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1. 1 day ago on Heart of the City

   It’s not Home Ec, it’s her bedroom. See the Cadet Luna poster on the wall?

   But more to the point, people’s situations can change over time. Her family may have needed assistance at one point, but not anymore.

2. 8 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I appreciate your detailed explanation. Your strong feelings on the topic are clear, but I would caution that what you see as “lazy and stupid”, other people see as “time-saving” and “convenient”. Similar arguments have been laid at other technological innovations throughout history, and even societal changes like the 40-hour work week! It’s thus very important to examine very carefully modern versions of that argument to see if they’re just reactionary or if there’s something about modern developments that makes them wholly unique from these older ones we’ve accepted.

   I agree that it’s important to not misuse A.I. tools. But we need to come to a societal consensus about what is actually misuse and what is just something that some people don’t like.

3. 8 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Kind of rude I think.

4. 8 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I’m not sure I agree this is entirely “happy”. After all, it implies that we’re being manipulated by alien intelligences without our knowledge.

5. 9 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Okay but why the audio glitch that gave all the hearing adults the mind-whammy?

6. 9 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   As long as I can check the source of the AI’s information, I don’t see the problem.

7. 9 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   But why is it insulting? And what purpose does it serve to restrict it to humans? Why shouldn’t artists be able to take advantage of labor-reducing tools as much as computer programmers?

   And even then, it seems your problem is not with AI itself but with a specific application of AI.

8. 10 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   All automation has the goal of reducing human labor. Why is it bad when it’s AI and good when it’s a cotton gin or industrial robotics?

9. 10 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Fair use of copyrighted material is not as clear-cut as you seem to think. There are numerous criteria, many of them somewhat subjective, that must be met for an infringing use to be deemed fair.

   That said, many generative AI models are now using entirely licensed or public-domain training datasets for just this reason.

10. 11 days ago on Breaking Cat News

    B’s description is a bit limited. Tortimer and Destry both use artificial intelligence. As do the robot Roombas themselves, presumably.