This comic is absolutely true: The AI companies don't give two shits about getting consent before feeding content into their AI training databases.

But it's also true that they don't need it. They're not redistributing the works, so it doesn't matter (from a copyright perspective).

Courts have already reaffirmed our right to save stuff that gets delivered to our computers over the Internet. If we changed that rule, it would mean the end of the Internet, Lemmy, memes, etc.

AI companies suck—yes—but don't let anger at their behavior convince you that removing everyone's basic rights is a good idea.

All the continents should be renamed, "Landia" and the oceans should just be rolled into, "Oceania".

Why makes things complicated?

I used to live down the street from a great big data center. It wasn't a big deal. It's basically just a building full of servers with extra AC units.

Inside? Loud AF (think: Jet engine. Wear hearing protection).

Outside: The hum of lots of industrial air conditioning units. Only marginally louder than a big office building.

A data center this big is going to have a lot more AC units than normal but they'll be spread all around the building. It's not like living next to an airport or busy train tracks (that's like 100x worse).

You work for us (the citizens), assholes! When you perform a public duty in public you don't get privacy!

Either stop being a pussy and be proud of the fact that you're working for actual modern day Nazis or resign. Those are your two options.

You can get your name written down in the history books as someone who willingly worked with Nazis or someone who refused to do so. Your choice!

Who knows, maybe ~~we might even let them come back to US soil~~ they might leave CECOT alive—some day.

FTFY.

When you kidnap people without due process on the regular you're encouraging people to fight back. When you send them to foreign gulags known for literally torturing and killing people and forcing them into slave labor you're encouraging them to fight back with deadly force.

Dying—fighting for your life—sure sounds better than just giving up and letting ICE take you away. At this point the Trump Administration and ICE cannot be trusted to execute due process. They're operating outside of the law. They are the lawless ones.

They're hoping for deadly conflict and I fear they're going to get it. Though, on the plus side I'm 100% certain they will be unhappy with the outcome. In both the short and long term.

Where will they go? Gaza was the concentration camp and Isreal's bombs are the ovens.

No need. I'll summarize:

Trump says he'll do something he can't do. So in effect, nothing at all is going to happen.

Think about it: What is socialism? It's collectively funding or working on things via the government. There's many competing definitions but that's basically all there is to it.

Under that definition we're already living under socialism:

• Fire departments
• Police
• Infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc)
• Weather services
• USPS
• The entire military as a construct

With socialism the people get a say in how such things are run. In private institutions they don't. That's the biggest realistic difference.

Either way people are still paying for these things. If they're not really competitive then private industry will fleece the masses because that's what capitalism encourages (see: Healthcare). If there's a robust, competitive market then socialism can fall behind in things like innovation and price.

Whether or not something is funded-and-run by the government is irrelevant. What matters is the value. If government can provide a better value for a dollar than private industry it should. If the people don't like the result they can change it or use a private alternative.

Sure, they'll be paying extra (on top of taxes) for the private alternative but at least it's an option. If the government isn't providing an alternative to private institutions then there's really no option at all. Best anyone can do is vote with their wallet but as we can all see that just doesn't work in certain industries (in fact, entire caregories of need!) and services.

Your wish has been granted! You will now keenly remember old photographs 👍

Oh my, what a crime: Insulting dead people 🙄

This is why the rest of the world thinks China:

• Obviously doesn't have freedom of speech
• Is super authoritarian; in the dumbest ways

What if I make my own videos with actors and/or voices are entirely imaginary? I don't have the resources to hire a videographer let alone an actor but I can write a script and use AI (and program/script things).

If I make something cool it'd be sad if no one watched it just because it didn't use real human actors and voices.

You might want to rename it considering that a company named Liftoff Software exists and has a trademark on the the term, "liftoff" pertaining to software.