Since the dawn of information technology - literally the Gutenberg era - tech entrepreneurs have been trying to convince people that their new way of delivering information would be killed if they had to actually pay for the information they were making money delivering. This story is 400 years old. - ThreadSky

crobertcargill.bsky.social • 4 days ago

Since the dawn of information technology - literally the Gutenberg era - tech entrepreneurs have been trying to convince people that their new way of delivering information would be killed if they had to actually pay for the information they were making money delivering. This story is 400 years old.

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Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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jcmelon.bsky.social•4 days ago

Asking Tescos for permission to eat the pick-n-mix would kill the shoplifting industry.

notofthiszion.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sometimes a good funeral is exactly what's needed.

rosegardenerwi.bsky.social•4 days ago

Re: asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

As a programmer, let AI die a inglorious death. The sooner the better. AI is a LOT of things, but savior of humanity (that some would have you believe), it is not.🤷🏻‍♀️

marktierney.com•3 days ago

And its Nick fucking Clegg; a fool of the highest order. Also its bullshit.

lrosenthal.bsky.social•4 days ago

So is slavery in the clegg family biz

rhenryhumphries.bsky.social•4 days ago

This post is a nice response to Clegg and all AI

https://bsky.app/profile/thepeterkelly.bsky.social/post/3lpwlyiun7k22

joseph011296.bsky.social•4 days ago

Also, even if his bullshit was true, it doesn't change anything.
If his business can't exist without stealing from people then it shouldn't exist at all

puppygirlronnie.bsky.social•4 days ago

It goes back further — the slave owners said all of society would collapse without slavery, as one example. Obviously snake oil salesmen will tell you the world will end without snake oil, it's our job to not listen to them

aceofdave.bsky.social•4 days ago

In a million ways, “ then die”

scottmaybstoned.bsky.social•4 days ago

An argument could be made it started with cuneiform, but that's an argument for someone else to make.

kalebaxon.com•4 days ago

I came here to say this.

greggers1868.bsky.social•4 days ago

The Gutenberg era?
J/k, just trying to bring some levity to the convo

jphendo.bsky.social•3 days ago

Any "industry" that relies on stealing people's work deserves to die.

101deadpool101.bsky.social•4 days ago

If asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry, then maybe it should be dead.

gundarkhunter.bsky.social•4 days ago

This is why robust copyright legislation is so important.

calicoday.bsky.social•4 days ago

See also polluters don't like to pay for cleanup, tobacco doesn't like to pay for health damage.... Awful lot of "rich" people wouldn't be nearly as rich if they had to stick to an HONEST budget.

fumikechu.bsky.social•4 days ago

Seems like as oppressive as the AI industry is these days, this is where they're most vulnerable, where they keep begging people to free them of responsibility.

If there was ever a time to nip them in the bud, it's now.

crash006.bsky.social•4 days ago

AI will die if they can't steal artistic works to feed it?

saltedjosh.bsky.social•4 days ago

For no particular reason other than an interest in history, I'll point out that guillotines are also 400 years old.

morningsongs.bsky.social•3 days ago

stinky-doggy.bsky.social•4 days ago

An interesting part of this to me is that plenty of artists are supportive of emerging tech and would find AI very interesting in different circumstances. I suspect that enough artists/authors would have agreed to allow their works to be used if the tech companies hadn’t tried to screw them first.

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