I hate AI because it’s been built of the forced exploitation of untold millions of artists and creative laborers, without even so much as consent, let alone compensation…

+2 points for honesty

-10 points for wtf

Maybe he’ll stroke out again and have to resign.

It will help erase the notion that any of these companies are too big to fail and thus above the law and beyond regulation.

Even if bubbles burst these tools will go nowhere.

These tools can and should be regulated like everything else. Laws and regulations don’t make things impossible, they simply disincentivize bad behavior by putting a real cost (money, time, or in some cases, life itself) on them.

I think we have finally reached a point where nobody in their right mind would try to argue that training generative AI to create an infinite supply of slop should be considered “fair use”, even under existing laws. And so a big part of making AI more fair and functional within our existing society would be to simply have it follow existing laws. For example:

• If you want to train an AI to make art using an anime studio’s art as training data, you must get (and probably pay a lot of money for) an explicit license to do so.
• If you want to train an AI to speak using some famous actors voice as training data, you must get (and pay for) an explicit license to do so.
• And the same thing for music, for written words, for code, etc…

Illegally trained models will, of course, still exist out there on the net. But using those will no longer be considered legal or legitimate in the business world, and could open people/corporations up to serious legal liability.

Every day I wake up I feel much shittier. I need to puke. I am seeing everything I love getting ruined by soulless bot or greedy humans who don’t love art/music/story etc.

You are not alone in this, and yeah, it can be very disheartening. It’s entirely possible we may be entering a new cultural dark are where art and human creativity are not valued by the masses. Like Nietzche saying “god is dead”, part of me truly believes that “art is dead”, replaced by palatable corporate AI slop.

However… the death of art and culture among the masses doesn’t mean that we have to be devoid of art and culture as individuals. We have the ability to make caring about art and culture a core part of our own philosophy. We have the agency to create our own subculture where cool people continue to be rewarded for making interesting human works. We can, and should, still embrace humanity.

I am sounding like a boomer but I am in my early 20s actually. I go to reddit there are Pro AI people laughing at us calling us Luddite or “Decel”. I have no hope most of you guys are old folk. I want to leave this fast paced world & go do farming at my hometown. Reading Books made by humans and watching some movies made by humans in a week without caring about this whole hellhole.

I’m not sure many of the people on reddit are even people these days. How many posts and comments over there are probably written by bots? And even among the real people on reddit, how many of them even have opinions that are worth a shit? Would we listen to these people if we ran into them on the street? In many cases, probably not…

I do recommend touching grass, creating your own physical and digital media library, self-hosting your own services, and embracing traditional arts again. Buy a watercolor set, learn to play an instrument, broaden your horizons outside of the digital realm.

I was so passionate about computer engineering I really loved technology. I was one of the early adopters of Gen AI who loved Midjounery because it was new & looked kinda magical to me now it looks like the most dystopian shit human yet created. I now resent my degree. I am a replaceable human who has no value. Human evolutioned much just to be replaced by some bots so I can do more slavery for corpo lords who believe that capital is ever growing like a cancer cell.

As a programmer myself, I can resonate with this a lot.

At the same time, technology isn’t to blame for our current situation, corporate greed is. Machine learning has existed in theory and practice for decades. The big innovation of today’s AI is theft. Like the Borg from Star Trek, assimilating everything in sight without consent for the benefit of the corporate machine.

But technology can also help us fight back.

Open source software allows us to put the power of technology into the hands of everyday people for free. The fediverse allows us to regain control over the internet and the means of communication. And even things like AI could theoretically be used to undermine corporate software (for example, AI-assisted decompilation of binaries) and even existing AI models (for example, increasingly sophisticated AI data poisoning techniques).

This fight is nowhere close to being over. We still need you on our side.

OpenAI is losing billions of dollars a month. Nobody wants to buy or consumer slop content. The novelty of all of this stuff is beginning to fade for most people. Legal questions have still not been fully answered. And technology can be used against corporations, too.

