Francesco D'Isa

Vi prego, fatemi parlare ancora male del copyright www.the-bunker.it/il-copyright...

L’orrida strategia retorica di chi sostiene che ricordare le decine di migliaia di bambini morti a Gaza è una retorica stucchevole. Il famoso buonismo insomma, se fai notare un atto malvagio sei un frignone, il bambino che dice del bullo alla maestra,

Big tech pays dearly for closed data to avoid copyright suits—why not channel that money into public datasets curated by universities, libraries, and art academies, boosting AI quality and funding public culture?

Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it Telltale signs of chatbot use are scattered through the scholarly literature — and, in some cases, have disappeared without a trace.

Si usano perché sono utili, non si dice perché c’è lo stigma. Soluzione? Rinunciare al ridicolo stigma e dare per scontato che lo strumento è in uso, valutando solo i contenuti. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Same crisis here

I hear few good practical ideas even from the anti-AI side; apart from complaining about bad AIs, praising a capitalistic idea of copyright and refusing to use them, risking falling behind—what’s the strategy?

I believe that the fight shouldn’t be targeted at the tool itself, but rather a political struggle against the system, in every possible way. I wouldn’t know which methods are the most effective—personally, I can only act through cultural resistance.

Tra le cose interessanti di Ipnocrazia c'è che è un affare Sokal inverso. Lì la gente sbroccava perché un testo privo di senso era stato pubblicato, qui perché un testo sensato ha avuto successo anche se è stata usata una AI e/o non proviene dal milieu giusto.

An article of mine on “Ghiblification”: a debate on originality that was born old, yet pushes us to observe the transformation of images from simulacra to ideograms. On The Bunker. www.the-bunker.it/en/ghiblific...

For me, mastering the medium, hacking it, and developing it if possible (starting from open source) is far better than a self-sabotaging boycott.

I actually think they’re very useful for many activity, since they’re general-purpose technologies. On the other hand – as an example – is translating a text a right-wing activity? I don’t even like the car industry (in fact, I like it even less), but unfortunately sometimes I have to travel by car

The same goes for the uncritical rejection of a tool that can also be used to strengthen one’s political activity. And if no one is actually rejecting it, so much the better—though many people keep telling me they don’t use i

On the other hand, rejecting them without a plan is a stroke of genius

To put it bluntly: everyone complaining about ‘AI slop’ does realize that humans have made 99% slop with every other creative tool too, right?

The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account Welcome to the 4chan administration.

I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

L'enorme manifestazione dell'opposizione a Istanbul - Il Post Nonostante la dura repressione è stata la più partecipata dall'arresto dell'ex sindaco di Istanbul e una delle più grandi della storia recente del paese

Nonostante la dura repressione è stata la più partecipata dall'arresto dell'ex sindaco di Istanbul e una delle più grandi della storia recente del paese

È incredibile come alcune riviste pur di fare clickbait anti-ai continuino a rilanciare questa notizia errata, dato che Miyazaki non parlava di AI generative, che nemmeno esistevano al momento della dichiarazione.

That’s more effective than enforcing copyright on training datasets, which mostly helps big rights holders and leads to more biased AIs due to smaller, less flexible datasets. Believing copyright will stop AI or help artists is, to me, wishful thinking. You can disagree, but the position is clear.

Just to be clear and not mistaken for a crazed tech bro: when it comes to AI regulation, my stance is simple—mandatory open source, or at least rights-free for open source developers, to encourage public benefit.

AI and copyright law: Osgoode expert describes what’s at stake - YFile Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Carys Craig explains how artificial intelligence is challenging the foundations of copyright law, raising questions about the future of creativity and who truly owns ...

“Copyright is likely to function not as a safeguard for our culture, but as a tool to advance corporate power”. Mi sento meno solo. www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/0...

The Guardian view on Israel breaking the ceasefire: destroying hope along with lives | Editorial Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu is kept in place by an endless war, at a terrible cost to Palestinians and hostages

The Guardian view on Israel breaking the ceasefire: destroying hope along with lives | Editorial

Indovinello: c’è una cosa orrenda in atto che se fossi studente in USA potrei perdere la laurea nel criticare, se protesto in Germania rischio lavoro e botte, sui social è censurata se la nomino, la stampa la minimizza da mesi e chi la nega non merita più neanche il dialogo. Cosa è?

A research agenda for encouraging prosocial behaviour on social media - Nature Human Behaviour Dörr et al. argue that research on social media has mainly focused on antisocial behaviours and call for more research on the ways in which social media platforms can empower prosocial behaviour.

Come ci ricordava Amy Orben, studiamo più gli effetti negativi che quelli positivi delle nuove tecnologie. In questo caso, dei social. Un bacione a Jonathan Haidt e la sua "generazione ansiosa". www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars” is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and — well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass

Quello che più amo dell’arte è che per ogni definizione c’è un’opera d’arte la falsifica. La sua vera definizione mi pare proprio nella caratteristica di non poter essere definita.

How much energy will AI really consume? The good, the bad and the unknown Researchers want firms to be more transparent about the electricity demands of artificial intelligence.

Finally, a good article on the topic. Summary: they consume a lot, but relatively little compared to other sectors, and the future is a big question mark—impossible to predict. The only certainty is that these companies say nothing (long live open source).

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Le culture digitali e l’eterno scetticismo tecnologico | Siamomine Dalla fotografia all’AI, ogni innovazione ha suscitato critiche apocalittiche. Le culture digitali sapranno resistere alla tecnofobica?

La dico breve e schietta: la sinistra invece di sostenere sciocchezze come il fatto che le AI sono "intrinsecamente di destra" dovrebbe imparare a utilizzarle, abbandonando la tecnofobia senza perdere lo spirito critico siamomine.com/ai-slop-arte...

Non si poteva più dire niente quando si poteva dire tutto E adesso, invece.

Non si può più dire niente, edizione realtà Ne parliamo su The Slow Journalist: theslowjournalist.substack.com/p/non-si-pot...