The leaders of this technology are categorically unethical and detached from society, and I believe their leadership is taking us into a xenophobic future only fit for technocrats subsisting off of slave labor.

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Deceptive designs that profit off of anthropomorphism, and dark patterns used to gather private data should be outlawed. (This would have the added benefit of also crippling the predatory ad-tech industry.)

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I would need to see a transparent attempt to compensate the "humans in the loop" with salaries commensurate to the tasks that they are asked to perform, as well as benefits for any mental health strain or other risks associated with these tasks.

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Explicit regulation should prevent for profit companies proliferating their tools into the educational sector without any form of oversight.

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And one would hope that the tech companies that facilitate the generation of CSAM would be extremely eager to discourage, prevent, or disallow the creation of said content.

In the case of some companies, they're not only being passive about this, they are actively encouraging it.

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...existing in a world where tech companies have access to my content (or any content) and can swallow it up wholesale without explicit consent is utterly demoralizing.

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For the ones that think LLM tools will allow people to be more creative, as they have more power and resources at their disposal—I'd say just take a look at how it's being used now.

Create bland essays. Answer bland emails. Write bland README docs. Produce bland code.

There are no sharp edges.

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