Not when it's illegal. If there's evidence, the DOJ should arrest Biden. Now.

Justice is the operative principle here. Did you learn how that works in high school or watching Bat-Man? Demand the DOJ bring Biden to justice if you are so inclined.

Spoiler Alert: There isn't evidence, there is no indictment coming, it's not "turnabout." What's happening now, in 2025, is blatant political persecution that would justify granting asylum to its victims in most countries. Nobody would have gotten asylum under Biden, because he didn't illegally persecute his political enemies.

This guy. This guy literally fired federal prosecutors to find others who would comply in their absence. Should tell you all you need to know. How many Biden firings over a specific indictment? Yeah. None. You clean house at the start of your term, not when a competent prosecutor gives an opinion that opposes political goals.

Lie. There are exactly zero political persecution cases ordered by Biden. That's because he had an independent DOJ. You can rationalize all you like, and think that Google searches reveal only facts (they don't), but there is no "whataboutism" here.

Jawboning social media to bury inconvenient facts and opinions? Yes. Senile old man and a coverup by his partisans? Yes. Stole the 2024 primary with said coverup? Yes.

Political prosecutions? Hell no. That's this administration. It has also pardoned violent criminals carte blanche.

The DOJ brought cases under Biden's term of office (note: Not "Biden's DOJ") because of profound evidence. People assaulting cops and defecating on desks. Someone apparently called and tried to strong arm votes they didn't get because they're a sore loser with severe behavioral health problems. People misrepresenting themselves as authorized electors. True mishandling and hoarding of classified documents. If you have a brain that isn't riddled with misinformation, or maybe parasites, there was freaking coup attempt called the "Green Bay sweep" that was narrowly averted by a just man unwilling to play ball with powers he didn't have. His own (previous) supporters then called for him to be lynched in response.

A violent attack on the Capitol was coordinated with this strategy as "public pressure." One man is on video running through the halls calling Nancy Pelosi's name as if they were Jack Nicholson in The Shining. A Republican senator, who plenty of my friends respect, was captured on video running for his life. There is documented video, audio, and written evidence to support indictments for all of that. Not everyone there was violent - a fair number of them weren't - but they also didn't have the sense to leave.

This was all allowed to happen by an executive that is sending in the National Guard at the drop of a hat to quell dissenters standing around and singing outside detention centers to have their grievances addressed. Actually, I've seen video of them cleaning public parks. Even they don't know why they're there.

It turns out that the people with true TDS are the supporters. You live in a deranged bubble if you truly believe what you say. Reality is a thing. Please walk toward the light. It's how you get out of the hole you're in. I won't assume what sort of hole it is.

More like ignorance. The TPM can be used for good or ill. Windows otoh, will use it for ill.

Actually, it's black death now. They got rid of the "blue screen." It actually does look a lot better, even if it is a kernel panic.

And there it is. Nobody who doesn't have me to set it up (or similar) wants to run Linux.

If I set up a desktop for someone, I can configure it for them. Most Windows users can even run pacman.

And that's why the Year of The Linux Desktop never seems to happen.

I think you missed the entire point of his post. Anyone who stays on and signs this agreement is an "access journalist" in his narrative. They don't do real work, they beg for a bowl of gruel, and will do anything to get it and parrot it.

The "hard-driving gumshoe drunks" are the ones who got us the Pentagon Papers in this narrative, not the "access journalists." He may be describing them as reprobates, but he admires them. They do their work. They don't let mama bird digest the information and spit it into their mouths. They go find the worms and show them to everyone in their full rot and glory.

Get it now?

Good point, but I don't think that's even hit its stride yet. We're talking about 2020-present, and it's not a hockey stick.

I suspect unintended consequences more than AI. That and regulatory capture of some kind. That's the usual suspects.

I don't see this as a troll but an honest opinion. Why is this being downmodded as troll? Do you suspect it was posted by Jimmy Kimmel?

Mod abuse right here. Mod parent up to 2 at least.

Also, not whoring for +5 Informative here, but what does the IRB have to say about this.

Because unless American universities are telling researchers they can skip IRB, it doesn't matter what they say. And they are opening themselves up to an immediate and punishing lawsuit if they are allowing human research to skip IRB. Like it's probably on the docket right now.

Of course, such research can crop up in other, less ethical, countries. Oh, who am I kidding? US ethics are shot to hell right now as well.

Sidestep copyright? Check.
Sidestep all other IP law? Check.
Put content designers/lawyers/coders/professionals out of work because screw human dignity for more pointless concentration of capital? Check.

And now...
Sidestep HIPAA and other medical ethics laws? Check.

They cry, "It's AI. It's different. Believe us, we're doing something NEW and UNIQUE."

Bollocks. Training data is simply created data, with the same protections it had when it was created. Creation is new. Actual derivative works are new. Generating results through AI is simply capturing the status of the rear view mirror after putting it through a blender. And sometimes it really does look like it came out of a blender. Moreover, it's generated on the backs of good will contributions to the Internet and a sharing ideal.

That data and those who created it have laws to protect them.

The claims that they're "generating" something "new" are irrelevant, because it's the big lie. Only humans make things that are "new." This is just mooching off the efforts of human beings with a massive power requirement that will drive up consumer power prices to infinity. So... double mooching. And carbon. And everything else that comes with cool toys that have a poor result to cost ratio.

Screw that. No cheap power for this. No driving humans out of satisfying jobs that give their lives meaning. If the message doesn't come across loud and clear, it's time for public demonstrations.

This sounds like a recipe for a flood of AI slop and spamscam apps.

Email is also free to publish. How'd that work out?

Feels kinda like Apple Newton to me. Maybe we get it right later, after a complete overhaul. Maybe the entire idea is scrapped and we get an iPhone kind of thing.

I'm laughing at LLMs and their champions as much as I laughed at Newton users. It's a toy. If you have disposable cash, go play!

Otherwise, let the experts do their work. There are lots of really good applications for iterative machine learning, such as detecting heart failure from x-rays, but LLM is just a novel use case. It will never do what has been promised. It's Microsoft Bob all over again.

Actually, I love that you made that assumption, I really do. Proves my point.

Hey, I voted for Harris!

Is that why this is being modded troll? Because y'all think it's a Trump support post? LOL

Dumbasses. I voted for Harris.

The problem is, she only had a few months to run. Guess what? That doesn't work.