I'm not a fan of billionaire blowhard behavior, nor of big-tech monopoly-by-walled-garden and malicious compliance. I'm looking forward to seeing if we (somehow?) manage to get our well-intended but deeply flawed, elite-controlled systems under control, or if we get some kind of sci-fi dystopia nightmare. The next two decades should be interesting, for those of us aloof enough to observe things without crashing out.

Yep. Transparently says they are profiting from people using OneDrive, even for free. There's many ways they could be doing that, but I bet they all involve using the shared data in ways nobody would want.

We don't need to dox, name, and shame these people. That would not only be abhorrent, witch-hunting behavior, but may significantly disincentivize certain types of desirable, legitimate research publication.

However, I am entirely for a measured, rational, effective, and systematic approach to holding people accountable for proven, bad-faith research publication. The bad apples, few though they may be, do sufficient harm to justify spending effort to sufficiently disincentivize them.

Should be handled the same way as everyday malicious compliance. Lauded when in the public interest and with the judicious application of a bat to kneecaps when against the public interest. The only question is: whose kneecaps? Finding someone to apply the bat should be easy.

The video was posted May 11 (https://youtu.be/77ubC4bcgRM), and made its rounds through the news then.

The paper is fresh, and the news sites are using the chance to repost the video for more clicks.

Thanks! I'll read up on Bretton Woods system as well as monetary policy. In my mind will be the question of whether or not the benefits of a world bank or similar, centralized system outweigh the drawbacks. I'm sure I'll find an easy and obvious answer. ;)

I admit to bring very ignorant to monetary policy and economics, but there's a part of me that very much hopes for a well-designed L1 cryptocurrency to become a preferred global currency. Since controlling a currency is one that governments can exert power over their citizens, fund wars, or bail out banks.

I probably need to read about this more to not br so naive or ignorant. Any recommended sources, for someone who wants to learn without taking a whole economics class?

Does this mean making bribes, deals, or threats? Because I thought passing legislation was mostly supposed to be about reading, understanding, deciding, and voting.

Maybe "pushing the legislation through" is a sofa-related euphemism?

With where the Internet is currently at with disinformation proliferation and a solid minority (if not majority) of netizens unable or unwillling to think critically and vet their sources, I'm not entirely convinced this is as bad as it sounds.

Oh wait, this isn't the government stepping in to offer credible, third-party validation of information and sources, it's just Orwell in Russian form. Never mind.

If he was "crushing" the interviews, part of me sees this as a pretty clever way to "date" several companies before deciding which one(s) to commit to. Or maybe he's just trying to pull in as much income as possible in a short-term and dishonest fashion.

In the modern job market where the company/employee relationship is often very adversarial, this seems like an almost natural next evolutionary phase/exploit. Similar to all those "remote employees" in N. Korea. If companies will continue to treat employees as assets and adversaries, they'll need to step up their opsec game accordingly.

That's some peak cognitive dissonance right there.

What are two words that will sour me on your product faster than an inkjet printer demanding one to buy more ink cartridges?

Their dedication to authenticity is impressive.

As a teacher in a large, public high school, I can confirm that at least one school is still unprepared for ChatGPT. Pretty sure we're not the only one.

Agreed. It is a valid discussion and reducing it to a black and white generalization is absurd.

A complete win for Western content creators would likely leave AI development and advancement crippled compared to countries where it is unfettered. Our content creators can sip their kombuchas while foreign AI dominates the future.

A complete win for AI companies would likely result in continued, flagrant abuse of created content for profit in a manner which competes with the content creators. Doesn't seem right, either.