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@davidgerard Dammit, this shit again. LLMs don’t “read” and Fair Use (and copyright itself) were created to promote the exchange of ideas between humans, not to feed turbocharged linguistic remixers.

@feld @josh How many times have you seen a CEO being held *personally* accountable for their decisions? If they screw up, do they not, in fact, just get a massive payoff and a new job?

Early findings from the world’s largest #UBI study | GiveDirectly

“…Researchers found recipients in both UBI groups bought land, became more entrepreneurial, and earned more. The common concern of “laziness” never materialized, as people did not work less nor drink more.

A large lump sum and a long-term UBI were highly effective. The lump sum enabled big investments and the guarantee of 12 years of UBI encouraged savings and risk-taking…” https://www.givedirectly.org/2023-ubi-results/

@pettter @wokerati I remember the message being “It’s not perfect being in, but it’ll be better than being out. Being out will be rubbish.”