Hmmm: “...most creative art we’ve ever seen, especially when it involves remixing existing IP”. With respect, I think there’s an upper bound on how creative something can be in the context of using AI to remix existing IP. Really hoping we can produce something more than an ouroboros of whatever culture existed before the GenAI models came to town.
Hanania definitely was a racist. He is now much less so, or not at all, and his arguments are based on data and evidence and not "people who are different are scary". I disagree with him about various things, but he is a net contributor to the quality of discourse.
> And on a deeper level, Substack needs to decide what they want to be. If they just want to be neutral service provider, a Gmail equivalent, so be it. But they keep edging towards being a social network while trying to avoid any content moderation, and that’s eventually going to come back to bite them.
That sums it up nicely. Unfortunately, social networking features and algorithms are guaranteed to increase engagement, which is ultimately what a venture-backed company needs to deliver juicy returns. My uninformed, armchair analyst bet is that Substack will keep going in that direction. The pull is too strong.
During the first rush of #MeToo, someone who I can't possibly remember advised "It's very hard to get evidence on a lot of sexual bad/criminal behavior because it happens in private, BUT: it's rare for someone to be only one kind of asshole, and these guys are probably also committing financial crimes. Find those."
Coffeezilla has put out some really interesting videos on stuff like this. I know nothing about the person, and I would very much like to keep it that way for fear of a milkshake ducking.
Hmmm: “...most creative art we’ve ever seen, especially when it involves remixing existing IP”. With respect, I think there’s an upper bound on how creative something can be in the context of using AI to remix existing IP. Really hoping we can produce something more than an ouroboros of whatever culture existed before the GenAI models came to town.
Hanania definitely was a racist. He is now much less so, or not at all, and his arguments are based on data and evidence and not "people who are different are scary". I disagree with him about various things, but he is a net contributor to the quality of discourse.
> And on a deeper level, Substack needs to decide what they want to be. If they just want to be neutral service provider, a Gmail equivalent, so be it. But they keep edging towards being a social network while trying to avoid any content moderation, and that’s eventually going to come back to bite them.
That sums it up nicely. Unfortunately, social networking features and algorithms are guaranteed to increase engagement, which is ultimately what a venture-backed company needs to deliver juicy returns. My uninformed, armchair analyst bet is that Substack will keep going in that direction. The pull is too strong.
During the first rush of #MeToo, someone who I can't possibly remember advised "It's very hard to get evidence on a lot of sexual bad/criminal behavior because it happens in private, BUT: it's rare for someone to be only one kind of asshole, and these guys are probably also committing financial crimes. Find those."
One thing to add to the Substack issue -- they already moderate pornographic content. I've never seen them address the inconsistency head-on.
The answer is 'payment companies will kill our business if we allow porn, so we don't'
Glad to hear they're standing on principle in defense of Free Speech and the First Amendment.
Coffeezilla has put out some really interesting videos on stuff like this. I know nothing about the person, and I would very much like to keep it that way for fear of a milkshake ducking.