Reposted by Ian Mayor
The question is not whether I should kick the puppy. The puppy is innevitably getting kicked. The question is whether I can kick the puppy in a sustainable, inclusive and empowered way. How can people be supported in kicking puppies for good? Let’s stop the puppy kick gatekeeping already.
![Hello
I am writing as a member about the SoA signing the Charter of Ethical AI Use in the Creative Industries.
Your pledge says "By offering ethical standards and a voluntary code for generative AI use, we in no way dismiss or disagree with serious concerns arising from its creation or application, including but not limited to the largescale use of creative work without transparency, permission or payment; the ongoing risk of displacement of creators’ work; the dilution of the market; and the environmental impacts."
This is meaningless. Offering an "ethical code" to deal with what you acknowledge to be an inherently unethical industry isn't a way of ameliorating harm: it's a fig leaf to protect the people who want to use this tech.
- I do not believe it is possible for a publisher to "balance" the benefits of GenAI in terms of reducing staff and creative costs (which, let's face it, is what it's for) against "the environmental, social, societal, economic, democratic and ethical impacts for humans and the planet".
- I do not believe that any publisher using GenAI is doing so with a view to investing in people's skills or sharing the benefits. Luckily they don't have to do so under your Charter, they only have to be "mindful" about its impact. Thoughts and prayers.
- As to "Where AI is used, it is used for good: to widen access, inclusion and opportunity and to increase discoverability, helping more creators, from more backgrounds, reach wider audiences, and help to make creative work more accessible to all"...this is meaningless word salad, an array of buzzwords entirely unrelated to what GenAI does or is for. All it does is support the idea that GenAI can be used for good in publishing and have a positive impact on creators, something which reality has, so far, not borne out in the slightest.
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[Title panel]: STREET DANCE with MARK ZUCKERBERG
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[Mark Zuckerberg doing a street dance tutorial. he is wearing his silly current street bling look, with the big thick Meta Glasses]
MARK:
Hi there. I'm Mark Zuckerberg.
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Can you pivot?
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Pivoting is the hot new street dance that allows you to be...
[Mark spins around, shouting “PIVOT!”]
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[When he has spun round to face us he is now dressed in his original look - hoodie, jeans]
MARK:
…a 2000s tech bro…
[He spins around again, shouting “PIVOT!”]
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Now he is dressed as he was at Trump’s inauguaration]
MARK:
A MAGA friendly fascism enabler…
[he spins again, shouting “PIVOT!”]
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[He now looks like his weird big eyed METAVERSE AVATAR]
And whatever the fuck this was!
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[Mark spins back to his original modern bling look, complete with glasses]
[And ASSISTANT appears stage right]
ASSISTANT:
Hey, uh, Mark?
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ASSISTANT:
We looked at the response on socials and, uh…
Everyone in the UK is calling started calling your big glasses, uh…
"nonce goggles”.
MARK:
Oh no!
[He spins again, “PIVOT!”]
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[Now he is wearing the new META MUSE CHARM around his neck instead of the glasses]
MARK:
Who wants a weird Tamagotchi thing?
ASSISTANT:
Mark please stop
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