Is it too late to opt out of AI? (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Tech lawyer Luis Villa returns to answer our most pressing questions: what’s up with all these new content deals? How did Google think it was a good idea to ship AI Summaries in its current state? Is it too late to opt out of AI? We also discuss AI in Hollywood (spoilers!), positive things we’re seeing (or hoping for) & Upstream 2024 (June 5th)!

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Featuring:

• Luis Villa – Mastodon, Twitter, LinkedIn, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• Upstream 2024 | A celebration of open source
• ANTHOLOGY — The way of open source (Changelog Interviews #563)
• On self driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays checkers

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Chapters

1. [Check, 1, 2, $, $] (00:00:00)

2. Let's talk! (00:00:37)

3. Sponsor: Cronitor (00:01:15)

https://cronito.io/homelab

4. Compliments & Friends (00:03:13)

5. AI content deals (00:04:51)

6. User revolts (00:10:42)

7. What is fair use? (00:16:15)

8. The Onion is The Onion (00:20:42)

9. Inevitably incorrect (00:22:13)

10. Code / law constraints (00:23:23)

11. Sponsor: Neon (00:26:56)

https://neon.tech

12. The micro level (00:29:02)

13. It's too late, isn't it (00:34:56)

14. Better, if it works (00:40:33)

15. Sponsor: ExpressVPN (00:42:49)

https://expressvpn.com/changelog

16. Hollywood AI (SPOILERS) (00:45:10)

17. AI's impact on devs (00:54:45)

18. "Yet" or "For now" (01:01:59)

19. Brilliant minds on both sides (01:07:06)

20. Positive things: Luis (01:13:51)

21. Positive things: Jerod (01:19:13)

22. Prometheus (01:21:08)

23. Positive things: Adam (01:22:23)

24. Upstream 2024 (01:25:30)

https://upstream.live/

25. Bye friends! (01:36:40)

26. Coming up next (01:37:52)