PSA: Paying for a subscription on the crypto version of OnlyFans using a public blockchain does not give you "true privacy", regardless of what the models there might say.
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Read · Jun 22, 2024
Here's the problem: establishing that AI training requires a copyright license will not stop AI from being used to erode the wages and working conditions of creative workers. The companies suing over AI training are also notorious exploiters of creative workers, union-busters and wage-stealers.
Telling creative workers that they can solve their declining wages with more copyright is a denial that creative workers are workers at all. It treats us as entrepreneurial small businesses, LLCs with MFAs negotiating B2B with other companies. That's how we lose.
On the other hand, if we address the problems of AI and labor as workers, and insist on labor rights – like the Writers Guild did when it struck last summer – then we ally ourselves with every other worker whose wages and working conditions are being attacked with AI.
Our path to better working conditions lies through organizing and striking, not through helping our bosses sue other giant multinational corporations for the right to bleed us out.
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The cryptocurrency industry Super PAC Fairshake is now #1 out of all Super PACs by total funds raised.
They've raised more than $175 million to influence upcoming elections in the US, and have more than $100 million of it still waiting to deploy.
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dunno why I went with "Citation Needed" when "Blogging Molly" was right there
Read · Jun 20, 2024
Back home from Switzerland, where I went to speak at This Next Thing. What an amazing trip!
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Read · Jun 14, 2024
- “Crypto bros are the most powerful new donor class—Trump's SF fundraiser proved it” — The San Francisco Standard · #crypto-lobby · #donald-trump · #politics · #tech-industry
One flaw of the LLMs I've used: they will never give you harsh criticism. While it would be nice to think all my writing is just that good, I know there are no circumstances where someone will ask for feedback and it will say “throw the whole thing out and start again.”
Rubber duck editing with LLMs
Here are some prompts I'm using as I experiment with LLMs1 to see if they can help refine a draft of a talk I'm writing.
M: Here is a draft of a talk I wrote:
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It feels a bit scattered and disorganized to me. Please help me clean it up.
LLM: You've got a compelling narrative and some valuable insights here. However, it could be more tightly organized and concise for better impact. Here’s a revised and more structured version of your talk:
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