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Art by generative systems contentious
The LLM-excused copyright grab is advancing with a lawsuit against
the
sale
of art generated
using a generative video model.
Using generative systems to generate text that does not appear to be fiction
has the problem that people believe it is truthful. Likewise using them
to generate art that appears to be a photo.
That problem does not arise for text or visual art that is presented
as, or appears to be, fiction or art.
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| 4:38a |
UK Chinese oppose mega-embassy, London
Protesters in London opposed plans to allow China to build a large
embassy, warning that
it
would be used for espionage and for punishing Chinese expats in
the UK. It could even be used to imprison Chinese expats when they
come in for an appointment, and perhaps even refugee dissidents.
Chinese embassies in various countries
threaten
residents Chinese people living in those countries, to stop them
from criticizing China.
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| 10:38a |
Frozen potato market in the US
The frozen potato market in the US is
dominated
by just four companies, and
the result (whether explicitly planned or not) is price fixing.
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| 10:38a |
Ukraine invasion used to influence the wrecker
Historian Timothy Snyder argues that Putin invaded Ukraine as a way to
use
his influence with the wrecker, supposing the latter became
president of the US.
He also explains the importance of refusing to "obey in advance".
Even if bigger and richer people are bowing down and obeying, we must
continue to refuse.
"It's particularly distressing that it's the billionaires who have the
media outlets, so who are in some sense the most powerful. Like, what
do you have to be afraid of? Why don’t you do something interesting
that the historians will remember you for instead? But I also want to
say it’s not surprising. The reason we have Lesson One of On Tyranny is
because we can’t count on the non-regime-proximate oligarchs to do the
right thing. Like the regime-proximate oligarchs, like Elon Musk,
they're doing the wrong thing."
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| 10:38a |
Starmer one of Labour's most rightwing members
*Keir Starmer is one of Labour's
most
rightwing members of parliament,
according to a study of the political positions of the MPs from every
major party.*
This gives some hope that a defeat could make the party replace him.
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| 10:38a |
Falsified environmental reports by oil and gas firms
*Oil and gas firms operating in Colorado
falsified environmental
impact reports.*
Is anyone threatened with prison for this?
I expect not — and that weakness of enforcement is why it happens so
much. Millions of lives will depend in the future on how we enforce
environmental regulations. Inadequate enforcement is as dangerous as
inadequate rules.
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| 10:38a |
Donors of scapegoater used Mexican workers illegally
*Major Donors [for the scapegoater] who complained of immigrant
"invasion" used
Mexican workers illegally, sources allege.*
It would not surprise me if they were hypocritical. Why wouldn't they be?
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| 10:38a |
Iron Man film as propaganda
How the Iron Man film of 2008 was
designed
as propaganda for the US
military.
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