Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/09/ai-…
#Pluralistic 1/
I'm in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 13. Next are #Melbourne (Feb 14), #Sydney (Feb 15) and #Canberra (Feb 16/17). More tickets just released for Sydney!
chokepointcapitalism.com 2/
Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem: The machine-learning monkey's paw.
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Hey look at this
* AI psychosis blog.piekniewski.info/2023/02/07/ai-…
* White Collar Crime Risk Zones whitecollar.thenewinquiry.com/#9q8yyzf (h/t @JWZ) 4/
#20yrsago etoy vs. eToys: anarcho-Dadaist clash of the titans liketv.com/leaving/
#10yrsago #PACER capers: the sordid story of America’s for-pay lawbooks arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20… 5/
#10yrsago Beige politics: unbeatable bland politicos advocating “beige policies that nobody wants” antipope.org/charlie/blog-s…
#10yrsago Publisher launches $3,000,000 suit against academic librarian who criticized its books leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2013/02/s… 6/
#10yrsago Hobbit producers to #NewZealand: if you tell people how we got our sweet tax/labor deal, no one will want to make movies in your country nzherald.co.nz/nz/threats-fly… 7/
#5yrsago @eff tells the @CopyrightOffice: we don’t know how to make voice assistants better, but here’s how not to make them worse eff.org/deeplinks/2018… 8/
#5yrsago Cable operator Fidelity Communications admits it that secretly created the fake-grassroots “Stop City-Funded Internet” campaign to kill Missouri municipal net theregister.com/2018/02/07/fid… 9/
#5yrsago Chinese transit cops deploy face-recognition glasses to spot indebted people, oppressed ethnic/religious minorities and criminals businessinsider.com/china-police-u… 10/
#5yrsago Tennessee sheriff who ordered deputies to kill driver of slow-moving car and gloated over his corpse faces excessive force lawsuit theguardian.com/us-news/2018/f… 11/
#5yrsago Your #SmartTV is trivial to hack and leaks your personal information like crazy unless you disable all its useful features consumerreports.org/televisions/sa… 12/
#5yrsago A pair of leaked powerpoints reveal the earliest-known evidence of the Republican #gerrymandering plan that gave us Trump salon.com/2018/02/06/how… 13/
#5yrsago Leaked presentation from AI snake-oil salesmen to AAA game company promises horrific, dystopian manipulation of players to drain their wallets techpowerup.com/240655/leaked-…
#1yrago UK #Tories want a national database of porn-viewing habits pluralistic.net/2022/02/08/wal… 14/
#1yrago Wall Street's #landlord business is turning every rental into a slum pluralistic.net/2022/02/08/wal…
#1yrago Pixels of You: A illustrated tale of love and photos pluralistic.net/2022/02/08/wal… 15/
Yesterday's threads: The Collective Intelligence Institute; and more!
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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.
chokepointcapitalism.com
Signed copies available from @BookSoup:
booksoup.com/book/978080700… 17/
My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.
Signed copies at @darkdel:
darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 18/
My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @beaconPressBks et al) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
craphound.com/shop/ 19/
Upcoming appearances:
* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Kiwi Perspective, 2/13
…alism-a-kiwi-perspective.lilregie.com/booking/attend…
* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), 2/14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co…
* @statelibrarynsw (#Sydney), 2/15
sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepo… 20/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* ANU/@canberratimes Meet The Author (#Canberra), 2/16
anu.edu.au/events/in-conv…
* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc…
* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 21/
Recent appearances:
* How popular movements can topple Big Tech (@tninstitute)
tni.org/en/podcast/how…
* A theory of how internet platforms die (@Marketplace Tech)
marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…
* Graeber's Pirate Enlightment (Everyday Anarchism)
pca.st/w58ald39 22/
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My latest Medium column is "Small Government: refs have to be more powerful than players"
doctorow.medium.com/small-governme… 24/
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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? You can read my work elsewhere, but it is now a #TwitterCrime to tell you how. Please visit my site, pluralistic.net, for links to find me on less-unhinged places (I can only imagine that my days here are numbered). 26/
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