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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Big #AI needs to stop trying to turn a legal tenet into a short-term cost-cutting business model. #Creators needs to be paid for their work. #AItrainingrights burgessing.substack.com/p/the-fair-u...

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The Fair Use Fallacy

A defense you raise after you are sued is not a permission you hold in advance.

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Still thinking about this one. Episode 803 of the History of Literature podcast, with host Jacke Wilson. A show I have admired for years. We talked AI, authorship, and what it means to protect the work when the ground keeps shifting. Worth a listen if you care about where writing is going.

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

AI beats us at games with fixed rules. It cannot choose which objectives are worth pursuing. That judgment is the human part, and where the value goes. burgessing.substack.com/p/ai-may-bea...

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

AI beats us at games with fixed rules. It cannot choose which objectives are worth pursuing. That judgment is the human part, and where the value goes. burgessing.substack.com/p/ai-may-bea...

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

What Credtent does: prove provenance, enable opt-out, license cleanly. Blanket licensing, not per-generation royalties. Built as a PBC. burgessing.substack.com/p/credtent-p...

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

What Credtent does: prove provenance, enable opt-out, license cleanly. Blanket licensing, not per-generation royalties. Built as a PBC. burgessing.substack.com/p/credtent-p...

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The fair use runway for AI training is ending. The winners will not fight longest. They will build a clean rights position first. burgessing.substack.com/p/ai-trainin...

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The fair use runway for AI training is ending. The winners will not fight longest. They will build a clean rights position first. burgessing.substack.com/p/ai-trainin...

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Human imperfection is not a bug in creativity. It is the engine. The smudge, the off note, the unrepeatable. That is the part worth keeping. burgessing.substack.com/p/human-impe...

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

#Boardgames taught me more about confidence than almost anything else in my life. That's the premise behind my book. It's about what happens when we let ourselves play, and why the lessons we learn at the table travel so much further than we expect. Get notified: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Get Ready for Optional Rules: Variants for Life I Learned from Board Games

From E.R. Burgess - Get Ready for Optional Rules: Variants for Life I Learned from Board Games

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I feel like I unlocked "meta-texting" today. Texting 'backwards' to add more people, broadening the message (perhaps) or adding details, then texting backward again to add more people and a further message for humor, opinion, faux-recrimination, or whatever you come up with. #textfuntimes

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I'm presenting survey data this week at an industry con on how the #tabletop #game community actually feels about #generativeAI. Need more voices before I lock the numbers. 5 min, genuinely nuanced questions. Please DO NOT fill it out again if you already have. www.thecreativeregistry.org

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AI & Creativity in Tabletop Gaming — Survey | Credtent

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Our brilliant @credtent.bsky.social Chief Science Officer shows human #creativity still matters, even when it is powered by tech. Thank you @emilymullin.bsky.social for highlighting my amazing friend and colleague's groundbreaking work.

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Look, #AI is here. It's not going to get 'shot into the sun' as much as some #creatives would like to see that. So, let's ensure it is a force for the good of humanity. That means looking closely at the motivation and goals behind building it at all. open.substack.com/pub/burgessi...

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How Fair AI Licensing of Content Can Make AI Pro-Worker

The missing link between artificial intelligence and human prosperity isn't just better for algorithms, it's better economics for people.

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Wow anyone else finding #applenews unusable due to an aggro @intuit-turbotax.bsky.social ad? Thinking it’s time to cancel both of them.

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Need to #chillout? This is a new album of #relaxing tracks from my daughter's side-project, Natural Rest Studio. music.apple.com/us/album/qui...

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Quiet Blue by Natural Rest Studio on Apple Music

Album · 2026 · 9 Songs

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Your #creative #content is valuable. You should be paid when it shows up in #AIoverviews since 92% of them don't give you a click. @credtent.bsky.social now empowers #publishers #media companies to earn from #AI use of your work. The Quality Content Revolution open.substack.com/pub/burgessi...

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The Quality Content Revolution: Why AI Should Pay for Premium Work

A Call to Action for Publishers, Creators, and the Future of Quality Information

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

My #weekendread is quite the tome. It's a defense of Enlightenment ideals that's deep and approachable. Pinker supports his arguments with statistical evidence and insights from great philosophers, tackling our tendency toward unwarranted pessimism. Highly recommended. amzn.to/4jwwIXk

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

My #weekendread was an intro about #AI. For detractors, Between You and AI is useful. It provides a practical explanation of not just artificial intelligence, but it encourages exploration and learning that is vital for people and businesses to embrace. It's quite rosy, though. amzn.to/49s1X12

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

My #weekendread was this entertaining #book on the subject. While the style is breezy, the message is sound - we do need more social interaction to get the best from our brains. A solid, approachable read. amzn.to/3YpdmJW

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Happy New Year! A restful time meant I just went through this #weekendread all the way. Good quotes, a fair number of incorrect stories (research!), and lots of useful ideas. Stoicism is handy in the modern world, but let's never forget the value of heart.

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

On holiday, and I'm working on some fiction so my #weekendread is about writing. While most of the sensible suggestions in the book are things I learned in college, a reminder never hurts. amzn.to/4optghK

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Dear @pizzahut.bsky.social - please hire a #UX designer to tell you to let people login using their email address and not just their phone. If they already have signed in with their email address, your workflow does not allow access to their account. You lost a sale and probably a customer.

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

My #weekendread was Abundance, a passable book that compiles a lot of ideas that the authors talked about elsewhere. The criticism of the extremes of both sides is solid, but there's not a lot of coherence throughout. amzn.to/48Q0hzl

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Getting lighter this far into December, so my #weekendread was this memoir from Cameron Crowe. While the #book is a good read for fans of rock music and his exceptional career, it's more a high level biography and not terribly thoughtful. amzn.to/4ooMsw8

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Jane McGonigal is one of my favorite thinkers, as a fellow #gamedesigner and #futurist. My #weekendread is ideal for teaching the development of an open mind to change. Essential for broadening your mindset, like her seminal book Reality Is Broken. amzn.to/3M1dwUX

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

My #weekendread was another #AI #book in the doomer category, but it's a useful one from thoughtful people. The warnings are important and there are solutions. Worthwhile #read. amzn.to/4p9dkRY

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Come on @pandasaurusgames.com - hire a proofreader to avoid this kind of embarrassing typo. Editors like me are worth the hire. #typoteasing

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The significant impact of #reading electronically versus physical #books is the subject of my #weekendread. The data gathered by this excellent author is alarming and also not surprising. amzn.to/4hBYZKWehd

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

My #weekendread was this inessential retelling of the drama of OpenAI's early days. The insight into Altman and his motivations is limited. The #book feels like reading the news at the time, which many of us did. Thus, the book adds nothing new to the story. amzn.to/3Jn6gS9

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E.R. “Eric” Burgess @erburgess.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Yes, I keep focusing on the mission of protecting #creative people even when some of them respond by pushing more than their heads into the sand. Folks, #AI isn't going anywhere. #GenerativeAI isn't going to 'die in a fire'. If we don't rally together, it'll simply eliminate creative jobs.

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