The AI is using known, predetermined algorithms to harvest the content and regurgitate it in a predictable format, and is being fed copywrited source data illegally by handlers who are essentially stealing said source data. Artists who do the same thing also get sued for plagiarism. The only difference is the AI can put enough extra steps in the process that it's less obvious.

Every creative person has taken from something they have experienced "without permission". AI can do it faster.

Always with the aliens missing the far more obvious explanation. Moon Nazis.

A lot people seem to regard plastic surgery as on a level with getting your nails done. It's not. It's unpleasant, it takes considerable time to heal from, and things can go seriously wrong. It's surgery.

How is it the saying goes; you have the freedom to say whatever you want, and I have the freedom to not listen to you.

The regulation's goal wants "to make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up." and it shows. The reality is some pretend that making it hard to cancel is good for business and the economy, but not, it is not. These companies are stealing from customers, and causing them distress, while simultaneously hoarding funds these buyers would take to some other business. They are really not helping anyone. The BIG problem we have is the girfter large shareholders and lobbyists that benefits from these stocks becoming ever bigger. I hope they can implement this regulation and restore sanity with regards to clients wishes to stop these people from taking their money.

Most Americans are stupid. So many things so much more important than this it is ridiculous.

It's not the US and China, it's the US and the CCP.

If China were that good at long-term planning, they wouldn't be putting out so much CO2. Instead, they'd be finding ways to pressure us to stop doing it, and also not doing it themselves.

So it's another stupid bit of obvious sabre rattling that, should it go further, amounts to a short term inconvenience for us and a long term inconvenience for them.

You'd think the Chinese government would have better advisers and try to target relevant exports that are more difficult to re-source.

Also... how often do you see trans women wearing outfits that regular women wear, just normal dowdy boring stuff that doesn't show cleavage etc, without loads of makeup?

Uhm... most of the time?

Are you, perhaps, confusing transgender with drag? 'cos I rarely see trans women wearing clothing that isn't typical women's low key stuff. Literally the last transwoman I saw a photo of was a well known computer programmer from the 1980s (not going to name her, as highlighting the trans status of people is usually unpleasant for a variety of reasons, but let's just say she's a Brit who wrote a famous and respected version of BASIC) and the Wikipedia page for her is illustrated by her wearing a fairly conventional woman's jacket, some sort of cleavage hiding top, jewelry, a haircut that looks pretty normal for a woman her age, and a necklace. And maybe some lipstick (genuinely can't tell.)

(Urgh, feeling obliged to point this out just feels dirty to me, like I'm describing some weird laboratory specimen. These are people, and they deserve to be respected as people.)

When Slashdot's own Barbara Hudson has posted pictures here they haven't matched your description either.

Here's an idea, if you're interested in what transwomen look like, maybe porn isn't the right place to get it?

It isn't about peoples genitals.
Its about people forcing others to use their jargon.

By that logic, it should be perfectly fine to publicly refer to Blacks using the n-word. After all, why should I be forced to use their jargon when using words to describe them?