No Abide
noabide.bsky.social
No Abide
@noabide.bsky.social
Liberal. BS in business. Masters in Computer Science. Like ZEN, non fiction. Obama.
How could insult someone without describing them?

Critical thinking isn’t your thing. Maybe time to try something else?
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
If only that made any sense.

Yes, if I cut and paste your copyrighted material and sell it as my own work that’s violation of the law.

AI doesn’t work that way. That’s the point.

One old judge (who probably struggles to log onto a PC without help from a law clerk) will not decide.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
But it also means those teams make their own decisions about libraries, coding standards, services that should be shared, data structures that may not work for other business functions. It may interrupt business process that depend on a schedule (plane left 10 minutes ago, sorry).
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Oh no. Every do business with a new company where nothing worked as advertise? Often you get one shot with a customer.
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In the old days we said …

“hurry up and release it to give us more time to fix the bugs”

We didn’t know we were creating an entire culture.

I had a sign in my cube “mistakes made while you wait”.
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Was there ever a time when IT had a problem breaking things?
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Is there anything in this photo that looks like nature?

It could be the surface of Mars and nobody wants to live on mars except crazy people who follow Elon Musk around.

Maybe that’s the bigger point. Rare or not it screws up nature to get at it.
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Good argument

So why don’t you just say if a person learns from my copyrighted material that’s fine because that’s how we want knowledge to travel and grow.

But if a machine learns from my stuff I want a say first and $$$

There, problem solved.
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Not a big fan of mythical (typo). Isn’t it interesting how “not” swings 180 degrees and changes everything?

Now I’m tempted to research how the concept of “not” evolved in natural language.

Maybe I’ll ask AI because I’m sure you don’t know.
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I was an above average student - on the bell curve I probably made it to the other side of the peak, but it was a long way down and I don’t like heights.

What I am is curious.

Also big fan of mythical. I prefer the concept of unknown.

But thanks for the analysis!
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
You cannot copyright facts. You don’t own Lincoln’s birthday just because you wore a book that has Lincoln’s birthday.

And you don’t own the fact that Lincoln was an important figure because you wrote that in a book (as did countless others).

If you think AI should pay you just say it.
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
When non/tech people say AI is just clever cut and paste (store / steal) I’m saying they don’t have a clue how it really works.

Its incredibly complex and simple at that same time. But your brain is also made up of simple cells yet can do amazing stuff using the energy from a candy bar.
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
That’s why this thread goes on and on saying that machines can’t learn. Otherwise they’d know their copyright argument would fall apart.

If you’re to make that case, that machines can’t learn, shouldn’t you understand the tech?
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
What makes you angry is that it’s a machine doing the reading and that this machine may generate revenue.

But if read your book then gets paid to teach Lincoln to others, that’s cool, right?

That’s my point.
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
If I am a machine and I digest a book you write about President Lincoln and later generate text that includes his birthday (that I got from the book) did I violate your copyright?

If I figure out using your book (and others) that Lincoln was an important person did I violate your copyright?
November 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I think so too. Neil Young once said he’s never written a song, he writes them down.

I think it was a character in one of Vonnegut’s novels (the character was an author) who said he was seemingly programmed to write.

“Pity the Reader” is also a wonderful non-fiction book about Vonnegut.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Kurt Vonnegut added “pity the reader” to his list of writing tips. One interpretation is he meant that the story is what it is, sorry you have to read it.
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In the 1960s wasn’t there a large group of protesters who tried to move the Pentagon uses their minds? May be what’s happening here.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I have bad news…
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Have you heard of an app named Kanopy

It’s a service offered by many public libraries. With the app you can stream movies and documentaries, no ads, no cost. Just need a library card.

There is a documentary I think anybody would enjoy titled “The Automat”.
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
More insults.

BTW - it wasn’t “the law”.

It was a single court ruling.

The law is made up of statutes, 100s of years of precedent, foundational principles. It flows like water and constantly changes with culture.

But if it kills AI who cares? I’ll read a book, just not one you wrote.
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ok, give it a shot. Research

“using Finite State Automata with non deterministic unstructured data”

Notes

AI will probably generate the results.

I don’t 100% understand the results and I used some of this stuff in practice.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I don’t know the solution to students using it. But I would say run this thru AI first, then ask the student to critique the results it generates. Was it useful?
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
But then you turn around and say “Hell no, we’re not teaching AI”. So you’re stuck on banning it.

I’ve had long “conversations” with AI (mostly on technical stuff) and I’ve walked away feeling I’ve learned something every time. But if you don’t like, there is an off button somewhere.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Well, if you want accuracy, it should read ..

The use of “AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading”.

“The use of” I added.

So your argument is don’t give people access to this tool. My counterpoint would be teach them what is and isn’t and let them use their brains to navigate.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM