I actually clicked through to X/Twitter to watch the video (it'll let you do that without any login), and I started to wonder: how could anyone produce a video of themselves being so cruel and nasty to workers without feeling like utter pieces of shit?

Then I realized, it's easy if you don't see workers as human beings.

https://www.404media.co/optifyeai-ycombinator-startup-ai-factory/

The problem with using AI is, it doesn't matter if 95% of what it tells you is right. That still means:

1. 5% of it is wrong.
2. You don't know *which* 5%.
3. So you have ti distrust *all of it*.

Not fond of "hallucinate", because it implies some intelligence, which is not actually there. Really, it's just fucking up and making mistakes.

https://www.404media.co/lawyers-caught-citing-ai-hallucinated-cases-call-it-a-cautionary-tale/

spotted in the wild… #AIcrap

The sooner it hits midnight, the better, frankly.

#DoomsdayClock
#AI #AICrap

Stolen to provide alt text and more direct link: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lxm73xyumeuemj36oisadm6h/post/3lfxfhakzus2o

Huh.

Reddit's r/InterestingAsFuck rules that AI-generated video is *not* interesting.

https://www.404media.co/reddits-interesting-as-fuck-community-rules-that-ai-generated-video-is-not-interesting/

An AI "artist" is trying to get the Copyright Office to grant copyright on an image he created with Midjourney. The CO is sticking to established law stating that copyright protects "works of human authorship" (cf. the "monkey selfie" case a few years back).

The EFF agrees the Copyright Office "has pretty much been getting it right."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/artist-appeals-copyright-denial-for-prize-winning-ai-generated-work/

Another day, another case of people having their creative work "opted in" to generative AI without their actual consent.

If Udemy really thought people wanted to have their classes scraped to teach LLMs, they would have given them a longer period, or made it opt-in instead of opt-out. The fact they didn't speaks volumes.

https://www.404media.co/massive-e-learning-platform-udemy-gave-teachers-a-gen-ai-opt-out-window-its-already-over/

I just tried to leave the following comment on Mozilla's feedback page regarding their new AI "feature". Sadly, it asked me to log in *after* I hit Submit, despite the previous page saying I only needed to be logged in if I wanted to add an attachment. So now I'm even more unhappy.

Anyway, @mozilla, you don't seem to want to hear feedback on this, but I'm @-ing you anyway.

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AI crap continues to scuzz up the internet...

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/28/24230578/viral-true-crime-story-or-just-another-ai-fake