Bookmarking for future reference. Are the purported benefits of generative AI worth these (and other) costs?

Helpful reminder that it’s low-paid, underappreciated workers who contribute to AI as much as high-paid programmers and household-name executives.

This strikes me as illustrating the digital labor issues associated with generative AI. It’s someone else profiting off of one’s work.

Aw, geez, and I liked Automattic, too. I get that financing Tumblr is hard, but why this?

Dammit, I literally just started following Motherboard again.

Need to read more on this before I fully understand what’s being proposed and what the consequences will be. I struggle, however, with the argument that reducing the power of faculty is somehow improving faculty governance.

Darkly hilarious.

There are few phrases grosser than “monetizing our user base.”

This made me laugh out loud while reheating my leftovers for lunch.

Oh, so it’s not just me…

Look, even academics cite the wrong papers sometimes, but if the researchers you cite to support your crime bill don’t actually support your crime bill, that should be a warning…

Musk’s pettiness knows no bounds.

We live in a dumb timeline. Why are we turning TVs into surveillance machines?

Look, I’ve never been really into Reddit, but I’m still really disappointed in the company. This sucks.

I’ve never voted for Michael Adams, but I appreciate his being a voice of reason within his own party.

I recently started following The Onion again, and it’s already paying off.

C’mon, Reddit.

I really ought to be reading more McSweeney’s.

On peut pleurer la mort de quelqu’un sans oublier ses problèmes. Je ne savais pas tout cela, et j’avoue que je vois Navalny différemment maintenant. C’est toujours quelqu’un qui a mené une lutte importante, mais on ne peut pas ignorer ces propos non plus.

Very interesting case.

Depressing but important read.

Look, it’s hard to oppose legislation that purports to be “for the kids,” but with the EFF, Mike Masnick, and other voices I respect still firmly against this, I’ll be calling my reps—and encouraging others to do the same.

This is straight-up awful. Shame on the university for doing this.

Russia is in the wrong in this conflict, but that also means that Russians are among those being wronged.

You know, instead of assuming that we must grow AI data centers and asking how we should power them, we could look at the costs in terms of power and ask whether we should grow AI data centers.