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"The wrecked town of Gaza lay silent and empty. War had swept through the elegant streets and emptied Gaza. It had once been amongst the finest cities of the near East. It was now in Ruins." that is an extract from 'The Templars' by Dan Jones. It happened in 1149.

Today the Irish government announced an increase in #plr payments. Of course any increase to the fund is welcome, but when you consider that the pool for PLR in 2009 was €350,000 and is just €240,000 today you can see why Irish Writers' Union consider this derisory.

If it's wrong, fix it later. If it doesn't work, tweak it until it does. Just get it down while the fire is inside you...while it's still burning white hot. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #Ashcroft, #OlympusAwakening, & #TheClaimedSaga @foxfirepub @jhdemond

Chris Hedges at UCSB: To Kill a People youtu.be/LliyK19WvM4?si… via YouTube

"An especially powerful ai system could potentially craft its chain of thought to conceal dangerous capabilities from monitors..." Billy perrigo (time feb 14) on letting ai use its own language instead of forcing it to use 'human' language

Ai reasoning works at a deeper level 'via complex mathematical operations inside a neutral network ' (time Feb 14) even those who created it don't fully understand how it reasons. Sounds like a separate lifeform to me. Or will be. Evolution at work?

Amazon’s Kindle Changes Spark Backlash as USB Transfer Option Ends: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway selfpublishingadvice.org/kindle-changes/

Is this an ethical AI issue? Thoughts? Authors? Search #LibGen, the #Pirated-Books Database That #Meta Used to Train #AI. Millions of #books and #scientific papers in the collection’s current iteration. theatlantic.com/technology/arc… #writers #IP #books #research #AIethics

#DontZuckOurBooks #META #MarkZuckerberg Irish Writers' Union The Society of Authors The Authors Guild

Shocked and angered at Meta's theft of my work for their AI machine. With many other writers I was never consulted or asked for my permission. This is daylight robber and we will fight back. Irish Writers' Union #DontZuckOurBooks #Metatheft #irishwriters #ewc #zuckerberg #Cork

Kevin Doyle Irish Writers' Union my.uplift.ie/petitions/prot…

Wow.

Is Meta stealing the works of some of Ireland's finest writers? My report coming up shortly on The World with contributions from Aoife Barry and Conor Kostick Irish Writers' Union Tune in: theworld.org

Irish Writers' Union 's petition against Meta's unlicensed use of our books is going to be handed in to Niamh Smyth TD 17 April #dublin. Writers do join us if you can! John O Brien. Roy Hunt Phil Mac Giolla Bháin WGI

"No part of this book may be used or reproduced ... for the training of artificial intelligence... [...] in accordance with Article 4(3) of the DSM directive 2019/790" . Copyright page of Karla's choice by Nick Harkaway. Conor Kostick @irishwritersunion Kevin Doyle John O Brien.

Never heard of DSM directive as regards a.i. copyright restrictions.

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Congratulations to Conor Kostick Disputes Officer of Irish Writers' Union on being elected to the board of the European Writers Council. A great boost for Irish Writers and the IWU

Roy Hunt Conor Kostick Irish Writers' Union Congratulations Conor