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andrew

@andrew@esq.social

[he/him]

Tax/Technology Attorney
Admin @ https://esq.social open to all #legal and #law adjacent folks

Columnist @ Bloomberg Tax
Contributor @ TechCrunch, Baseball Prospectus,
Law360 etc.

Adjunct Prof @ Drexel Kline School of Law

Bestie to @gina

https://lawstodon.org

#tax #tawlaw #tech #legaltech #law #lawfedi #baseball #economics #finance #fintech #history #politics #newjersey #pennsylvania #cabins #motorcycles #ebikes #podcasting #mastoadmin

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GossiTheDog, to random
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Google search thinks you should use glue to stick together a pizza as its AI is trained on Reddit, where 11 years ago a user called “fucksmith” posted suggesting it was a good idea.

aral, to DuckDuckGo
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“Choice.”

Qwant search for foo at 09:18: Qwant is temporarily unavailable.
Ecosia search for foo @ 09:17: There was a problem loading search results for “foo”
Two astronauts staring at Earth from space. Front astronaut: “you mean it’s all just Bing?” Rear astronaut, aiming gun at front astronaut: “Always has been.”

msquebanh, to Canada
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FYI - I worked on 2 different #RealityTV shows in #Canada & after those lived work experiences - told everyone I could - don't agree to go on these shows. It's almost all scripted, not reality. Crews are forced to put pressure on voluntary participants - who rarely know WTF they're signing up for & producers exploit naivety. Don't chase easy fame/easy money - they both come at high personal costs. Don't agree to be traumatized on TV, for money. You'll regret it.

msquebanh, (edited )
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One reality TV show in Canada I worked on was for home renovations. I lost count of how many homeowners freaked the fuck out during & after because producers asked contractors to do a LOT more than previously agreed on terms. Whenever any homeowners tried to speak up - told, they need lawyers because the 'show must go on'.

The show had to mete out several legal settlements to avoid bigger PR fallouts. I can't even state show name because that NDA is still 6 yrs from expiry.

creohn, to DuckDuckGo German
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If you experience a disturbance in the force, it’s M$’ API https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/bing-is-down-bringing-duckduckgo-and-ecosia-down-too

glennf, to random
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I'm looking to hire someone to do some slightly technical illustrations for How Comics Were Made. There are a few pieces of equipment and processes that have no great photographic or illustrative elements out there, but I can provide reference images and rough drawings. If you’re interested, send me links to your work? I’m not looking for blueprint-style perfection, but something that conveys the meaning and is accurate.

glynmoody, to ai
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Emory University Suspends Students Over Study Tool The School Gave Them $10k To Build And Promoted - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/22/emory-univesity-suspends-students-over-ai-study-tool-the-school-gave-them-10k-to-build-and-promoted/ "I’ll admit, I had to read this story a couple of times, since it’s so unbelievable."

andrew, to law
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I reckon Copilot+ PC is going to be a product that an entire class of professional just simply can't purchase or use for work. Thinking of , , etc.

Surely the "features" will be able to be disabled, but can anyone reasonably trust that?

@law

gooba42,
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@andrew @law We can't trust for-profit entities with critical infrastructure. Particularly not in the USA where they're legally obligated to maximize profits for shareholders and basically nothing else.

There will eventually always be someone outbidding you for your own data.

WhiteCatTamer,
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@andrew @law I don’t know what’s worse: that Microsoft has done a risk analysis of losing all those professions that can’t operate with this level of spyware and deemed it worth moving forward anyways because it provides some greater value (the argument that it can be used to train AIs to replace even more office workers makes sense), that they haven’t done it, or that they have and just rejected the idea that they’ll lose customers because enshittification is the norm.

andrew, to github
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Reduced my thoughts on Copilot+ PC, as announced, to a piece for Forbes.

TLDR: Also we should think about compliance with things like subpoenas and how completely can anything ever be deleted with such a system.

The more I think about it, the less this seems like a well thought-out product for pros. Dreamed up by coders that already have had their life’s work sucked up by GPT through .

@law

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewleahey/2024/05/22/copilot-pcs-could-be-a-privacy-nightmare-for-professionals/
https://esq.social/@andrew/112484905475208847

mybarkingdogs,
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@andrew @law Seriously. And I've mentioned from another angle how awful this bloated mess would be for art/design/audio or video editing, for any kind of "enjoyment" or "hobbyist" use like gaming...

A privacy nightmare AND a privacy nightmare that eats resources you need for what you actually want to do, for the sake of turning your computer into a cop.

WConcertHall, to random
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In 20 minutes, the Schumann Quartet plays and in https://buff.ly/44PIPHz

WorMP3, to ai
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In case you didn’t know, apparently has powered by .

:quotesL: Because we leverage Microsoft’s technology to power some parts of this feature, the Microsoft Privacy Statement will apply to any personal data you may input into the input box for the AI-powered takeaways feature, as well as any personal data included in any Bing provided results :quotesR:

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1655947

tzimmer_history, to random
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Fascism in America?

The fascism debate rages on: Here is why it matters, what the main contentions are, and why the arguments of the Skeptics are increasingly untethered from what is happening on the Right.

New piece:

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/fascism-in-america

annmlipton, to random
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It's cool Biden just appointed his 200th judge and all but it won't matter once literally every case is heard in the Fifth Circuit.

https://www.law360.com/securities/articles/1840118/dc-judge-ships-cftc-election-betting-suit-back-to-texas

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CarlG, to random
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It is sad to see India, a country once known as "the world's largest democracy," sliding so brazenly into despotism. I wonder if they will start hacking their expats to pieces at their embassies next?

https://www.vox.com/world-politics/24160779/inside-indias-secret-campaign-to-threaten-and-harass-americans

kottke, to random
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A Massachusetts “millionaire’s tax” (extra 4% tax on $1M+ incomes) has earned the state more than $1.8 billion in income for fiscal 2023. That’s about double the estimates and the funds will be spent on education and transportation. https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-05-21/millionaires-tax-revenue-reaches-1-8-billion-on-pace-to-double-estimates

grant, to random
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Friends Don't Let Friends host with a company that rhymes with "Shmo Shmaddy”

sarahjamielewis, to random
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"Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

The computer, however, will stop you from recording DRM'd content.

Find it fascinating that when faced with drawing safety and security boundaries, the primary beneficiary is not the owner of the device, or the person using it, but random corporations who control the intellectual property rights.

The system doesn't work for you.

evacide, to random
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"...a would-be hacker would need to gain physical access to your device, unlock it and sign in before they could access saved screenshots."

I've got some news for Microsoft about how domestic abuse works.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o

design_law, to random
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Some more assorted thoughts on :

design_law,
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  1. The "thousands of existing design patents are now at risk!" critique is not nearly as damning as some lawyers seem to think it is. That's what happens whenever the law changes. Move on.
w7voa, to random
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White House announces cancellation of student debt for 160,000 more people. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/22/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-7-7-billion-in-student-debt-cancellation-for-160000-borrowers/

arstechnica, to random
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Gordon Bell, an architect of our digital age, dies at age 89

Bell architected DEC's VAX minicomputers, championed computer history, mentored at Microsoft.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/gordon-bell-an-architect-of-our-digital-age-dies-at-age-89/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

GossiTheDog, to random
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For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

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GossiTheDog,
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Copilot+ Recall has been enabled by default globally in Microsoft Intune managed users, for businesses.

You need to enable DisableAIDataAnalysis to switch it off. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/manage-recall

molly0xfff, to ai

back in my day we called this spyware

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