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- on Queer discourse rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 Sep 2026
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on Bites & Bytes in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 10 Sep 2026
Yeah, I’ve always used the “nybble” spelling for data instead of tooth activity. But, also I think more people just use “hex digit”.
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on US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material: »it is critical for the United States to ‘retain global leadership in artificial intelligence.« in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
It’s mostly a nothing-burger right now:
This new Trump administration brief is not a ruling, as the case is being tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the authors of the brief do not have jurisdiction.
The U.S. copyright office somewhat contradicts the brief:
The training process [also] implicates the right of reproduction.
– www.copyright.gov/ai/ Part 3, III, B.
Tho, the same documents do mention that “fair use” defenses can apply, but as always they depend on a lot of factors specific to individual acts of possible infringement.
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on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026
That’s a very “doomer” view of democracy, but you might be right.
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on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026
The documents I quote are from publications by the U.S. Copyright Office. But, the Berne convention and the WTO ensure that member states copyrights are aligned.
I doubt “allow for AI generated code” has the bipartisan support you think it does; it certainly doesn’t have the popular support. But, ever if it were legal, it should still be unethical (e.g. Amnesty International’s reports of human rights violations in generative AI), and I’d be attempting to avoid it.
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on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026
I’ve decided to start moving to NetBSD. The copyright status of genAI code is very questionable, and it’s likely any project that integrates it, with be “extinguished” via legal action in the future.
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on Flock Safety's controversial CEO just got a taste of his own medicine in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
Oh, violence, even lethal violence might be necessary in defense of self or others. But, we must not deny that we are dealing with persons. I’m not even saying don’t dox the guy, I’m saying that don’t forget that you are doxing a person.
The focus should be on rehabilitating the person and remediating any harm they have caused, not on returning harm with harm. Of course, if they are being violent or legitimately threatening violence, defensive violence SHOULD be taken to contain/control/remove the threat.
Violating his privacy might be a good lesson in how “we should balance privacy and safety” as part of his rehabilitation, but we can do that without dehumanization.
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on Flock Safety's controversial CEO just got a taste of his own medicine in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
Defensive violence is justified only so long as it is defensive.
For example, torturing prisoners is immoral even if the prisoners in question were (and want to be) executioners for the State. They do not pose a legitimate threat of violence when they are (controlled) prisoners.
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on Flock Safety's controversial CEO just got a taste of his own medicine in c/technology@lemmy.world · 31 Aug 2026
This is dehumanization. It is the tool of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it.
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If you dehumanize persons, you aren’t a leftist or revolutionary or the resistance or an activist. You are a fascist.
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on As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026
I think technically that might have been Lindows.
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on A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics in c/technology@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026
My new game is a roguevania, souls like, gothic horror version of Metroid. /s
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on The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026
I think in the U.S. the nuclear permitting process is so much longer than the methane generator permitting process, and they don’t want to wait.
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on YouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate - Dexerto in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Aug 2026
I know KZ sends out notifications via Discord, so I expect they do get some sort of spike right after upload. And, as long as they are on YT, getting a quick post-upload spike also causes the video to be offered to more non-subscribers.
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on YouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate - Dexerto in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Aug 2026
PeerTube doesn’t provide a revenue stream based on views. KZ and basically anyone that outputs “professional” animations has to have revenue if they are to pay their workers. Other revenue streams (e.g. Merch) can be distractions from the main task of producing video.
Nebula content is only available to subscribers, so the reach is tiny. Creators are free to mirror the content to non-Nebula sites, including YT, so I guess it could be an option.
Dropout is also subscriber only, and they are more jealous about making sure content appears there exclusively, at least for a bit. “One Backflip” and “Pissing Out Cancer” both were Dropout-only for at least a month before the performers could put the specials on other platforms.
Yes, it is possible. But, it’s really hard to get off YT after building an audience there, and YT seems to have a much lower barrier to entry than other platforms, even PeerTube.
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on YouTube’s AI slop detector incorrectly targets Kurzgesagt as other creators fear same fate - Dexerto in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Aug 2026
Yeah, I think edutainment in particular should really try to at least mirror on Peer Tube. You don’t earn anything for views there, but you also won’t be subject to centralized content moderation.
But, KZ is, I think, captured by Capitalism, and would be unwilling to be hosted on a site that doesn’t pay them.
For some reason this reminded me of U-nicycle.