To get things straight, I am not against AI when it comes to completing menial tasks and aid in complex subjects like in medical science. But I take issue with AI when it overextends into artistic expression and writing.
I am an artist (mostly digital), and a wannabe writer. What makes art and writing a story feel real is that I made them and took the time to do it. Creating can be a difficult process, and it can take time to think things through; sometimes, the art you make or the story you write might not succeed. But it is still worth it because it is your creation and you took the effort to make it.
Generative AI however is not a good alternative, not even an alternative. It’s a shortcut. A vile and lazy shortcut. It’s putting in a prompt to make the image/text you want, but without the effort. In art, it’s an algorithm that steals legit images to Frankenstein lazy abominations of plagiarism. In writing, it’s text but without the soul, the spice, nor the time to write it. GenAI not only just steals art, but opportunities for artists in commissions and jobs.
I’ve followed Techdirt for years and it’s disappointing that the website has joined the GenAI bandwagon. To be fair, there’s a lot of intersect in concensus. I think copyright is easily abused and is in dire need of reform. But GenAI is just the opposite extreme.
I’m very disappointed in you, Mike.
The difficulty in UN treaties is to implement those very treaties into enforcing law. Just getting enough nations to sign on is the easy part. Those seventy-two nations would still have to enact legislation to ensure their part in the treaty would be honored. Say if the United States does agree to implement the Cybercrime Treaty, there’s also having 2/3 of the senate agree to ratify the treaty, and then have the senate also enact legislation accordingly.
Getting a country to agree to a treaty is the easy part. It’s setting that treaty to practice is what’s hard.
As a huge fan of museums (and for someone who wants to go through the Smithsonian), this hurts my soul deeply. I… I think I’ll cling closely to my history books.
So you approve people being abducted and force them to live in a foreign prison or concentration camps without any hope of escape or legal process? And yes, I do mean people. Not just migrants, not just immigrants, but citizens, people who not just lived here for a lifetime, but born here, as well. ICE has shown to not only be incapable of distinguishing between immigrant and citizen, but makes no effort to do so.
That is not justice, it’s the pure opposite.
What The Hell Is This Slop, Techdirt?
To get things straight, I am not against AI when it comes to completing menial tasks and aid in complex subjects like in medical science. But I take issue with AI when it overextends into artistic expression and writing. I am an artist (mostly digital), and a wannabe writer. What makes art and writing a story feel real is that I made them and took the time to do it. Creating can be a difficult process, and it can take time to think things through; sometimes, the art you make or the story you write might not succeed. But it is still worth it because it is your creation and you took the effort to make it. Generative AI however is not a good alternative, not even an alternative. It’s a shortcut. A vile and lazy shortcut. It’s putting in a prompt to make the image/text you want, but without the effort. In art, it’s an algorithm that steals legit images to Frankenstein lazy abominations of plagiarism. In writing, it’s text but without the soul, the spice, nor the time to write it. GenAI not only just steals art, but opportunities for artists in commissions and jobs. I’ve followed Techdirt for years and it’s disappointing that the website has joined the GenAI bandwagon. To be fair, there’s a lot of intersect in concensus. I think copyright is easily abused and is in dire need of reform. But GenAI is just the opposite extreme. I’m very disappointed in you, Mike.
Ok Doomer.
I’m sorry, but what does the act do, says, and is named after? I don’t think it’s blatantly obvious yet.
I guess you could say this whole ban was a huge gamble.
Nah… too easy.
This is the same guy whose lasting legacy will be inciting the Jan 6th insurrection. Why is everyone surprised by this escalation?
What Makes America Great, Again?
I see Mark Kelly has been hanging out with John Fetta-Cheese a bit too much lately.
What time is it?
Adventure Time (For a New Senate Minority Leadership Because JFC-)!
The difficulty in UN treaties is to implement those very treaties into enforcing law. Just getting enough nations to sign on is the easy part. Those seventy-two nations would still have to enact legislation to ensure their part in the treaty would be honored. Say if the United States does agree to implement the Cybercrime Treaty, there’s also having 2/3 of the senate agree to ratify the treaty, and then have the senate also enact legislation accordingly. Getting a country to agree to a treaty is the easy part. It’s setting that treaty to practice is what’s hard.
I am not one who is scared of Donald Trump. The people who surround him? They scare me.
Dang it. Tried posting an image. Just list this as spam.
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Disney: “Oh no, the consequences of my actions.”
As a huge fan of museums (and for someone who wants to go through the Smithsonian), this hurts my soul deeply. I… I think I’ll cling closely to my history books.
Credit Card Companies: “Oh no, the consequences of my actions!”
“All Americans are equal, but some Americans are more equal than others.” -GOP
The Atlantic: Sometimes a Camp is a Camp.
You do realize that Kagan and Jackson also dissented, right?
Sincerely piss off, Koby
So you approve people being abducted and force them to live in a foreign prison or concentration camps without any hope of escape or legal process? And yes, I do mean people. Not just migrants, not just immigrants, but citizens, people who not just lived here for a lifetime, but born here, as well. ICE has shown to not only be incapable of distinguishing between immigrant and citizen, but makes no effort to do so. That is not justice, it’s the pure opposite.