I've tried very hard, but I can't seem to muster any tears for a site tracking company.

Alternatively, on the left is what the users originally asked for, a double cheeseburger. On the right, representing what is eventually delivered after changes in requirements are incorporated, is a deep dish pizza.

You misunderstood. I said the public availability does not grant OpenAI the right to use content improperly. The authors should also sue the party who leaked their works without license.

I'd love to know the source for the works that were allegedly violated. Presuming OpenAI didn't scour zlib/libgen for the books, where on the net were the cleartext copies of their writings stored?

Being stored in cleartext publicly on the net does not grant OpenAI the right to misuse their art, but the authors need to go after the entity that leaked their works.

Luckett is an unrepentant worm. Chapman is to be commended for calling him out.

Admins paid off? That's absurd. Lemmy.world are taking a moderate wait-and-see approach. I disagree with that stance, but to insinuate they are corrupt because they aren't as reactionary as you are is ridiculous.

Keep it civil.

My distrust is in Google, not technology.

Where is the indication that lemmy.world have "bent the knee"?

of course they can. none of this is private.

Just because the idea has never been in a game before doesn't mean it's a good idea.

Server owners have discretion over community creation and federation. If you create your own instance, you're totally free to have whatever communities you like.

I fail to see a reason for Meta to be an ActivityPub peer except to stifle growth of our open source network of communities. Big Tech want silos.