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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, not least because almost nothing in this area is self-evident due to the state of caselaw at the moment.

Putting aside for the moment the question of whether "generative" implies "transformative" in the specific sense under discussion in copyright law, the definition of "transformative" in this context is highly contentious, and courts have avoided defining it in an unambiguous way. Even here, the courts will probably avoid answering these questions if at all practical.

This is a big part of why fair use is in such a bad state right now: no predictability in how courts will rule on it as a defense, plus no way to keep you out of courts in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

The Art Deco Bob Semple

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We can ask this question from the other direction: why doesn't everywhere else have a flamethrower helicopter?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

OpenAI and Microsoft recently redefined “artificial general intelligence” as OpenAI making $100 billion profit.

Defining intelligence this way means that virtually no human who has ever lived qualifies as intelligent, either. That's one way for machine intelligence to reach parity with human intelligence, I suppose.

Then again, Sam Altman has lit enough of Microsoft's money on fire that he especially doesn't count as intelligent according to this definition. So maybe it has some merit after all.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

"It's a safety feature to reduce spalling!"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For sure. It's kind of fascinating, in a grim way, to contrast Haiti's revolutionary course with the US, where basically every major power was cool with them a few years after their revolution.

One wonders how history would be different if the nations of the world had spent centuries screwing the US with debt and propping up their worst leaders and left Haiti to do its own thing.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Right? Most of this stuff was already the case in 2012, so it barely even counts as a prediction.

China's lead in rare earth production doesn't exactly come out of nowhere, nor does Haiti having a crisis of some sort or terrorists being called freedom fighters. And having AI do the targeting work in place of humans has been floating around as an idea since what, when The Forbin Project came out? 1970 or so?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

It's a good idea, but we can go even further. Just think of what we could fit into a spinal mount!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

See also Brigador: apart from the various lasers, exotic ballistics, and nightmarish chemical weapons it includes, there's also the prosaic "Mãe Dois." The tech entry leaves no doubt about what it is:

My understanding is that this weapon not only predates the colonies, but space travel entirely. If that is the case then it's a truly venerable design, and one I'm told will continue to serve for the foreseeable future.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Good catch! Thanks, I didn't even see that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

This sounds really good. I've never seen Sichuan peppercorn bitters, but that sounds really interesting. Do you have a recipe?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago

No, there's an actual paper where that term originated that goes into great deal explaining what it means and what it applies to. It answers those questions and addresses potential objections people might respond with.

There's no need for--and, frankly, nothing interesting about--"but, what is truth, really?" vibes-based takes on the term.

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