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  • nitefox@lemmy.worldtoBooks@lemmy.world•Grisham, Martin join authors suing OpenAI: "There is nothing fair about this"
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    1 year ago

    Why should we ban AI, a really useful technology, also for co-collaboration within the Arts, just because some people will make money with it? Art has been constant copypaste remixing anyhow.

    I said ban for creative works, at least for commercial use, which is a very little part of what can be done with AI; and maybe personal informations processing though, cause you know… privacy

    Why would anyone read GOT in space when they can just read GOT? The people opting for GOT in space will most likely already have read GOT anyhow

    Because it won’t be called GoT: space edition, it will be a rip-off of GoT with the same overarching story and characters but in a scifi/whatever setting. And yes, it already happens: many TV series on Netflix are a rip off of other successful series (most of the time produced by Netflix), which flood the platform; it happens with every single successful serie. You can find dozens if not more of the same, fucking, TV serie with a different name but with the same old jokes, characters, plot point and sometime style.

    Why do people watch them anyway? For the same reason cable TV is so trash: cheap entertainment works, no matter how shitty it is; it happens with anime/manga/light novels too.

    And yes, it is shitty. But at least it takes time to write and produce that crap, while with AI it will be immediate and cheap. Cheap and immediate means they will produce so much crap, finding quality stuff will be nigh impossible since it will cost much much more to produce with less earnings than garbage.

    It will never surpass the original

    I think you don’t watch, play games et similia… originality is a luxury nowadays. Why do you think Netflix cancels every single serie that isn’t a hit in the first few months? Cause they can. It is cheaper and lucrative to cancel what doesn’t work and re-iterate on the same shitty formula until the crap sticks on the wall. And it works, they do it, and they do it now.

    Also copyright should never forbid someone to write in the style of someone else. How would you even proove it?

    It’s already happening. Before, humans used to do the exact same. Why is it be different now with AI? It’s just more and faster imo.

    This is quite easy actually, while it’s hard for technical things. Taking inspiration doesn’t mean copying. Modern “AI” doesn’t think, which means anything it does is a copy.

    We are already reaching, if we aren’t already, a Fahrenheit 451 level of entertainment, “AI” will surely put the final nail on the coffin.

    “AI” are a beautiful thing, but in our current society, where profits is everything and people are nothing but a number, they are the scariest shit ever

  • nitefox@lemmy.worldtoBooks@lemmy.world•Grisham, Martin join authors suing OpenAI: "There is nothing fair about this"
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    1 year ago

    It is likely that we will reach a point where these ML things will recognise patterns across creative works, see what sell and use them to make similar stories using those same patterns.

    Which is clear they will sell more since they will be cheaper, faster to make thus flooding the market with engaging-but-unoriginal stories.

    Imagine: a GOT in space, a GOT in fantasy, a mix between Star Wars and GOT, and so on. And they will always sell cause GoT is engaging, but none will be original but a soulless copy of the original GoT (for which Martin won’t see a buck).

    Tbf, i think it would be better to ban this kind of “AI” - like ChatGPT, or the ones for the art et similia - from “producing” creative work - at least creative work to be sold - but capitalism gotta capitalise I guess.

    EDIT: to be fair right now the main concern is about copyrighted creative work, but probably it’s the easier to ascertain if it’s been copied or not: take for example programming code, there are very few ways to know if a copyrighted code has been used and it will probably show how copyright is SO dumb and fallacious for technical and whatnot fields

  • nitefox@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.English
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    1 year ago

    Inability to self-repair. Apple made it harder on purpose.

    Can you repair android phone nowadays? Afaik, they are just as hard as apple

    Clipboard and files sharing is still a joke. It works, but is uncomfortable as fuck.

    Never had a problem

    No easy & free way to sideload apps.

    this should come before March 2024

    Overpriced smartphones & gadgets.

    True for the gadgets, smartphones are just in line with other android phones but at least the phone is supported for 5-6 years and it doesn’t go to shit after a few years of use

    Shitty media format support.

    Preach.

    Buying an Apple device means I would literally support anti-consumer company with shitty behavior towards its users

    Then buy no phone and remove google, etc. For a computer, buy a System76 et similia -but do not use Nvidia/AMD/intel GPU/CPU; no Samsung for SSD, no Intel network card etc.

    Apple wallet does not support discount cards.

    But you can?Maybe it’s new, idk

    Can’t simply upload & download files from my PC (both Windows & Linux).

    True. I use iCloud webApp on Linux or transfer the files on Mega

    No proper files management.

    It works for the most basic use cases

    No ability to install 3rd party OS.

    True, but on the other hand iOS is the reason you would buy an iPhone. I’m a power user on desktop but I can’t be bothered on mobile: back when I had an android, I used the stock apps too and never did anything “”“weird”“”. I’m a desktop user throughout, so if I have to do anything I will just use my PC instead of relying on my phone

    – That said, if you don’t mind paying:

    • try protonMail, there is the auto import and forward for gmail;
    • MEGA has a sync feature for the photos. I use it but on iOS it’s not that great, for example the photos never get deleted but just uploaded;