i should probably put tonepolice.py on github but it is quite limited and resource efficiency was not a goal, so:

- you have to manually train it on a hugo/jekyll/whatever blog
- it requires py3-transformers and CUDA

i was already somewhat dissatisfied with grammarly because they had started using LLM copyediting, which reduced the quality of some of my more recent articles

but the use of my likeness on software engineering content expert review feature was the last fucking straw

@ariadne they what

@whitequark you did not hear about this?

they trained on everyone's data and then started making suggestions in an "expert review" feature

so, for example, "Ariadne would say X about Y"

they did this to basically everyone who used grammarly who was notable

then they quickly backpedaled after they realized a lot of us are quite willing to sue

@ariadne what the absolute everliving fuck

no, i have not heard about it

Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it

The company tells Platformer it will let experts opt out of the controversial feature — but how different is it than what every other AI company is doing?

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@ariadne some people don't wake up every day thinking about being shot and it shows
@whitequark i mean i don't wake up every day thinking about being shot
@ariadne no but you aren't squeezing everyone around you for every remaining penny of profit