Loved your interview on Better Offline that I listened to today. The interview left me feeling rather hopeless when it comes to having any meaningful regulation on these technologies. I don't know how the common people can fight against all of the money that is buying 'No or minimal regulation'.
"If you share the work of others, it’s your duty to make sure that the creators of that work get proper credit. Crediting work in our copy-and-paste age of reblogs and retweets can seem like a futile effort, but it’s worth it, and it’s the right thing to do. You should always share the work of others as if it were your own, treating it with respect and care.
When we make the case for crediting our sources, most of us concentrate on the plight of the original creator of the work. But that’s only half of the story—if you fail to properly attribute work that you share, you not only rob the person who made it, you rob all the people you’ve shared it with. Without attribution, they have no way to dig deeper into the work or find more of it.
I've long contended that there's no other governor who vetoes as many bills passed by a legislature dominated by their own party as Gavin Newsom. He LOVES vetoing bills passed by the state's Democratic super-majorities in the Assembly and Senate.
And then, of course, the Democratic super-majority never overrides his vetoes. Odd, that.
A couple copyedits. Early on is this; "These bills are hardly radical. Most are truly straightforward, common sense measures that all but the most diehard libertarians would take issue with."
I think you meant NONE but the most diehard. There was a similar one I can't find now. And then there's one that doesn't involve an obvious language issue but--you seem to be saying that a bill to block AI companies from selling chatbots to children that might encourage them to kill themselves, develop eating or substance disorders, engage in self-harm...is being fought hard, openly, by the industry. They are actually saying they should be allowed to market chatbots to kids that might lead to suicide or mental health crises. Can this be true? Has it gone that far, are we living in Mordor?
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I think they’re not exactly saying they should be allowed to sell chatbots that are dangerous to children, they’re saying they shouldn’t have to design the chatbots so they can’t harm children. A typical tech attempt to evade responsibility for the harms they inflict in the monomaniacal pursuit of profit.
To your second point. Social media companies sold ads based specifically on being able to target kids in vulnerable moments when they were feeling insecure or depressed to sell products to them, so I think we're well past the Mordor point as regards the incentives of capitalism and technology
Isn’t this a rhetorical question?
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How about a law that bans using an AI to make laws?
Loved your interview on Better Offline that I listened to today. The interview left me feeling rather hopeless when it comes to having any meaningful regulation on these technologies. I don't know how the common people can fight against all of the money that is buying 'No or minimal regulation'.
Credit is Always Due
https://austinkleon.com/2014/01/27/credit-is-always-due/
"If you share the work of others, it’s your duty to make sure that the creators of that work get proper credit. Crediting work in our copy-and-paste age of reblogs and retweets can seem like a futile effort, but it’s worth it, and it’s the right thing to do. You should always share the work of others as if it were your own, treating it with respect and care.
When we make the case for crediting our sources, most of us concentrate on the plight of the original creator of the work. But that’s only half of the story—if you fail to properly attribute work that you share, you not only rob the person who made it, you rob all the people you’ve shared it with. Without attribution, they have no way to dig deeper into the work or find more of it.
So, what makes for great attribution? Attribution is all about ... " full quote at https://austinkleon.com/2014/01/27/credit-is-always-due/
I've long contended that there's no other governor who vetoes as many bills passed by a legislature dominated by their own party as Gavin Newsom. He LOVES vetoing bills passed by the state's Democratic super-majorities in the Assembly and Senate.
And then, of course, the Democratic super-majority never overrides his vetoes. Odd, that.
A couple copyedits. Early on is this; "These bills are hardly radical. Most are truly straightforward, common sense measures that all but the most diehard libertarians would take issue with."
I think you meant NONE but the most diehard. There was a similar one I can't find now. And then there's one that doesn't involve an obvious language issue but--you seem to be saying that a bill to block AI companies from selling chatbots to children that might encourage them to kill themselves, develop eating or substance disorders, engage in self-harm...is being fought hard, openly, by the industry. They are actually saying they should be allowed to market chatbots to kids that might lead to suicide or mental health crises. Can this be true? Has it gone that far, are we living in Mordor?
Would love to keep the comments dedicated to discussion — feel free to email any copyedit suggestions in the future, you can just reply to the email in your inbox, thanks
I think they’re not exactly saying they should be allowed to sell chatbots that are dangerous to children, they’re saying they shouldn’t have to design the chatbots so they can’t harm children. A typical tech attempt to evade responsibility for the harms they inflict in the monomaniacal pursuit of profit.
To your second point. Social media companies sold ads based specifically on being able to target kids in vulnerable moments when they were feeling insecure or depressed to sell products to them, so I think we're well past the Mordor point as regards the incentives of capitalism and technology