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I imagine that being a content creator as a full-time job is much more difficult than most people realize. Also, the modern work environment is a hellscape, and I can’t blame people who want to avoid it. Still, it’s risky as hell - if the platform you rely on changes its compensation policies, you are screwed, and have even less legal protection/recourse than a McDonalds employee.

I wouldn’t expect a responsible person to take on that level of risk without a safety net. If you’re young and childless, then taking that risk is your call, and it’s unfair for me to judge you. If you’re relying on social media to pay the mortgage for your child’s home, though, you’d better have a backup plan and keep it ready.

I don’t blame them for being skeptical. Anything that corporations/rich people are enthusiastic about usually ends up screwing them.

That’s great, but when you have a majority of Supreme Court justices who routinely ignore the Constitution, “safeguards” won’t matter for shit. Laws don’t matter much when corrupt people have the final say.

I’m so glad! Aren’t they wonderful?

I’m sure this was a completely unforeseen outcome. Completely.

Unusual name (to an American like me, anyway). Is there a story behind it?

What site was attacked? I don’t think the article mentions it.

Thank you for saving me a click

This headline irritates me. If it was a person, I’d tell it to fuck off for assuming I use AI.

Virtually the same thing he says about AI could be said about climate change.

Nice. Congrats! Not my favorite, either, but still a damn good read.

That was fast.

Anyone who puts down a “deposit” on this should be declared mentally incompetent.

I’m in favor of anything that makes these dipshits more conspicuous. Trump bumper sticker? There’s no way I’m pulling over to help you if you’re stuck on the side of the road. MAGA hat? Then I don’t have a problem saying no to their perfectly reasonable request.

These people are helping destroy my country, and the Constitution. By continuing to display this propaganda, they’re telling everyone that they’re proud of it. I’ll let them pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

…and the other half insists on learning the hard way.

My concern is that if the Fediverse becomes big enough to truly threaten commercial options, corporations will find a way to destroy it - through lawsuits, malware, or using their political leverage to encourage overly restrictive laws.

Exactly. “Conventional wisdom” is often inaccurate, or outright incorrect.

I don’t think the study was meant to be novel. It looks like it was only intended to provide scientific evidence about exactly where current AIs fail.

The word “enshittification” is new, but the motivation behind it certainly isn’t.

Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C’mon, juuuust a little… 'till you no longer notice.

This is excellent.

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Oh. So not lazy end users like me. Well, I wish them the best!