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Man, we are so fucked

"Company cuts costs by replacing 60-strong writing team with #AI"

#Mastodon is feeling less like a refreshing bastion free of #plutocrat manipulation, and more like the last refuge of the free, sane...

and real

I know mastodon.social updated their terms that all AI has to be labeled as such

I propose an update:

No AI allowed on the #fediverse *at all*

@Gargron @Mastodon

Fuck this soul destroying shit

https://www.techspot.com/news/103535-company-fires-entire-60-strong-writing-team-favor.html


Company cuts costs by replacing 60-strong writing team with AI

A writer using the pseudonym Benjamin Miller told the BBC that his company wanted to use AI to cut costs in early 2023. He led a team...
Rob Thubron (TechSpot)
#fediverse #ai #mastodon #plutocrat @Eugen Rochko @Mastodon
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
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@viennawriter The Fediverse‘s most important advantage is that no central authority exists to tell us what is allowed and what isn’t. Instead we have thousands of instances that make their own decisions. And that’s the best approach ever.
@Klaudia (aka jinxx)
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@jwildeboer @viennawriter

well yeah, that's why i was referring to mastodon.social

and maybe something like a fedipact

of course there can be instances that embrace AI

just like there's instances that embrace racism and homophobia

who gives a fuck about them

@Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: @Klaudia (aka jinxx)
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
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@viennawriter You said and I quote “I propose an update:

No AI allowed on the #fediverse *at all” which is a universal statement, AFAICS.

#fediverse @Klaudia (aka jinxx)
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Ben Royce 🇺🇸 🇺🇦
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@jwildeboer @viennawriter

yes, that's what i said

what's the issue?

we have a mastodon server covenant

so no racism or homophobia for example

that doesn't prevent anyone from starting a racist homophobic server, it just means they will be put in the plonk file

we could do the same with AI

that's my point

@Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: @Klaudia (aka jinxx)
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BeAware :veriweed:
BeAware :veriweed:
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@jwildeboer It'd be quite disappointing if I get put on Dark Fedi just because these tools are useful for me because I'm disabled, have ADHD, and can't draw....😬
@Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:
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BeAware :veriweed:
BeAware :veriweed:
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That's where it gets muddy though, because my inability to draw isn't a disability. However, my disability effects my income and ability to pay an actual artist to realize my creativity for me. Therefore, I have to use these cheaper options to express myself. However, I'm not making profit off what I make. I just like sharing my emotiions in the form of AI assisted art sometimes.

Also, if I didn't use ChatGPT, none of my images I post would ever have alt-text because my brain just doesn't work in a way that I can describe everything I'm seeing in every image.🤷‍♂️

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