I emailed media.enquiries@theguardian.com to let The Guardian know what I think of their decision to get in bed with an AI firm. I linked to various articles on how AI is environmentally catastrophic, theft-based, flawed, and disastrous for creatives. You'll never guess which news source I used. - ThreadSky

kjcharleswriter.com • 6 days ago

I emailed [email protected] to let The Guardian know what I think of their decision to get in bed with an AI firm. I linked to various articles on how AI is environmentally catastrophic, theft-based, flawed, and disastrous for creatives. You'll never guess which news source I used.

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lpaice.bsky.social•6 days ago

Indeed. I cancelled my sub and told them why.

kiwiana.bsky.social•5 days ago

Thank you, I just did the same and told them my annual payment will cease (with no references but hopefully money talks a bit)

gnarlygeek.bsky.social•6 days ago

I don't have a subscription, but I'll remove them from my sources, sigh.

afhunter.bsky.social•5 days ago

Today I learned both the Guardian and the New York Times are implementing AI. The contagion spreads...

kjcharleswriter.com•6 days ago

I swear we've got about two weeks before the Guardian explains how its fearless left wing principles oblige it to support Reform. I mean, they already have the transphobia, the lack of regard for the environment, the covering up of sexual harassment, and the intellectual dishonesty.

kjcharleswriter.com•6 days ago

Not to mention (she says, mentioning it) the relentless contempt for female dominated genres and for women writers in genre. Bah.

cazreadingrm.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sigh. The only mainstream newspaper I still occasionally look at. I suppose its further enshittification was inevitable once it was sold.

kjcharleswriter.com•6 days ago

that's the Observer, I think, they sold that to Tortoise.

cazreadingrm.bsky.social•6 days ago

Oh - I thought the Graun was part of that deal; I hadn't realised it was just the Obs. I still get most of my news elsewhere these days anyway. MSM is mostly crap.

homebrewandhacking.bsky.social•6 days ago

The pro TERF outlet that broke the Gaiman abuse scandal (and never expected his excommunication?)

No wonder offline people don't know anything good about trans people.

lillyh.bsky.social•6 days ago

@theguardian.com may be bad, but ATM it's all we've got that isn't directly far-right, and there's no paywall.

I would consider paying though, if they make clear they won't use AI.

abstrusedis.bsky.social•5 days ago

I wrote a three-sentence message in their "tell us why you're cancelling" box and then used up the rest of the character limit to add links to The Guardian's own articles about ethical and environmental issues with AI. Got to 17 links (and had 7 characters left).

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