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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"It's bad because of EU regulation" is the new "it's bad because it's woke".

[–] cstross@wandering.shop 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

@gerikson @techtakes I think you'll find Boris Johnson pioneered that one in the early 1990s.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 12 points 3 months ago

True, but it's recently crossed the pond to Silicon Valley. I think it was when the DMA affected Apple that a lot of hackernews became EU regulation experts and started grappling with the fact that laissez-faire is seen as a dirty word in the country where it originated.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 9 points 3 months ago

Was that before or after hairdressers gave up on him?

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I actually appreciate the EU regulations. The real question is whether companies are creative enough to come up with new solutions that fit.

[–] rook@awful.systems 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Do any “ai” companies have a business plan more sophisticated than

  1. steal everything on the web
  2. buy masses of compute with vc money
  3. become too important to be busted for mass copyright infringement
  4. ?
  5. profit

I don’t recall seeing any signs of creativity, or even any good ideas as to what their product is even for, so I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for one of the current crop to manifest creativity now.

Perhaps I missed something, though?

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

AFAICT basically all of them failed at the "become too important to be busted for mass copyright infringement" part - turns out actively stealing from some of the most litigious and DMCA-happy motherfuckers on the planet was an easy way to get mired in lawsuits.

Bonus points for becoming essentially a money pinata for their lawyers in the process.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ai is a tapeworm looking at the stars and saying "I wish to become indispensable"

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tschaikovsky reader detected?

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago

nod

a fairly enjoyable read, if you can stomach exposition of millennia and hopskotch-scifi