Zedstrian

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[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Generative AI data center energy usage is environmentally wasteful and will just raise the cost of energy for regular consumers.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The problem is that Apple's extensive marketing of Apple Intelligence has led to expectations that far surpass what the final product is likely to be.

Most people think generative AI is magic coming out of a hat, so even if Apple delivers at the same level as other companies, people will feel like they've been misled.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's a symptom of Google holding a monopoly over search results.

Real reporting will always cost more to produce than AI-generated propaganda, and if the former has a paywall and the latter doesn't, people will inevitably end up reading the news that takes the least effort to produce, to the detriment of actual news reporting.

Requiring Google to both carry such content and pay for it at least ensures that it has an even footing with websites seeking to push propaganda instead.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The problem is that society has transitioned to a point where most people essentially go to Google and Facebook for all their information. Given the monopolistic power of such platforms on public opinion, there is a very strong societal interest to ensure that actual news, not merely the propaganda of the highest bidder, is what people have access to.

The responsibility of Google to pay for it can be argued, but as real reporting will always cost more to produce than AI slop pushed by propagandists, there is arguably a public interest in that as well. The alternative is legitimate news more often than not ending up with more ads and paywalls than propaganda, which will just result in more people reading sources based on less reliable reporting.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (7 children)

If that's what the French want, then it's Google's obligation to comply and simply adjust advertising rates as needed.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Even so, there is a societal interest in objective news being available to the public, which means that search engines should be required to carry such content, profitable or not. All the more so due to Google's monopolistic grip on the search engine market.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not the corporate one, with 680 employees in Washington, D.C.

To keep Radio Free Europe from degrading to the level of Russian propaganda, any and all fascist influence must be removed and kept out of its administration.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If Radio Free Europe gets EU funding, it should be reincorporated in Europe and the remainder of its US operations relocated to Prague to avoid any American influence on its reporting and continued defense of democracy.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The author themselves is already conflating nation and country by stating that a 'nation' requires territory. While the Jewish people are a 'nation' in the sociological sense, the author is using the term in its political sense, as would apply to the subset of Jews who are Zionists, rather than the Jewish people as a whole.

The author is misleading readers by painting the editors as having the goal of denying the right of the Jewish people to territory. Unlike Zionism, it is not a nation with an inherent political basis, but rather one with strong cultural and ethnic ties.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Not all Jews are Zionists, so the using the word 'nation' would incorrectly conflate the two.