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🔗 linkblog: Fanfiction Community Rocked By Etsy Sellers Turning Their Work Into Bound Books'
This strikes me as illustrating the digital labor issues associated with generative AI. It’s someone else profiting off of one’s work.
🔗 linkblog: Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools'
Aw, geez, and I liked Automattic, too. I get that financing Tumblr is hard, but why this?
🔗 linkblog: Reddit: 'We Are in the Early Stages of Monetizing Our User Base''
There are few phrases grosser than “monetizing our user base.”
🔗 linkblog: University of Michigan Sells Recordings of Study Groups and Office Hours to Train AI'
This is straight-up awful. Shame on the university for doing this.
🔗 linkblog: ‘Student Should Have a Healthy-Looking BMI’: How Universities Bend Over Backwards to Accommodate Food Delivery Robots'
I work on a campus with Starship robots, so this was a fascinating read.