy. But it's a little like calling methane and associated hydrocarbons "natural gas". It's well-known by that name, simple to communicate, but by using it, we already cede the first victory to the companies who came up with that name as part of their marketing. The balance between accuracy and ease of communication is a really good point. Thanks for making it.