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• On the post: Copyright Liability On LLMs Should Mostly Fall On The Prompter, Not The Service

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2024 @ 04:58am

  How would it diminish the market value of existing works?

• On the post: Copyright Liability On LLMs Should Mostly Fall On The Prompter, Not The Service

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2024 @ 04:57am

  In terms of how an LLM works, yes, it is essentially "understanding" in the sense that the model "understands" which words or pixels make the most sense in the context.

• On the post: Sending Cops To Search Classrooms For Controversial Books Is Just Something We Do Now, I Guess

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2024 @ 11:41am

  The censorship at TechDirt is ineffective because it[...]

  ...doesn't exist.

• On the post: Iowa’s New Book Ban/Anti-LGBTQ Law Mostly Dead Following Federal Court Injunction

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2024 @ 11:31am

  How did the KKK, the american nazi party and Christian sects have legislative power?

• On the post: Utah Governor Absolutely Positive That Social Media Harms Kids Despite Study After Study After Study After Study After Study Saying He’s Wrong

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2024 @ 11:24am

  The researchers are probably just measuring it wrong.

  Spoken like a true dumbass. "This doesn't align with my world view, so the experts who know WAY more than me about it are probably just wrong". JFC.

• On the post: YouTube Still Blocking Access To Steamboat Willie On Behalf Of Disney In Some Countries

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2024 @ 02:13am

  What makes you think they couldn’t have?

  The fact that they didn't.

• On the post: California Judge Says Because Snapchat Has Disappearing Messages, Section 230 Doesn’t Apply To Lawsuits Over Snapchat Content

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2024 @ 02:11am

  Are you suggesting that Snapchat recommended the drug dealer to the kids algorithmically? Because if so, citation needed.

• On the post: Chinese Official Fired After Backlash Over Latest Gaming Industry Regulatory Plans

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2024 @ 02:04am

  There's nothing inherently wrong with in-game purchases, daily rewards or playtime incentives. It's how they're implemented that's usually dogshit.

• On the post: Iowa’s New Book Ban/Anti-LGBTQ Law Mostly Dead Following Federal Court Injunction

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2024 @ 01:59am

  I forgot to add "into law". The organizations you mention are disgusting, but at least they don't have legislative power.

• On the post: Iowa’s New Book Ban/Anti-LGBTQ Law Mostly Dead Following Federal Court Injunction

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2024 @ 03:36pm

  We’re seeing a lot of hate in this nation. That’s nothing new.

  But the lengths that some people seem more and more willing to go to, to codify that hate is.

• On the post: Fidelity Sure Seems To Regret Its Decision To Contribute To Elon’s Wild Social Media Adventure

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2024 @ 09:21am

  Your sense of nuance is that of a child. Musk is rich, yes, but he also has responsibilities that few people dream of, let alone would be able to handle. Just look at the shitshow with Twitter. Clearly, Musk can't do just "whatever he wants".

• On the post: Sending Cops To Search Classrooms For Controversial Books Is Just Something We Do Now, I Guess

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2024 @ 09:18am

  Absolutely irredeemable–these are the people we need to remove permanently from society.

  Whatever, fascist.

• On the post: Sending Cops To Search Classrooms For Controversial Books Is Just Something We Do Now, I Guess

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2024 @ 09:17am

  I would say that would heavily depend on the passage in a particular book. It's not inherently a bad or good thing.

• On the post: YouTube Still Blocking Access To Steamboat Willie On Behalf Of Disney In Some Countries

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2024 @ 09:08am

  As aggressive as Disney is with their IP's, I'm fairly certain they would have sued the production companies into the ground as soon as the movie was announced if they could have.

• On the post: Sending Cops To Search Classrooms For Controversial Books Is Just Something We Do Now, I Guess

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2024 @ 05:47am

  Why do you want to keep children from learning about sex, you prude?

• On the post: Court Tells California Cops (Again!) That Law Requires Disclosure Of Old Misconduct Records

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2024 @ 05:45am

  Could be because "organized criminals" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

• On the post: Fidelity Sure Seems To Regret Its Decision To Contribute To Elon’s Wild Social Media Adventure

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 04 Jan, 2024 @ 02:44am

  What is there to envy? Musk made a stupid business decision based on a whim, was forced to pay an exorbitant amount of money for something he didn't actually want, made even dumber decisions on the pursuit of "freeze peach", and tanked the valuation of the company by at least 60% in a year. The fact that you think the writers around here are envious of something like that says more about you than it does about them.

• On the post: Fidelity Sure Seems To Regret Its Decision To Contribute To Elon’s Wild Social Media Adventure

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2024 @ 01:34pm

  You spent all of 2023 cheerleading for documenting the collapse of X-Twitter

  Fixed it for you.

• On the post: FTC Continues To Wade Into Copyright Issues In AI Without Understanding Anything

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2024 @ 07:19am

  Why not?

• On the post: ExTwitter Unfortunately Loses Round One In Challenging Problematic Content Moderation Law

  

  Strawb ( profile ), 03 Jan, 2024 @ 02:11am

  No countries have free speech besides the US, including Europe

  Europe is a continent, not a country, and most western countries have laws protecting freedom of speech. Stop drinking the freedom cool-aid.

  And I really love how this is all proving Musk right

  Hey, even broken clocks are right twice a day.

  he’s putting principle over profit

  For once in his life. He completely buckled when foreign governments wanted to control content on Twitter.

  despite your opening sentence (which I do give you a little bit of credit for) you kinda studiously avoid saying “yeah, Musk was right about all of this shit”

  That's because he wasn't right "about all this shit". He is right that this particular law is shit, and should be challenged. That's it.

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