Fish Stuff

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

it would be so awesome

Let's make this as simple as possible. Prompts for the five Talons in His Mouth (Terraito) Tuesdays this September have not been finalized yet, and I'm hoping for fandom feedback.

Tentative prompts so far have one softer, one sharper each week (@navigatorsghost additions in bold):

🍎 TALONS IN HIS MOUTH TUESDAY THIS SEPTEMBER

WK 1 · Sept 1 · Apple / Monster WK 2 · Sept 8 · Lies / Only One Bed WK 3 · Sept 15 · Memories / Chains WK 4 · Sept 22 · Rules / Gore WK 5 · Sept 29 · Loss / Addiction

How to suggest prompts: Send ideas to the @talonsinhismouthtues ask box through the end of June. If there are lots, finalists go to a poll; otherwise I'll randomize suggestions into the 10 final prompts.

How the event works: Any form, any length, any rating are good. I won't be accepting gen AI content but I can't guarantee I can see through it. I will also moderate for unrelated content to this topic. Then all submissions accepted will be posted on a queue on these Tuesdays. I'm still deciding best practice.

It's rude. You're making someone take their time to read something you couldn't bother to write. You're telling them they were so unimportant you couldn't be bothered to actually take the time to say something yourself. And frankly, you're lying about it while you're at it.

I don't know that I can do much by posting this here but I said I would, so... Apparently YouTube is cracking down on AI slop channels, but they've used this as an excuse to hit and demonetise a whole bunch of veteran, high-quality creepypasta and "true"-horror storytelling channels, including JNightmares whose video about this I've linked above and who I absolutely adore. J translates "true" horror and supernatural stories found on Japanese messageboards for an English-speaking audience, and reads them with his own voice - this guy is as far from the low-effort AI model as you can get, but he's been hit anyway and so have a bunch of his friends and collaborators. And this is, frankly, bullshit.

Randy Ortiz, “Battles”

The kid was picked up by an ambulance 30 minutes later.

Now as an adult working in security I get SO MANY folks- upper-middle aged mostly- coming to me to 'rat out' people they think are faking it.

I was once sent into a bathroom because a client demanded that the "fucker won't get out, so go drag them out"- I was NEVER going to do that, so I did a wellness check instead. You know who it was? A person recently released from the hospital after a car accident. They had a hole in their skull and major hearing loss. They couldn't answer the owner because they couldn't HEAR the owner.

Another time about a homeless man who got around town by kicking the ground from his wheelchair. "You know he doesn't actually need that thing, his legs work fine, it's just for pity points"- Oh, so he's not paralyzed, his wheelchair is performative? Funny story Dale, I actually know that guy, he was backed over by a truck and has chronic pain from his shattered pelvis. But sure, let's make him stand up and walk everywhere so nobody feels too bad for him and tries to help him or something.

"She doesn't need that scooter, I've seen her get out of it."

"Look how fat he is, because he just rides around and refuses to get up."

"She doesn't really need that cane- she comes here without it all the time"

Autumn Maples with Poem Slips