This is the same “preservation” group that sell data contracts to AI corporations like NVidia, right?

How is that laptop $3000?

Yes, many of the Democrats are a waste of fucking space, granted. I get it. You all should be voting in the primaries if you want to change that.

But can be PLEASE for the love of fucking Sweet Baby Jesus remove the Republican fascist enablers from power? Can we at least give it a fucking try this time?

My hope is that sometime in my lifetime people will finally realize that letting go of the rope isn’t a good strategy for winning a tug-o-war. (So far, so bad.)

I used to think that would be a bad idea (because it’s very un-console-like to sell a device that isn’t plug-and-play out of the box) but I might be coming around on it a bit if it means a more affordable option.

They’d need to make it very clear to buyers, though.

I honestly wish they’d just release the controller sooner rather than later. I can somewhat understand delaying the Machine and Frame due to the supply shortages, but if the controller is ready then they should just put it out there.

CatsEyeXI custom Final Fantasy XI server!

Bullshit… The billionaire oligarch class steals everything that we’ve made and seizes the means of production, and we are supposed to be satisfied with table scraps leaving us with, at best, barely what we need to survive?

Fuck off. I’d rather have Universal Basic Pitchforks.

Pretty sure the masters of gaslighting are the Republicans who have spent the last month telling us that the innocent people they’re murdering and disappearing in the streets of America are “domestic terrorists” orchestrating a “massacre”.

Do what you want, but in that case I think it’s even more important for language learners to learn from actual human speakers than to rely on AI as a crutch. You’ll learn English faster if communicate authentically, mistakes and all.

If what you’re communicating isn’t clear, then people will let you know and ask you follow-up questions, giving you the opportunity to improve.

Looks scared. He should.

It’s better to be aggressive and confrontational than to be slop.

Gross. I also noticed how their job posting the other day had AI use as a requirement. Seems like they’re going all in on AI.

Oh yeah, you can find that no problem if you put yourself out there. :)

First you just gotta focus on getting out of your rough living situation though.

Wishing you the best, my friend.

Honestly, it kind of depends how well you know this person and what kind of relationship you have, but I think it’s best to take the “Yes, and…” approach.

If you like or care about this person, then definitely don’t rudely interrupt them to shut them down by telling them that you already know what they’re saying. Obviously you don’t have to pretend like you don’t know… But people want to feel like what they’re saying matters, so give them the small win of hearing them out, and then affirm them and add something to what they’re saying of you can.

So, here’s an example of what you probably shouldn’t do:

A: “So the other day I was watching a video on painting and I found out that if you mix blue and yellow you–”

B: “Green. You get green. I know that. I know everything about mixing colors. Everybody knows that.”

What would be better in most cases, would probably be something like.

A: “So the other day I was watching a video on painting and I found out that if you mix blue and yellow you get green. And mixing blue with red will give you purple.”

B: “Yeah, totally! And red and yellow gives your orange, right? And I’ve heard it’s also a good idea to have warm and cool versions of all of the primaries, so that you can get more mixing varieties.”

So, you’re both listening and affirming what the other person is saying, and then demonstrating that you know a bit about this too by adding to it. You’re not making A feel useless, stupid or unappreciated. You’re not making yourself look like a rude jerk or a know-it-all.

Obviously it depends heavily on who you’re talking to and what your relationship is. (Some people who are friends love to talk shit to each other for fun, and in that kind of relationship you probably don’t need to be as careful about hurting the other person’s feelings.)

Generally speaking, though, it’s good to remember that a conversation isn’t just about you exchanging information with another person, and so it’s important to consider how other people feel when you talk to them, in my opinion.

Your brother and dad sound potentially like psychopaths and/or sociopaths.

It’s one thing to like violence in media, but once you start bringing violence into your life against animals and people, it is a massive red flag that this person is not alright and is potentially very dangerous.

