@ada @puppygirlhornypost2 I think it would be very hard to ban it; this is not a commercial product (no blocking at point-of-sale, no service to block), the license allows for the model to be redistributed (not a lawyer, iiuc anyone, anywhere can host/distribute the model).
FWIW, I think the biggest revelation is that the grift can be done cheaper, which just might stop the inflow of money to OpenAI and co.
Hey, while we're talking about erasing history:
In 1949 the US military held its first Aerial Gunnery Competition, later known as "Top Gun."
The best of the best competed in dogfighting and other skills. The team that won, was the 332nd: The Tuskegee airmen.
So they refused to announce a winner. š¤”
Sorry y'all. Maverick is Black.
For anyone wondering why the Nazis on Twitter, Meta, and the US State are having a meltdown today it's because China dropped about a half dozen brand new AI models that outperform anything ChatGPT/Grok/Claude/Llama can do, take a fraction of the time and money to create and upkeep, and made them all open source, ruining the AI market.
āInternal Trade Minister Anita Anand said removing existing barriers "could lower prices by up to 15 per cent, boost productivity by up to seven per cent and add up to $200 billion to the domestic economy."ā
Even a fraction of that increase would more than compensate for the estimated $40B hit Trump tariffs would cause to the Canadian GDP.
A reminder that Greenland is part of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) of the EU and Greenlandic citizens are EU citizens.
Any move by Trump and the US to invade and annex Greenland would be a declaration of war with the EU and a gross violation of its 1951 treaty to protect Greenland from attack. (Though not ironic as the mafia never protects you from itself.) Furthermore, an attack on a NATO member would be deemed an attack on all other NATO members (Art 5) and a violation of the treaty (Art 8).
If neither EU nor NATO members did anything to protect Greenland/Denmark against the USās overwhelming military might (as is likely) ā and, remember, US troops are already in Greenland and in other EU countries also ā it would signal that no EU or NATO state is safe should a stronger military decide to invade.
If anything, if the EU hasnāt understood it yet, it must start treating the US not as an ally but as a threat. Trump isnāt a clown. Heās the fascist leader of the country with ā in the words of Kamala Harris ā the worldās most lethal military.
We must shore up our defenses because it is becoming impossible to ignore that the EU is caught between two hostile forces: a fascist US on the one side and a fascist Russia on the other, neither of which have two shits to give about international law (that was a quaint concept while it lasted, wasnāt it?)
Either we learn to defend ourselves in the EU or we become a vassal state of Gilead. And, as much as I oppose militaries ā in a world in which they very much exist ā Iād much rather it wasnāt the latter.
I did not have "we are living in one of @pluralistic 's stories" on my bingo card for 2025.
TikTok's 'cute winter boots' trend explained: As the U.S. government seeks to enact stricter controls over online speech, TikTok users are adopting more coded 'algospeak' to criticize and resist the government
https://www.usermag.co/p/tiktok-cute-winter-boots-meaning-explained-algospeak
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