The "not for public consumption" caveat is tough, ngl. It can't cover research you'll use later; same with much learning that ends up being for professional use; sewing and crafting can count as public if people see it, so that's out. That leaves sports, gardening, workouts, travel, walks, etc.
Today in disability discrimination, the DVLA is insisting I apply for a license I don't need or want in order for them to deign to write to me confirming I'm still not allowed to drive. Why is there no simpler way?
A good set of questions. For 7, I wish there was some correlation between attendance and voting result, but it's rare because people rarely know their cllr's rate. I've never known local outlets to publish this, even though it's usually public domain.
Satya Nadella is reportedly v unhappy about the word slop, which shows the power of coining the right term. So perhaps new sf needs to respond to this co-option of AI by coining a term for the AGI authors have always intended, that excludes LLM slop.
There's an argument for making solar panels permitted development in conservation areas, and only excepting listed buildings. So many are put off from installing them by the planning requirements.
What's being labelled as AI by Altman &co isn't what sf writers have called AI for decades. The stories don't need to change; techbros need to stop stealing perfectly usable words and turning them into meaningless slop (part 94).
A lot of local cllrs say put it on roofs and car parks. But when you try to get solar on car parks it takes years, blocked on aesthetics, etc. And they expand conservation zones which make rooftop solar require planning permission. The fights I've had!
On March 19th Hachette Book Group made headlines for terminating a book contract with author Mia Ballard over her alleged use of AI in her novel Shy Girl; meanwhile, Hachette has negotiated with the AI editing software company Alighieria to integrate full-scope AI editorial correction tools into their production process.
Trad publishers: we produces better written books than indie.
Also Trad publishers.
Wow, they really are determined to strip all joy out of the world.
Bereaved parents in my ward want something done about the effect social media had on their late child.
They're completely up themselves. It's part of the hype, trying to pump their stock with doomsday AGI posturing.
There's no way to elevate human writers without employing a human reader, because automated systems can't accurately detect slop. What we need is the return of human curation, and a trusted third party to certify books as human-written for several vendors.
Opens slush pile.
Reads generated story... Bans.
Reads generated story... Bans.
Reads generated story... Bans...
Screams.
Closes computer.
Screams again.
Runs off into the woods.
Sees squirrel.
Hmmm... Squirrels have never submitted a generated story.
Squirrel gets treat.
In place, but that doesn't mean they all ring - those wires can snap in the walls.
It does seem as if, by the time the genAI bubble bursts and companies start charging whatever it really costs to produce slop, the rest of us will be broke. KU, with its flood of slop, isn't going to be helpful.
If this is really about slop, limiting upload volume could impact smaller publishers that have maybe 4 or 5 niche authors. I'm not sure there's a fee threshold that doesn't hurt real authors. But I agree, this is going to damage their company long-term.
The only way to get ahead in this system is to organise collectively. I'm not sure how that should look for indie authors, though.
I didn't have writing to the CMA about D2D on my list for today. This enshittification underlines the need for a Euro tech stack.
I feel like I'd better buy some indie books in my wishlist whilst they're still available wide.
The news about D2D's high fees is bad news for anyone who likes to read off Amazon, and any small retailers without their own distribution.
Draft2Digital just dropped the news on their blog that they'll be charging everybody who sells less than a hundred dollars a year a maintenance fee.
Note, they already make a commission off of every sale.
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Well, that's absolute bs. I wonder whether AI slop is the reason, or just the excuse.
I'm using DDG with ai search explicitly turned off. These workarounds are too easy for Google to change on a whim.
They're careful not to talk about increases in accuracy or originality. Surely many of them are eating their own tails by now?
Can we mandate solar on large car parks, like France does?
And clothes, especially women's clothes! All I ask for is decent pockets and fabric that isn't plastic, and it's a job in itself just to find it, plus the extra expense to get quality that lasts. The decline has been noticeable.
Crypto: people who think they don't have enough or can't make enough regular money, inventing money of their own. It has always stunk, always been a scam.
"This suggests that either OpenAI is running out of capital, or has significant up-front commitments it needs to fulfil, requiring massive amounts of cash to be sent to Amazon, Microsoft, CoreWeave (which it pays on net 360 terms) and Oracle."
Not far enough ahead on regulation, and that's the important part given its many harms.
Kibi took her life at 16, a tragic loss. Listen to her mum and stepmum, who call for social media controls for under 16s because of the role it played in her self-image and in the content she accessed beforehand.
Let's protect young people from harmful algorithms.
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