I suspect the return of Feathers McGraw will ultimately be a disappointment, but I love the character enough to be very excited in the meantime.

I had forgotten Kentucky did this, and that just makes me more mad.

In a roundabout way, I think this helps demonstrate why scraping data for generative AI isn’t a question of copyright. Even when there is a legal agreement, it can still be exploitative—it’s a question of digital labor.

Oh, please no no no. I usually read a whole article before posting it, but just the first few paragraphs are giving me such a visceral reaction that I don’t know if I’ll make it through the rest. The existing tech giants already have such a hold on us, let’s please not let OpenAI in the door.

Bookmarking so I have enraging examples to show my students.

I appreciate Anil’s perspective here and want to try to start thinking this way.

What a great ode to the bike.

This is why I include nonsense descriptions for all my Venmo transactions.

Some good thoughts here by Masnick.

I got skeptical of Section 230 for a while, but folks like Doctorow and Mike Masnick have brought me back around.

Look, it shouldn’t take this story for people to realize that OpenAI exploits others’ contributions to make its products, but if it does the trick, I’ll take it. (And this is admittedly creepier than its base-level exploitation.)

This is a fun article.

Compelling essay about vain hopes for the future.

Such a depressing article.

I love this article precisely because I hate the word “utilize.”

Love to see Eurovision coverage from US news outlets.

Some better, broader coverage of complaints I made in a blog post earlier this week.

I don’t think intellectual property is the way to fight back against generative AI, but it is wildly out of line for a company who profits off using other’s intellectual property to be this petty.

Jana Riess is one of my favorite Mormons, and Melissa was another. This is a great combination of the two.

I worked a lot with Melissa over five years, but I still didn’t know her terribly well. I didn’t know many of these things about her, and learning them just makes me miss her more. She was truly the best of Mormonism in so many ways.

Really interested in this game.

A beautiful obituary for a beautiful person.

I have not been following this discourse, but I feel like I’d agree with this article even if I had and, besides, the article makes me glad I haven’t been following it.

Sympa, et hyper intéressant.

I think this might be one of the best things I’ve read on generative AI.