The perennial generative AI debate is actually pretty awesome. It's got parts about IP & copyright, environmental benefits & consequences, impact on the future, control by government/corporations, technological feasibility, mathematical inner workings, deep philosophical musings about the nature of imagination/cleverness/creativity/consciousness etc, and of course a touch of existential risk. Each argument has a bit of everything in it and I learn a ton from every conversation!
It's also one of the few topics where I can debate about it online and not feel my blood pressure rising during the process.
) effectively over now.
Was it fun? Yeah, I guess. Was the voting system broken? Absolutely. Was it better than similar previous events (Arcade, Low Skies, High Seas)? A little, though it did also continue for a lot longer.
Deception tip 101: Why try to find niche sources in a topic that support your point when you can probably find more popular, widely trusted sources, and meld them to fit whatever conclusions you want? You'll gain an appearance of higher reliability, though at the risk of increased misinterpretation of your view.
Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing
As we danced in the night, remember
How the stars stole the night away
Give some love to the bongos in the background this 21 September.
19 September is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I missed it by 3 hours, but for anyone in a timezone where it is still 19 September, it sure is a fine day to post something about how good an idea intellectual property abolition is.
