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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 04:09 UTC

Didn’t read past your rude first sentence

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 22:52 UTC

No. These two outcomes are not equally bad. Sorry.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 22:07 UTC

It will be all about the next candidate. Bring it on!

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 22:04 UTC

Why? Because Democrats stand for ideas and not personalities? Because Trump will destroy democracy? Any argument would be better than the age one.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 21:13 UTC

Any other conversation really

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 21:00 UTC

The only person who can dispel this vicious age story is Biden himself. But he does not appear to be able to do so. And that is a big problem.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 20:54 UTC

I love Stacey Abrams. But in pessimistic moments, I fear that if Biden remains, age will be the defining feature of the race, not the existential danger Trump poses.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 13:37 UTC

Not really. They can sue but tough to break through the BOD protections. They can make a big stink tho!

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 05:26 UTC

I think so too. But it’s nuanced :)

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 16:30 UTC

If some of our most well-educated leaders think being a Christian Nationalist is a good thing, then I think we’re putting too much value on Formal Education

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 22:39 UTC

I can feel the faculty-admin meeting coming …

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 22:18 UTC

This was my last piece for Bloomberg Law on the topic

news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 22:13 UTC

Multiple case and multiple sources :)

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 22:13 UTC

The Walters case was where this came from. I was hoping for more but after the judge told OpenAI it needed to provide more information to remove to federal court, OpenAI folded and they stayed in Georgia.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 22:05 UTC

Conlaw profs around the country are just freaking out about having to redo their syllabi

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 21:59 UTC

And OpenAI! Fucking madness.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 21:55 UTC

There’s actually some good info* coming out about OpenAI’s structure from these suits, so maybe it’s a win for humanity *pre-ppt diagram from Fall 2023 legal filings re jurisdiction, orange is my supposition

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 21:45 UTC

I’m not a copyright lawyer so maybe there’s a nuanced argument I don’t fully grasp but it’s just bonkers at a higher public policy level. And lmao, OpenAI asserts that *maybe* the NYT articles were really written by LLMs 😖

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 21:42 UTC

Someone please explain to me how OpenAI is allowed to EXIST. Much less allowed to OPERATE.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 21:38 UTC

I mean, the OpenAI *structure* is surely violating all sorts of laws, not even getting to the content theft.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 21:35 UTC

I get that the NYT is pretty shitty, but I’m still pissed about OpenAI’s weaponization of discovery against them. They’re seeking: “documents sufficient to show each and every written work that informed the preparation of each [NYT work], regardless of its length, format, or medium.” WTF? 🤬

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 20:36 UTC

The LLM that was trained on stolen NYT content could *never* have come to such lousy conclusions though right??

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

I think the Times’ lawyers have the better legal (and pr) argument here. And I say that as someone who worked at MoFo for many years. Allyson Bennett should be embarrassed by this.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 20:13 UTC

So the Chief’s immunity opinion is ahistorical and anti-democratic, but it’s also illogical and poorly written?

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:24 UTC

Was it Josh Blackman? It was Josh Blackman right?

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 19:04 UTC

Just chatting with my partner about how most of our close circle of friends (like mostly public defenders and deportation / removal defense attorneys, fwiw) are actively engaged in opposing numerous, horrible Biden/Dem policies, and 100% will vote Dem because they know the awful stakes

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 18:46 UTC

Underrated SCOTUS low this term. Deeply dystopian humor is just our reality now.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:01 UTC

Gotta use that bully pulpit somehow lol :)

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:17 UTC

We are very humble! :)

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:16 UTC

Yeah, the scotus situation really raises the stakes in an existential way. I did catch that immunity ruling while I was backcountry and immediately had to turn my phone back off 😖

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:11 UTC

Truth is, I don’t know what is the best path to beating Trump. That’s what’s so upsetting - that we’re even in this position. I’d far prefer a kind senile Biden to an evil genius Trump (neither is true of course) but that’s the fucking choice?? Cmon! Completely disillusioned: *still voting Dem obvi*

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:01 UTC

I’m usually full of shit, but I’m still in the “Biden should go” camp following his debate. Perhaps that’s because I have been actual camping for a week+ so haven’t been following the discourse here…

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 20:55 UTC

I’ve been to a number of them with my wife (public defender doing deportation / removal defense) and I’ve never felt so patriotic!

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