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Apologizing for using AI-generated image looks like the new sport for public relations managers in 2024 🤣 :
- Wacom: https://nitter.net/wacom/status/1744814055137919388#m
- Magic: The Gathering: https://nitter.net/wizards_magic/status/1744056808254173447#m
Src on this discussion: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@lritter/111730964394827333
#ai #wacom #magicthegathering #pr
<a few weeks ago>PR guy at wacom: Fuck. FUCK FUCK FUCK! This whole AI shit is worrying budding artists so much, they're giving up on their careers! Our tablet sales are tanking! This AI craze is doing nothing for us! What a lemon! Unless... hmm! What if if we used it to generate ad illustrations? We could cut costs and at least squeeze *some* lemonade from this...
<a little bit later>
PR guy: oh no
The W3C publishing ethical web principles is like OPEC publishing ethical climate principles.
Who are the members of the W3C?
Google,
Facebook (Meta),
Amazon,
Adobe,
SoftBank,
Yahoo!,
…
The W3C is the standards body of surveillance capitalism.
Ethical principles? W3C? Don’t make me laugh!
If they had any ethics they’d have expelled their most prominent members starting with Google and Facebook.
https://www.w3.org/TR/ethical-web-principles/
#w3c #BigWeb #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming #ethics #PR
W3C TAG Ethical Web Principles
The web should be a platform that helps people and provides a positive social benefit. As we continue to evolve the web platform, we must therefore consider the consequences of our work.www.w3.org
“Hey, look, we’re not a monopoly. We’re not being anticompetitive… we’re federating using an open protocol. Here, let our friend Eugen, CEO of Mastodon, explain to you how it works in very dispassionate words…”
#eu #ec #fediverse #mastodon #antitrust #DigitalServicesAct #PR #usefulIdiots