Knew this was going to happen sooner or later. Perplexity AI is being sued by WSJ and New York Post. What puzzles me is why single out Perplexity? Why not others? At least Perplexity provides reference links back to the source. The others haven't been doing that, although more are starting to do that now. This is why search engines haven't been attacked like this, because it's legal to provide links to a website. But give it a NLP user interface, and that's when you're liable? Is training an AI model that much different from scraping a website and then parsing it for indexing? There's going to need to be some clarity on this, and perhaps we'll get some with this lawsuit.
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Lots of scientific fraud in Alzheimer's Disease research. This is really bad. Is this a fallout of the way science is done? Was this just the fault of underlings? I can't believe these people are intentionally deceitful.
Canadian doctors struggle with euthanizing vulnerable patients. When your gut tells you that something is wrong, there often is indeed a problem. What kind of society do the Canadians have where the ending of a human life is offered as a casual service, like trash collection. There are a lot of humans that are hurting for various reasons, and I get the sense that society is giving up on them. Where euthanasia has "become the solution to every kind of suffering out there". Out of sight, out of mind, it seems. But as mental health deteriorates in the world, people are going to take measures into their own hands, as some already are.
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Young Americans can't get a job. This is a failure of the school system. Young people are finding out that the real world needs people who can actually do the work and solve problems. Complete the tasks that need to be done. You don't necessarily have to do something mundane for "40 years" as the memes seem to depict. Everything is a learning opportunity. You learn skills and advance. People want 6 figures and "lifestyle" from the beginning. Not going to happen.
Here's some of that reality: A long-standing Portland company is shutting down. Another bites the dust. All Dennis Uniform employees will be laid off. "Severe financial distress". Why are we even considering Measure 118 at this time? And yes, the employees were unionized, why do you ask?
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When are you getting your pay raise? Everett residents will vote on two minimum wage increases. "Everett deserves a raise" they say. Sure. I bet those Dennis Uniform employees deserved one, too.
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They call this Democracy in King County. You can print your own election ballot in King County. All you need is an address. If it's not been used yet, you're good to go, apparently. This is how Dems cheat.
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How Americans' vocabulary (and thinking) have changed since Obama became president.
