“But every piece of clothing you’ve ever worn, high end or Shein, was made by human hands. Human labor can never go away. It can only erode, in dignity, in compensation, in protection, in beauty, in meaning.” I can’t stop thinking about this. This is so beautifully phrased, and so true.
thank you for laying it out so clearly. i feel like a lot of people understand ai as an existential threat on a certain level, but then, i live in san francisco, and i see all the time how people get too close to ai that they don't see the same danger. "chatgpt is worth playing with!" "ai art saves time on editing photos!" "riding in driverless cars is cool!" it's trippy and so bleak - so thank you for writing this because it gives me something to send to those clowns <3
Thank you for all the work you’ve done on this incredible essay. We are not taking this seriously enough. Like, it’s catastrophic, but since AI is a slow moving disaster, most people don’t seem to recognize the dangers.
Or it could be the way AI has been talked about, as if AI is a sentient computer, and not actually a facsimile of human creations/language; AI isn’t magic, it’s men in power making bad decisions for selfish reasons
Just in case you didn't know, I am happy to let you know there is now a setting to block the AI bots from your Substack Pages. Go to your Dashboard, choose Settings and scroll down to publication details to find the option. It is a switch called Block AI training.
“But every piece of clothing you’ve ever worn, high end or Shein, was made by human hands. Human labor can never go away. It can only erode, in dignity, in compensation, in protection, in beauty, in meaning.” I can’t stop thinking about this. This is so beautifully phrased, and so true.
thank you for laying it out so clearly. i feel like a lot of people understand ai as an existential threat on a certain level, but then, i live in san francisco, and i see all the time how people get too close to ai that they don't see the same danger. "chatgpt is worth playing with!" "ai art saves time on editing photos!" "riding in driverless cars is cool!" it's trippy and so bleak - so thank you for writing this because it gives me something to send to those clowns <3
Thank you for all the work you’ve done on this incredible essay. We are not taking this seriously enough. Like, it’s catastrophic, but since AI is a slow moving disaster, most people don’t seem to recognize the dangers.
Or it could be the way AI has been talked about, as if AI is a sentient computer, and not actually a facsimile of human creations/language; AI isn’t magic, it’s men in power making bad decisions for selfish reasons
Yes, and also starting to train on your words here. On Substack. How do you feel about that? It's already started. Read about this important topic in the post https://boodsy.substack.com/p/the-ai-bots-are-coming-for-your-substack
Hey Sarah,
Just in case you didn't know, I am happy to let you know there is now a setting to block the AI bots from your Substack Pages. Go to your Dashboard, choose Settings and scroll down to publication details to find the option. It is a switch called Block AI training.
this is great to know!
This is great. And I appreciate the pause demand part maybe most of all. I'll take it to the Authors Guild, actually.
this is so lovely to read, Alex. thank you on both counts <3 <3
You’re so right that we should push for the biggest ask of big players are already there. Thanks for that.