hot take: if an artist is already popular, then they dont need your support anywhere near as much as a bandcamp artist does. i believe it is ethical to enjoy “popular” music without paying for every megabyte. just go see them when they come to town and buy a t-shirt if the spirit moves you.
Overkrill
(he/himb)
Iconic singer and bassist of foundational british 1970’s plankton bands Shrimpwind and Mötorprawn. building block of the marine ecosystem. fond of salt and vinegar crisps.
http://localchaos.org/blowhole/ http://localchaos.org/dullknife/
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56·1 month agoai is taking jerbs, despite the fact that it cannot perform them at all, and the cost is being externalized to the customers. its not about whether they can do what they’re meant to do, its about giving corporations excuses to further drive down human wages.
But despite some of the viral glitches facing Taco Bell, it says two million orders have been successfully processed using the voice AI since its introduction.
how much you wanna bet they’re counting the orders where the drive thru worker had to step in and save the floundering algorithm who could not in fact understand basic speech, or even the purpose of a conversation, as orders “successfully processed” using AI
“your honor, in my defense my website sucks. like really sucks. like try using it for a good purpose. it is inherently evil.”
i’ll have to check those out!!