this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2024
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

fyi they updated their blog post with this catch-all disclaimer in the last couple of hours

"it is simply too big to categorically endorse or not endorse"

"so we're gonna play it safe and endorse it"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it turns out the only staff member, or one of very few, is the interim ED. Everyone else quit a couple of months ago because she was fucking terrible. I suspect she's counting sugar lumps.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

that fits the tone of this stubborn defense

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

categorical

situational

Alright then, point out the situations where there are good actors in the AI space. Oh, there are none? that would imply that materially the whole category is corrupt.

[–] Feathercrown 1 points 2 weeks ago

Are you exaggerating or do you actually not know any good actors

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

"Because we got paid, cause we got paid, cause we got pa-aid!"

To the tune of "Then I got high" by Afroman.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Ahh pussies. I ran the sherlock holmes kink meme a few years back, at one point we had the proto-chat generated fics start to uptick in the community.

We banned them