I think it would be in your best interest to figure out a way to put as much distance as possible between your family and you. That might mean getting a job if you don’t have one already, making trustworthy and kind friends in your area who might be willing to be your roommate, putting physical distance between you and them by moving somewhere else, filling your free time with activities outside of the house, and so on.

(Also, if you can get any pets or animals to a safe place, then I highly recommend doing it as soon as you can.)

Mom and Dad were authoritarian parents who never gave us comfort or affection. They were very impatient and demanding. Dad would physically and verbally abuse us. Mom would do nothing to intervene. Even when he threw a goddamn toddler across the living room.

While this isn’t normal or right, it’s also sadly more common than it should be. So many kids are raised in bad or abusive situations and it’s fucking awful.

I’m sorry that you grew up in such rough circumstances, and I hope that you’re able to cope and find peace with it as you grow further into adulthood. You can’t really fix your past, but what you can do is work towards creating the future for yourself and for the people that you love that is significantly better than what you were given as a child.

From a young age I became intensely sexually attracted to receiving nurture and affection. This created far fewer awkward moments than one might think, thanks to the environment I lived in, but it led to paralyzing insecurities later since it was a behavior my parents never exhibited and mainstream pornography didn’t showcase it.

While you’re understandably being a little vague about this, it sounds like you’re saying you have a kink, right?

Well, kinks are by definition atypical, right? But as long as they only involve consenting adults engaging in reasonably safe activities, then there is absolutely nothing inherently wrong or unethical about them.

As someone in the kink space myself, I think that as long as what you’re into is consensual, ethical, responsible and legal, then just let your freak flag fly and embrace that side of yourself. (Of course, if your kink is ethically or legally problematic, it goes without saying that you ought to get professional help with that before hurting yourself and others.)

Kink can be just as core to a person’s sexuality as any other preference or orientation, in my view, so there’s very little point to fighting against it or letting it drag you down a spiral of shame and self-negativity. Instead, I think the vast majority of kinky people are much better off accepting and embracing their unique interests, meeting other people in that space (for fun, but also just to know that you aren’t alone), and enjoying yourself. It’s much easier said than done, of course, but it’s worth the emotional investment to try.

There’s a lot more to human sexuality than what “mainstream porn” offers, and I promise you that whatever niche thing you’re into, you can absolutely 100% find other people who share that interest.

I believed that nobody would ever like me because I was sensitive and wanted care and was shamed for those things. I struggled with masculine gender roles and felt like I was unwanted by the world. I became suicidal and wanted other people to hurt me.

I’m so sorry that you’ve been through all of this emotional turmoil.

Being a “man” isn’t about being tough, violent, angry, driving a big truck or being full of rage… It’s about being a good father, husband, boyfriend, son, uncle, mentor, teacher, protector, citizen, etc. You dad and your brother don’t know the first fucking thing about it, frankly.

You really need to put some distance between the bad people in your life and go out and meet some good people, because they do exist. You will absolutely find that there are kind, loving, caring, protective, empathetic, responsible, thoughtful, and just decent people out there.

Unfortunately, you have to put in some extra effort to find them while getting away from the assholes in your life, but you will find them I promise.

Maybe I’m missing something, but I’m confused how they can promise “high speed access” to the data while also claiming:

We do not host any copyrighted materials here. We are a search engine, and as such only index metadata that is already publicly available. When downloading from these external sources, we would suggest to check the laws in your jurisdiction with respect to what is allowed. We are not responsible for content hosted by others.

Do they have the data or do they not have it?

They also claim to be able to do things like extract text and deduplicate the data… That seems to suggest a significant amount of storage and compute power for a non-profit that has only been around for ~3 years.

I find this entire thing fishy as fuck. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I’m not convinced that the entire existence of this data theft operation isn’t simply to be a illicit data broker for AI companies. And now their is direct evidence tying both Anthropic and NVidia to them.