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highplainsdem

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10. I agree, and I'm glad you like what she wrote. I'm glad I found it. She's very blunt, but when you're

Reply to hunter (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 10:59 PM

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dealing with AI bros happy to steal the world's intellectual property and do tremendous harm with the flawed tech they developed, it would be a mistake to pretend that genAI isn't "just idiocy, plagiarism, greed and theft on a grand scale."

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An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants (writer/critic/reporter Maureen Ryan) [View all] highplainsdem Monday OP

K&R Blue Owl Monday #1

Agree completely. It's already done more damage in a few years than I'd've thought possible in 2022. highplainsdem Monday #3

Thanks. cachukis Monday #2

You're welcome! I loved finding this, because what she wrote is so true, and I hope everyone will highplainsdem Monday #4

Very worried about the dark side. cachukis Monday #5

We just have to fight it. Not accept that genAI and all the harm it creates will be our inevitable highplainsdem Monday #6

I too am an idealist in spirit, but old enough to cachukis Monday #7

I like the way you write, and your being an idealist. The future can still be shaped, and we don't have highplainsdem Monday #9

One of my biggest concerns is the intrusion factor. cachukis Tuesday #11

"Technology, like fascism, creeps in." True, and AI is a perfect tool for fascism when AI bros support authoritarians. highplainsdem Wednesday #12

Using Imitation Intelligence makes you an imitation artist, musician, writer, lawyer, etc.. hunter Monday #8

I agree, and I'm glad you like what she wrote. I'm glad I found it. She's very blunt, but when you're highplainsdem Monday #10