We're far more interested in a chess match between grandmasters than between AIs, even though the AIs are way better. I'm noticing the same thing with video and art. Once I realize it's made by AI I lose interest, no matter how good it is. Maybe a good sign for human creators?

You know, this is among the most authoritarian statements I've ever heard come out of the mouth of an American politician. That a platform can reach millions is not a good reason to give the government power to deplatform people and censor speech. 1/2

FREE SPEECH: "You can share a video and people are saying you could potentially be prosecuted" Alan D Miller We must fight back against Keir Starmer's attack on freedom of speech and what it means for our freedoms #together James Whale MBE.

Yesterday in the Lords during a discussion on the riots, I pointed out that there have been far too many threats of more clampdowns and laws on XYZ, all justified by the riots. So I asked if the minister had ANY worries AT ALL over state-backed censorship? The response seemed to

And here's a snippet of Daniel Hannan in yesterday’s Lord's debate exploding the twin fallacies that lockdowns were a justifiable public health tool and that previous pandemic plans somehow prepared for the ‘wrong’ pandemic.

🚨 News Record levels of speech and language problems among youngsters linked to lockdown "Almost two million children in the UK are struggling with speech and language problems – a rise of more than a quarter since Covid lockdown measures were introduced." "Currently almost

People who call for censorship are people who will never say anything interesting enough to be censored.

Alan D Miller 💯We must be prepared to hear views we don’t like. Otherwise, free speech is dead.

FREE SPEECH: "Everyone has got to be able to come out, debate & thrash out ideas" Alan D Miller Alan at #UnitedNotDivided Rally today We must have the freedom to discuss & challenge ideas in order to progress as a society We must protect everyone's right to speak #together

If you don’t have time for the whole post, here’s the essence: old Twitter banned and censored me even tho jack Vijaya Gadde - its two top officials - said it shouldn’t. Instead, Todd O'Boyle, a Twitter lobbyist under pressure from the govt and Pfizer Inc., secretly rammed the ban through.

Some of us actually have work to do representing clients. It won't help them if we are forced to spend precious time writing documents to prove we're advancing an inclusive culture, whatever that means.

Censorship? Not clear why Dave-independent researcher account suspended If for sharing clips from official Scottish Covid Inquiry of all places that is worrying Support Elon Musk Too many “takedowns”; Zuckerberg letter also underlines Govts' behind-scenes pressure on platforms to censor

The speaker is against speaking. Interesting to observe that this is in fact misinformation about misinformation. And notice how 'threats' and 'intimidation' are elided with 'misinformation'... Misinformation: disagreement with the government and its policy agenda.

An important point: all too often politicians put terms conflate "misinformation" with genuine issues like threats & intimidation. What is really dangerous is policy/laws that involve governments or their agencies deciding what constitutes mis/disinformation.