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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jul-2026 23:08:01 JST Rich Felker

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     Greg Wilson (gvwilson@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jul-2026 23:08:02 JST Greg Wilson

     In his essay on Salvador Dali, Orwell argued that because Dali was a repulsive human being, the right wouldn't admit that he was a great artist; conversely, because he was a great artist, the left wouldn't admit he was a repulsive human being. I'm seeing the same thing with AI: because it's unethical, one side won't acknowledge that it's useful, but because it's useful, the other side won't acknowledge that it's unethical.

     Time to make another cup of tea…