AI's aren't sentient. They can't "steal."

Programmers and institutions select the data with which to train the model. They take art and writing from artists and authors without credit or payment. The software then remixes and mimics what it is given.

Displacing agency by attributing intent to the AI is exactly how people and institutions erase human action in the creation of technology. It also leads to further perceptions of technology as acultural, unbiased, and, in essence, magical.

#Virginia

RT @[email protected]

Richmond removes the A.P. Hill statue, the last city-owned Confederate monument https://richmond.com/news/local/richmond-removes-the-a-p-hill-statue-the-last-city-owned-confederate-monument/article_c1b61d68-7b38-5dfb-8fc1-e549bceb5db1.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RTDNEWS/status/1602341532987805696

1. This man moved from New York to Florida a few months ago

Now he wants to ban 3600 BOOKS from the school libraries

And he's already made significant progress

Follow along if interested

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Kevin McCarthy privately called for Twitter to ban certain Republicans—now he claims outrage that Twitter banned certain Republicans.

Donald Trump had the chance to do a prisoner swap for Paul Whelan—now he claims outrage that Biden didn't swap for Whelan.

The GOP voted unanimously to cut taxes for billionaires—now they claim outrage that the deficit has grown just as they knew it would.

The GOP has no values. They are power hungry extremists. Please get active, get organized, & vote them out

"Twitter, however, already purchased a newsletter platform last year—Revue—and rumors suggest the service will be shut down by year's end."

https://www.pcmag.com/news/musk-open-to-the-idea-of-purchasing-substack

“You can find us anywhere you get your podcasts.”

I *adore* this phrase, because it has been like two whole-ass decades and not one single venture capital darling has managed to unseat plain RSS as the distribution method for podcasts. Not one. (And they have really tried!)

Podcasts are just out there, like air. You don’t go to one place to get them; you get them from everywhere and anywhere. You can choose how you want to engage with them and manage them and it is legitimately heartwarming that nothing has ever gotten in the way of that being a fundamental fact.

This is the best of what the web is. It will never have a stock ticker or even a marketing scheme. Most people don’t even know it is there. But it endures (past the many, many attempts by squillionaire corporates to kill it) because of its absolute unshakable utility.

My suggestion: any time you hear “anywhere you get your podcasts”, send a little thanks to RSS for keeping the real web alive.

#RSS #Podcasts #ProtocolsNotProducts