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I don't mean to single you out, Malarkey, as mostly I don't think you realise the impact, and your intentions are good. But a high proportion of posts in some threads, such as the recent Bonfire of Teenagers update, are comments that meet the criteria, with moderators being among those who repeat allegations
The milk has spilled, and the horse has bolted, by which I mean, widespread control of these tendencies hasn't been working. Interventions to remove offending posts would cost time and money - although since certain posts are removed, is the conclusion that the standards are about something other than fairness and respect? The rise of online platforms has hugely aided AI development, with the vast supply of data involved. More notice is recently being taken of the effects of these trends, and I share for any not aware.
"As more people began to upload their images to websites, to photo-sharing services, and ultimately to social media platforms, the pillaging began in earnest"...
'“platform capitalism”... is an ideal framework for exploitation, given that workers bear nearly all the costs while contractors take no responsibility for working conditions."...
"From the standpoint of major AI ventures at the top of the extraction pyramid, pervasive wage theft is not a bug in the system, it is a feature"...
'"The technical AI research community relies on cheap, crowd-sourced labor for many tasks that can’t be done by machines.”'...from
https://anoutsidechance.com/2024/02/06/warning-data-inadequate/
The horrific cautionary tale of the UK Post Office Scandal is an example of a case where a presumption of the correct operation of computers is at the heart of judgements.
“In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the courts will presume that mechanical instruments were in order at the material time”.
Here
“mechanical instruments” include computers.
So, in other words, computers are presumed to be operating correctly, unless there is evidence to the contrary." -
https://davidallengreen.com/2023/09...ption-that-computers-are-operating-correctly/
Rulings on this case should challenge why these presumptions exist, and if they should at all.
Still, the story of Brazilian Astrud Gilberto who died last year as marked on Central and Solo, shows something similar has been happening in the analogue world all along
https://davidallengreen.com/2023/06...tual-property-where-law-and-conscience-clash/
Also
unconscionable though.
To return to right speech, although the messy immoral milieu of social media communications often erodes values, legal realities such as libel remain pertinent, and whether protections existed or not, everyone appreciates and deserves to be treated as innocent until formally proven guilty. Tormentors, take note!