Comment on AI and Data Scraping on the Archive

  1. vanyamire Sat 13 May 2023 10:21PM UTC

    https://www.change.org/p/writers-call-for-otw-and-ao3-transparency-clarity-and-stance-on-a-i

    The petition in question.

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    1. Pelontrix Sat 13 May 2023 10:54PM UTC

      this isn't going to do shit.
      AO3 is pretty much a corporation at this point. they already meet 3x their goal of donations any time they get them - and their financials are weird as hell.

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      1. LaikaFlash Sat 13 May 2023 11:35PM UTC

        Siegfried forgot something

        Gee, a massive fanfiction archive supported by donations instead of ads and the data collection that comes with them. How insidious. Nice FUD you're doing there.

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        1. Pelontrix Sun 14 May 2023 12:04PM UTC

          ur mum succ me thru my jorts

          also, FUD is an acronym used by cryptobros. are you a cryptobro?

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          1. LaikaFlash Sun 14 May 2023 03:53PM UTC

            Siegfried forgot something

            Cryptobros didn't invent that one. Try harder.

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          2. dreamfluffs Sun 14 May 2023 10:25PM UTC

            What does that have to do with anything?

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      3. vanyamire Sat 13 May 2023 11:53PM UTC

        This isn't helpful.

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        1. Pelontrix Sun 14 May 2023 12:05PM UTC

          neither is the entire post where they waffle on letting AI-generated fanfics onti the archive.

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      5. SammiCass Tue 16 May 2023 09:04PM UTC

        couldn’t have worded it more perfectly!! thx for sharing the petition, I’ll definitely be sure to share it around :)

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    3. OrbWeaverX Sun 14 May 2023 01:37AM UTC

      Thank you for sharing this. Absolutely horrified that AO3 is allowing AI generated works, hopefully this will help change that

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      1. vanyamire Sun 14 May 2023 03:33AM UTC

        No problem. :) Glad it was helpful!

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    5. modernKhione Sun 14 May 2023 09:59PM UTC

      Petitions tend not fo go over well with the OTW. Everyone, even the most senior and high level staff, are volunteers.

      But I do agree with your sentiments. I think more needs to be done, though I don't expect anything in the next year or so. the OTW is a slow, ponderous beast.

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