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This is a baseless claim I don't know why it's getting support other than the fact the people seem to like hating on a tool.

It's doable but the requirements are basically people who I would consider to have 'made it'. It's not really accessible for middle class when only the top end of the middle class have access to the whole package. People below that line can afford it, for a ways down the rung, but they need to chip away at the lifestyle until it is essentially living just above the poverty line.

$600 groceries, a car, streaming services, double income salary, house, vacations... those are well off people by today's standards.

Lemmy and youtube, but I've been tapering off my youtube habit.

I know way too little about this to have an actual opinion about it. I read the article just as a way to learn more about what's going on with those people right now. At the very least their lives are ruined, and we're mostly just hearing from the refugees.

Ending quote: The man blames the former Afghan government under Ashraf Ghani and the international coalition, which operated in the country for 20 years, for “everything falling apart so quickly.” “We have lost everything, even our hope for the future. We’re living in a country of lies, a country that no longer exists,” he concludes.

The internet doesn't need to be a place where we yell at each other and throw hate around. If you're using lemmy make an effort to be a good person if you're able.

Ok. I'm not trying to get into anything here with you. I've said what I wanted to say.

There's more! It looked comprehensive to me but just because it was a massive list.

I agree about snippy one liners but I'm also not invested in this topic enough to go deeply into it. Maybe not until someone engages. I just browse lemmy, I share thoughts. I'm just here to hang out. If I want to learn then I read a book. I try not to take this site or myself on this site too seriously. I also like how you responded in somewhat long form. I like that a lot, and I'm hoping one day I can join tildes.net and participate in longer conversations.

That said, I don't think it's a bullshit response and I don't think I need to elaborate on how subsidies work or how deregulation has siphoned money from the public and given it to private companies. For me, it doesn't matter why an individual chooses to pirate or how they justify it. I see it as a form of protest and anyone participating in the protest for any reason is doing it for the right reason.

I think it's interesting that people jump to the defence of copyright, or question the morality of piracy on the grounds of what damage it might cause to creators and publishers. Tax laws - old (austerity taxes), new (lowered corporate taxes), and proposed (100% inheritance tax) are much more significant than any effect piracy will ever have. This is what we should be debating and arguing about, not with piracy. It's peanuts.

Here is the AP blog post

https://blog.ap.org/standards-around-generative-ai

Seems like a standard policy for staff. Short, simple, good.

This was more interesting to me:

[licensing agreement already in place] The arrangement sees OpenAI licensing part of AP’s text archive, while AP will leverage OpenAI’s technology and product expertise. Both organizations will benefit from each other’s established expertise in their respective industries, and believe in the responsible creation and use of these AI systems.

Why don't you show us some proof that google search is unchanged compared to what it was 10 years go.

We also pay for their bailouts and subsidies. Piracy is ethical.