The Who's Who of AI

“"[T]his bit of slang means something: the young people have simply broadened the definition of AI to make it equivalent to 'bullshit'."”

““Name: “That’s AI!” Age: Brand new. Appearance: Primary schools everywhere. What’s AI? It’s just a thing the kids are saying now: “That’s AI!” or “That’s so AI!” But what is? Something inauthentic, unbelievable or rubbish.””

“There are a lot of details in here about Zuck releasing a half-baked product, but one thing that really stands out is just how weird these folks are. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...”

““Meta had delayed releasing Muse, its A.I. agent app, for months over safety concerns. Then new competition FORCED MR. ZUCKERBERG’s HAND.” C’mon @nytimes.com, why provide cover for Zuckerberg? Did he have a gun to his head? Nothing “forced his hand” other t…”

“Have you ever seen Nick Cave’s letter? “ChatGPT has no inner being, it’s been nowhere, it’s endured nothing, it’s not had the audacity to reach beyond its limitations, & hence doesn’t have the capacity for a shared transcendent experience, as it has no limi…”

“Consent is a many splendored thing (and multi-faceted too)”

“consent indeed!!! “The issues presented by generative AI are unlike any that society has faced before. It forces us to consider what makes us human, and the extent to which we will allow the constitutive elements of our personhood to be captured by machine.””

“Important advice for artists faced with decisions about entering into licensing agreements with AI companies from the folks over at MusicTechPolicy @futureofmusic.bsky.social @humanartistry.bsky.social”

““The court held that by copying the works ‘for use as training data without…authorization,’ the defendant ‘usurped [the copyright owner’s] opportunity to enter that derivative market & license its [works] for that purpose,’ & that this ‘market harm…weighs a…”