It “proves” itself too. Your algo puts them in solitary, and they don’t commit any crimes. Proof it works! /s

Copyright is a restriction on speech. So are libel laws. Are those unethical? I’m on the fence about copyright myself.

Neal Stephenson explores these ideas in a few of his books. Basically that there is so much false information online that the biggest advantage you can have is good software for sifting through it.

Not a new problem unfortunately.

Among the things courts or cops have deemed “suspicious”:

Booking a nonstop flight

Booking a flight with a layover

Traveling alone

Traveling with a companion

People who appear nervous

People who appear ?too calm?

I was thinking the same. They’re probably weighted against gory, distressing images. Think of the headlines: “<LLM service> creates graphic slaughter house for children’s storybook project”

What if I do normal things with an LLM like code and write porn? Russia doesn’t come up.

Yup. Originally intended for genuinely temporary work like farm hands it has been exploited by other companies for years. Occasionally there’s talk of reform but it usually surface level.

And bot traffic on Twitter dropped by half the same day. Good for Ukraine, they’re bringing the fight to Russia.

It looks like Meta is the only one where this is explicitly against their rules, not that that has stopped them before.

It’s sad that that is the most likely explanation. No grand strategic vision, no plan, just being nostalgic for the eighties.