I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out:
www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.
State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.
www.wired.com/story/gramma...
an articulated paper doll of a horned, winged demon with a bird face, bird feet, and pointed tail. Its face and hands are red, and it has red, green, and blue scales. It has extra faces at its elbows and knees, as well as extra eyes on its wings. It is smiling, and holding aloft a small bouquet of purple flowers. The background is a mottled indigo blue
paper doll of a cheerful demon. from 2023.
What a day for news about AI slop. First Grammarly's terrible "expert review" and now this.
Looks like Grammarly is already walking it back now. bsky.app/profile/drsu...
"We realized we were making ourselves deeply vulnerable to a class action suit that absolutely would have wiped us out financially so we're going to find a way to do this without actual human names attached."
lmaooooo sloppelganger
Not exactly aimed at this type of shit but there is a @typebarmagazine.bsky.social article that came to mind. We gotta get snobbier, guys.
Skimming the simplified version of shit, especially if a robot did it it, is not the same as *actually reading it*.
www.typebarmagazine.com/sci-fi-fanta...
"I would like to throw the concept of low stakes and high stakes into the nearest volcano and never speak of these concepts again. Rather, I would like to talk about stakes that are near or far."
Here's my latest newsletter! buttondown.com/charliejane/...
‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’
‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’
‘Hello’ is not related to either.
Goodbye.
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social #sharksnearme a SHARK bike rack! Jacksonville Beach FL.
My friends, today is the day my new book with @superdillin.bsky.social is out!
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A blue peacock mascot stands and raises its wings and shows its big round green tail.
Kujac, a fun-loving peacock, is the mascot for Meitetsu Lejac mall in Nagoya City.
Getting pretty exhausted by AI companies’ whole business model being to force people to opt out instead of inviting them to opt in. If AI was so inevitable and so helpful to everyone, would all of these companies have to force their AI features it on users?
An orange cat admires his reflection in a hot tub
Razz can’t help but admire his reflection 😊
#caturday #photography #art
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.
Oh, do romance readers read too much? Of the wrong kind of books, you say? In the wrong kind of language, you say? Are they too easy, too sexy, too fun, too silly? And we’re pretending this is not The argument that people have made against romance since (checks library) 1785?
They also do not want to admit this, but "abolish ICE" and "let people have abortions" are in fact mainstream stances.
Guest Post - The Perils of Using Generative AI to Perform Research Tasks: Editors’ and Publishers’ Viewpoints - The Scholarly Kitchen
I finished the scarf!
I don’t wanna knit a gauge swatch. I just wanna knit a sweater. But that sweater probably won’t fit if I don’t knit the gauge swatch. Boo.
teewatterss on Threads: “losing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”
10/10 take. no notes
btw about that pixar thing, the reason why these people think having a conversation about gay people with kids is difficult is because they don't know a way to say to their kid "gay people are normal but you are not allowed to be one" without sounding like a bigot (there is a reason for that)
the whole purpose of the post-menopausal woman is to prevent the rise of generative AI
I spent a lot of time deliberating over a reply. Then I stopped. I blocked them instead. Some fundamental values aren't worth arguing over, because they aren't up for debate.
Also I'm not in high school,
this isn't speech class,
and I don't fucking care.
i had a great conversation with this reporter and overall feel this is a really balanced piece exploring what might be going on with this shift to "first person or bust" that has taken over romance.
this is like
the thesis statement of our times
