Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The activists in this coalition commonly call it "anti AI." But is it? Does David ...
The activists in this coalition commonly call it "anti AI." But is it? Does David Zaslav - or any of the entertainment execs who are suing AI companies - want to prevent gen AI models from being used in the production of their products? No way - these guys *love* AI. Zaslav and his fellow movie execs held out against screenwriters demanding control over AI in the writers' room for *148 days*, and locked out their actors for another 118 days over the use of AI to replace actors.
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