

Sure. I mean we’re a bit different at both sides of the Atlantic. Europe regulates a lot more. We’re not supposed to be ripped off by big companies, they’re not supposed to invade our privacy, pollute the environment unregulated… Whether we succeed at that is a different story. But I believe that’s the general idea behind social democracy and the European spirit. We value our freedom from being used and that’s also why we don’t have a two weeks notice and we do have regulated working hours and a lot of rules and bureaucracy. The US is more freedom to do something. Opportunity. And in my eyes that’s the reason why it’s the US with a lot of tech giants and AI companies. That just fosters growth. Of course it also includes negative effects on society and the people. But I don’t think “right” and “wrong” are fitting categories here. It’s a different approach and everything has consequences. We try to balance more, and Europe is more balanced than the US. But that comes at a cost.
That’s a line by the copyright lobbyists […]
Well, I don’t think there is a lot of good things about copyright to begin with. Humanity would be better off if information were to be free and everyone had access to everything, could learn, remix and use and create what they like.
I think of copyright more as an necessary evil. But somehow we needed Terry Pratchett to be able to make a living by writing novels. My favorite computer magazine needs to pay their employees. A music band can focus on a new album once they get paid for that… So I don’t think we need copyright in specific. But we need some way so people write books, music etc… Hollywood also did some nice movies and tv shows and they cost a lot of money.
I don’t have an issue with AI users paying more. Why should we subsidise them, and force the supply chain to do work for a set price? That’s not how other businesses work. The chocolate manufacturer isn’t the only one making profit, but an entire chain from farmer to the supermarket gets to take part in earning money, which culminates in one product. I don’t see why it has to be handled differently for AI.
And what I like about the approach in Europe is that there is some nuance to it. I mean I don’t agree 100% but at least they incentivise companies to be a bit more transparent, and they try to differentiate between research to the benefit of everyone and for-profit interest. And they try to tackle bad use-cases and I think that’s something society will appreciate once the entire internet is full of slop and misinformation by bad actors. Though, I don’t think we have good laws for that as of now.
Yeah, that news is a bit more than 2 weeks old already. IMO a great way to say “Fuck AI”.