What a complete and utter cock-up (“Albanese is selling out Australia to AI colonists as artists face ruin”, September 18).
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artists → sell → ruin
The Albanese government wants Australian artists and creators to opt out of allowing AI shysters to use their work for AI “training”, or “theft” as Richard Flanagan prefers to call it.
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Flanagan → want → it
Every idiot knows that opting out is one of the greatest scams of all time.
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opting → know → time
In countless cases, consumers don’t even know they have the right, or even how, to do it.
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they → know → it
It does not work.
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It → work → ?
Are we going to stand back and watch these greed-fuelled American plunderers steal our national identity?
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plunderers → go → identity
It’s time to let Albanese know this is a step too far and remind him that his tenure in The Lodge rests on your next vote.
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tenure → ’ → vote
As Richard Flanagan laments the wholesale theft of authors’ work by AI, something bigger looms.
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something → lament → AI
Infinitely bigger: authors fading into irrelevance.
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authors → fade → irrelevance
And even that is nothing alongside the cataclysm now unfolding: the looming utter irrelevance of humankind.
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that → unfold → humankind
We’ve suffered three revolutions: agricultural, industrial and, now, the tidal wave of machine intelligence, each with downsides.
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We → suffer → downsides
Multitudes of the best minds in the world are combining to tell us that stopping the AI arms race is close to impossible, that even agreeing to make AI safer may be impossible.
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AI → combine → race
We have two choices: submit to the “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die” trope or stage a global peasants’ revolt.
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we → have → revolt
It’s time for ordinary folks to grasp the nettle and rise.
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folks → ’ → nettle
Photocopiers let us plunder books, cassette tapes made duplicating LP records cheap and easy, Google provides us with free access to download just about anything.
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Google → let → anything
Artists have benefited from those “thefts” as much as anyone.
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Artists → benefit → anyone
They have no more right to payment or protection from AI than any other content provider.
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They → have → provider
It might be easier to support Flanagan’s position had he shown some sympathy for the thousands of Australians who have already lost their entire livelihoods as greedy companies replaced them with cheap AI tools.
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companies → support → tools
It wasn’t that long ago that the full weight of international laws would come crashing down on people if they dared to illegally download a few songs in breach of copyright.
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they → come → copyright
Why is AI being allowed free-range?
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AI → allow → ?
If AI misbehaves, can’t we just unplug it then plug it back in again?
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we → misbehave → it
Barry Riley, Woy Woy
Economy v stupidity
Waleed Aly’s column (“It’s not the economy, stupid.
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It → ’ → stupidity
The enormous economic, social and moral problems the world faces may be beyond the capabilities of humans to solve.
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world → face → humans
It is concerning that people could become so disillusioned that, in a few years’ time, we could see three of the world’s great democracies under the leadership of JD Vance, Nigel Farage and Pauline Hanson.
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we → become → Vance
If that’s not a scary prospect, I don’t know what is.
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what → ’ → ?
Phil Peak, Dubbo
Waleed Aly points out the true ethos of One Nation and shows how Barnaby really is a good fit within it.
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Barnaby → point → it
Barnaby sees himself as a true man of the people but shows himself to be hubristic, solipsistic and arrogant.
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himself → see → people
Our lovely world needs its heart and soul protected from the ravages of tech and avarice like never before, but it’s not a simplistic solution.
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it → need → tech
I don’t want to be seen as deserting the ship, but if this what “progress” looks like I need to get off.
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I → want → this
Judy Finch, Taree
What would we do without Barnaby?
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we → do → Barnaby
He adds that glorious tone of levity to whatever peculiar/offensive thought bubble issues from Pauline Hanson whenever she opens her mouth.
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she → add → mouth
I am waiting to hear more of your wisdom re: the economy.
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I → wait → economy
Some days we just need a good laugh.
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we → need → laugh
Nola Tucker, Kiama
May I suggest a way that the government can improve productivity?
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government → suggest → productivity
Support for the government-recommended “myID” application for the Android 10 operating system or older ended on September 4.
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Support → recommend → September
Trying to log into a myGov account using your “myID” is no longer allowed for devices without Android 11.
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Trying → try → Android
Nor can you log into myGov using your old user ID and password.
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you → log → ID
The myID help desk (20 minutes on hold) gives the number of the myGov helpline (30 minutes on hold), which can reset access with username and a new password (a further 15 minutes).
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which → give → username
ATO access requires a phone call to its helpdesk (45 minutes on hold) who, after verification checks, will reset the login to a lower security level than they recommend.
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they → require → level
My suggestion is: have the three agencies talk and co-ordinate with each other.
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agencies → have → other
…and 75 more, not listed.
The Aporia
