MaryDec 17
ProPublica Guild
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @ProPublica management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
Dec 17 at 6:01pmWeb
Show threadProPublica GuildDec 17
2/ Our readers deserve clear labeling on AI content, and we deserve job security. Sign our petition for a fair contract and we’ll keep you updated on our campaign:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-propublica-agree-to-real-job-protections-now
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Show threadOGJester has movedDec 17
@propublicaguild Signed! Thanks for sharing
Show threadaburka 🫣Dec 17
@propublicaguild mgmt doesn't understand that "labeling" is the compromise
Show threadgrrlpupDec 17
@propublicaguild done! Thanks for all your good work
Show threadGreg BellDec 17
@propublicaguild How do they not realize how close they are to squandering their advantage over other media
Show threadPaco HopeDec 18
@propublicaguild signed. Good job.
Show threadDawn Tåke 🌙 Dec 18

@propublicaguild
Signed.

Solidarity from a SEIU 1199 member. ✊

Show threadLukefromDCDec 18
@Tourma @propublicaguild That was my nextdoor neighbor's union when I was growing up
Show threadDorothea SaloDec 18
@propublicaguild @ProPublica Signed. PP bosses can go to hell.
Show threadJ. R. DePriest    :EA DATA. SF:Dec 18

@dsalo @propublicaguild @ProPublica everything about generative AI is exploitative and grossly anti-human, pro-oligarchy trash. There is nothing good or positive about how these systems were trained or how they are run. To even consider using them is obscene and offensive to actual writers and journalists. I can understand corporations that focus on shareholder value over everything else salivating at the prospect of firing all the creative talent and replacing them with regurgitation engines. I thought ProPublica was better than that. I thought they cared about actual human beings over short term monetary gain. I was fucking chumped again. Maybe there are no "good" corporations.

Do the right thing.

Do the right thing and brag about it.

Be the company that loudly, proudly, blatantly values human-driven content over shoveling out mass-produced slop.

Put that on the homepage, next to every by line.

Be the bastion you say you are.

Show threadDouglas Edwards Dec 18
@propublicaguild Signed!
Show threadRobotistry has movedDec 18
@propublicaguild Signed. Added a request that they include the AI equivalent of a warrant canary with each publication so their readers know what is going on and can act accordingly.
Show threadLukefromDCDec 28
@propublicaguild This AI crap is to news what GMOs are to food in some ways
Show threadEarthshineDec 17
@propublicaguild ProPublica is OUT! RIP. Moving right along...
Show threadBen RosengartDec 28

@earthshine @propublicaguild Slow down a little please?

ProPublica’s workers and management are struggling over what kind of organization ProPublica will be.

The workers need our encouragement and support.

Show threadGeorge Liquor, AmericanDec 17
@propublicaguild @ProPublica It seems like management at ProPublica has no clue why so many of us hold you in such high esteem. Without our trust, they have no business to run.
Show threadrob los ricosDec 17

@propublicaguild @ProPublica

Yup, propublica is all-in for AI disinformation. No longer a credible source of anything but revenue for the publishers.

Who didn't see this coming?

Show threadDave NathansonDec 17
@propublicaguild @ProPublica This is unacceptable. Do better ProPublica.
Show threadAnne OminousDec 17

@propublicaguild @ProPublica

"management"
does a pretty gopod job of RUINING everything

thanks for standing against AI

i dont want it
i dont need it
AI can get fucked

Show threadMs Bailey, Sound Production ArcDec 17
@propublicaguild
The last line of defense falls, I see. Lovely.
Show thread[email protected]Dec 17
@propublicaguild @ProPublica Fuck fuck. And I was considering donating, @ProPublica
Show threadKim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷Dec 28
@Chrisblue @propublicaguild @ProPublica
Me too. No chance I’ll donate now, even if the management row back on their position. I look forward to supporting the co-op the staff should form.
Show threadB KahnDec 17

@propublicaguild @ProPublica

On a par with shooting one's customers and then wondering why business has collapsed. Dumb!

Show threadDavid BruchmannDec 17

@propublicaguild @ProPublica

Maybe they should rename to ProAiIndustry 🤔

Show threadPseudo NymDec 17

@propublicaguild @ProPublica

Darn it. I had a relatively positive opinion of ProPublica. Sad.

Show threadPetrichor SquirrelDec 18
@propublicaguild @ProPublica If there is no shame in using AI generated content then why the reluctance to disclose?
Show threadWoozle HypertwinDec 18
@propublicaguild The hell -- why isn't @ProPublica a co-op in the first place? The fact that they'd go against their own workers kind of makes their every action suspect from now on. It'll take some major reorganization to fix that.
Show threadJL Johnson Dec 18
@propublicaguild do the right thing, PP. @ProPublica you should know your audience and funders are particularly primed to side with labor. You are playing with fire.
Show threadexcited for the mastodon riseDec 18
@propublicaguild @ProPublica oh no
Show threadQuinn ComendantDec 18
@propublicaguild @ProPublica What the fuck! 🤦‍♂️
Show threadHikerSelmaDec 18
@propublicaguild
Signed
Show threadEashwarDec 18
@propublicaguild @ProPublica
Labeling AI generated content is the absolute minimum. TBH, even if AI generated content ends up labeled in ProPublica I'm still likely to cancel my monthly donation. This is extremely disappointing.
Show threadSteven HiltonDec 18
@propublicaguild @ProPublica If that's propublica's stated position, I should cancel my monthly donation that I've been doing since September of 2017. Bargaining aside, and even if they walk it back, I find it shocking they are floating this as a legitimate journalistic process. It hurts, man. I thought propublica was better than that.
Show threadDouglas Edwards Dec 18
@propublicaguild @ProPublica Et tu, @ProPublica?
Show threadThe Tattooed Nonna 🧙‍♀️Dec 28

@propublicaguild @ProPublica i'll probably just get my ai to read propublica then.

By ai, about ai, for ai. Just get the humans out of the loop completely

Show threadHis Churlessness HimselfDec 28
@propublicaguild @ProPublica Signed.
Show threadparamnesiacDec 28
@propublicaguild @ProPublica Signed and disappointed to hear of any consideration of AI in the newsroom. I am a monthly supporter, but apparently I need to be reconsidering that.
Show threadSteven ZekowskiDec 29
@propublicaguild @ProPublica
Signed. And commented that I’m a yearly donor.
Show threadMaria Langer | 📝🛥️💎Dec 29
@propublicaguild @JSteven @ProPublica Strike for what is right.
Show threadArmageddJenFeb 8
@ProPublica @propublicaguild they can deal with my (and lots of other folks as well) 100% discretion to no longer consider them as a reputable and trustworthy news org then. Shame too, considering that y'all do some of the best actual journalism out there rn.