One difference that strikes me is that the radio discourse was about the impact of content (rather than the medium) while today’s debate (and it’s not just a media one) is about effects of the platform itself having the power to manipulate and target (through learning algorithms)
REGULATION
-

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Destroying the World for Profit
By
–
Sick+tired of Silicon Valley putting on pedestals shortsighted entrepreneurs that dream of “disrupting” = “carelessly destroying the world for profit” OpenAI used to be a research institute. Today is a deranged company wanting world domination at the cost of humanity’s naïveté
-
App Design Addiction and Children: Moral Panic or Data-Driven Reality?
By
–
The piece uses data to make an argument – is that moral panic? And surely there’s consensus that today’s apps are designed to be addictive, compared to radio in the 40’s. The other thing I wonder about is how to weight nuance on usage, when kids use devices constantly..
-

Public Skepticism Growing Against AI-Related Misinformation
By
–
tbh i'm honestly a bit heartened by how few people are falling for this stuff so far
-
School Needs Clear AI Policy Framework
By
–
The school is lacking an AI policy. It is not the case that they have a “no AI allowed” policy.
-
Shutterstock OpenAI Deal and Model Licensing Concerns
By
–
Shutterstock has a licensing deal with OpenAI. I don't know what they'll do, the model is from a Chinese group. They could pressure to have HF license the model correctly or take it down. I don't know 100% what's right here, but it's clear what's wrong 😉
-
Spawning opts out of SD3, questions OpenAI Shutterstock partnership
By
–
Read the tweets! Use your brain! They opted out of SD3 (that's Stability's) and it was in the spawning press release. spawning partners with Stability in case you're unable to look it up. OpenAI partnered with Shutterstock, so of course that's fine: https://
shutterstock.com/press/20435 -
Company’s Regulatory and Ethical Work Credibility Questioned
By
–
I don't think it's anything to do with IQ, it just reveals it's not on their radar. They don't even understand the issue and if the do, they don't care. How can we take any of the company's regulatory or ethical work seriously? https://
x.com/TrevyLimited/s
tatus/1637516312065855488
… -
Ethical concerns about sharing media from company infrastructure
By
–
For bonus points, do you share this media knowing:
– it was computed using your company's backend,
– the model is jointly distributed on your platform Yes / No? For context, there's a controversy about data laundering and copyright fraud and your company is right in the middle. -
AI Platform Leadership Dilemma: Using Opted-Out Company Logo in Demo
By
–
Let's say you're Head of Product Design of a popular AI platform. You know there are lawsuits about copyright, rights management, and brand damage caused by generative models.
— Alex J. Champandard 🌱 (@alexjc) 19 mars 2023
Do you Tweet a video that shows the logo of a stock company that recently opted-out of AI/ML training? https://t.co/BljXskQwkFLet's say you're Head of Product Design of a popular AI platform. You know there are lawsuits about copyright, rights management, and brand damage caused by generative models. Do you Tweet a video that shows the logo of a stock company that recently opted-out of AI/ML training?