Grinning Cat :neocat_flag_bi: :neocat_flag_polyam: 🚫👑<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@uzakl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>uzakl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> </p><p>Related: Ann Telnaes (who resigned from the Washington Post after they censored her cartoon of tech billionaires and Mickey Mouse bringing money bags and bowing down to Trump) wrote that <strong>AI is theft</strong>, and elaborated in a long form cartoon. </p><blockquote><p>I just gave a speech in Lucerne at the Swiss Media Forum about the free press and during the Q&A a question came up about editorial cartoons and AI. The short answer is AI is theft. The longer answer I addressed last year in a graphic essay:</p></blockquote><p>(Opening snippets here, hit the link for the rest.)</p><p><a href="https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/ai-is-theft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anntelnaes.substack.com/p/ai-i</span><span class="invisible">s-theft</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AIart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIart</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AIIsTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIIsTheft</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AnnTelnaes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnTelnaes</span></a></p>
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Weebdeluxe<p>Found a cool youtube playlist with lofi retro animecyberpunk music.</p><p>It took seconds to get a hunch it was AI generated.</p><p>5 minutes later I was able to confirm it was AI generated.</p><p>The algorithm pushed this on me. Fucking hate this.</p><p><a href="https://urusai.social/tags/fuckai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuckai</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/aislop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aislop</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/aiistheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aiistheft</span></a></p>
Stephen Cox Author<p>Companies who would sue the pants off me if I used their IP, anywhere in the world, want to use my IP for nothing.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AiISTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AiISTheft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AiIsCrap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AiIsCrap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tux.social/@Rhababerbarbar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Rhababerbarbar</span></a></span> -- </p><p>Comic by <a href="https://linktr.ee/Tragicgirlsco" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">linktr.ee/Tragicgirlsco</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIisTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIisTheft</span></a></p>
Stephen Cox Author<p>The Guardian, always a disappointment, editorialises in support of creatives with respect to AI, then gets in bed with thief-in-chief OpenAi.</p><p>Not sure how adding Guardian journalism to ChatGPT news feeds will help fight disinformation. A BBC study suggested the majority of AI summaries of BBC news was inaccurate, sometimes amazingly so. No, this assassinated person was 'not' leader of Hamas.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2025/feb/14/guardian-media-group-announces-strategic-partnership-with-openai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/gnm-press-offi</span><span class="invisible">ce/2025/feb/14/guardian-media-group-announces-strategic-partnership-with-openai</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIisTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIisTheft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanArt</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Z_xoOrRlOIQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Z_xoOrRlOIQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Court Rules AGAINST AI Firm Using Copyrighted Material for Training</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIisTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIisTheft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IntellectualProperty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualProperty</span></a></p>
Eva Chanda<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aral</span></a></span> <br>And of course it's to train their AI. 😒 <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AIisTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIisTheft</span></a></p>
`Da Elf<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jeffowski</span></a></span> </p><p>The Pirate Bay and 1337x are probably pissed off.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AIisTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIisTheft</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIisTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIisTheft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/n</span><span class="invisible">ews-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIisTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIisTheft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IntellectualPropertyRightsReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualPropertyRightsReform</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://functional.cafe/@aziz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aziz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@iinac" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iinac</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>blogdiva</span></a></span> -- </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIisTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIisTheft</span></a> </p><p>"Curation" does not solve the "THEFT" issue with <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> </p><p>A Sustainable AI future includes AI companies having teams in the real world searching for new art and new science to validate and add to their models, through LICENSING or PAYING ROYALTIES to use that data from the artists and scientists.</p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIisTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIisTheft</span></a> </p><p>And what people aren't seeing is the cost of the curating process.</p><p>That has a cost too.</p><p>Humans need to validate and make sure the data flowing into these models is valid.</p><p>As I've said, the future of AI will be HUMANS going out in the world and licensing art, science, and validating information in these models. </p><p>It's how artists and scientists and the general humans that created it all for the AI to be paid in licensing fees.</p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIisTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIisTheft</span></a> </p><p>People are freaking out about this, without actually understanding how these AI's are built.</p><p>DeepSeek has stripped out and curated their data a whole hell of a lot.</p><p>The COST to create the AI was so small because the data used was small.</p><p>The way the US AI companies are working, they are dumping EVERYTHING into the models without trimming out almost anything, thus, the models take a lot more time to build.</p><p>Curating is key.</p><p>---> MORE</p>
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