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bsndjdkd | 2 months ago

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simonw|2 months ago

This is a bit of an odd post to attach that comment to, but here you go: https://simonwillison.net/about/#disclosures

anonnon|2 months ago

Besides the fact that you do have conflicts of interest (disclosing them doesn't negate them), you don't seem to understand that given how all of the Big AI players have shown themselves to be ruthless and shamelessly dishonest (hoovering up people's creative work without concern for its licensing, aggressively scraping websites to the point of DDOSing them, disregarding robots.txt and using residential IPs to disguise their traffic, and all the while denying everything), that when you assume the role of their most enthusiastic shill, people will naturally start to doubt your integrity.

EDIT: To put it another way, I remember a talk where you dismissed people's concerns about their data being used for training after AI was integrated into a product, citing the company's (a big AI player) denial--as if that should just be taken at face value, because they says so--a perspective that many of us view as naive or disingenuous.

rvz|2 months ago

Remember, it is the advent of grift.

It's time to get your bag before the AI bubble pops.

bsndjdkd|2 months ago

I love the dudes self righteousness at least.

anonnon|2 months ago

I can't think of a more insufferable AI cheerleader. I wish I could hide all submissions of his blogposts, as well as his comments. (Note that I flag neither.)

simonw|2 months ago

Anything I could do to be less insufferable?

(Odd to see a complaint about me being an "AI cheerleader" attached to a post about the negative impact of AI on copywriting and how I think that sucks.)