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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
https://xcancel.com/AyakaMods/status/2057438125203296642#m
this needs to stop man
ai is crippling every industry it touches. sounds intentional imho
-Create new RAR file
-Encrypt
-Password: #fuck$google69
-Copy paste dirty chinese cartoons
-Upload
-Sleep well
~~Also I'm pretty sure deleting/changing the file extension on your files will work too.~~
Just don't use Google for fucks sake!!
Remember, folks: encryption and redundancy (and redundancy).
Let's say I was trying to use this to make my relatives degoogle and added even an url showing Google's data hoarding and a degoogle alternatives list.
The only thing I got was... "Dad Gave Your Status a ❤️".
it's kinda hard to convince older people to get rid of stuff they already depend on, even if it's as bad as google
My father tested the TikTok spy rumors, proved it, and still passes most of his day doomscrolling on it.
I mean, Google hasn't offered support with real humans for over 8 years. Facebook has been on that even longer
The only way to get support from google nowadays is to become a famous youtuber with a large audience, and work in lockstep with them.
Guys are we really at the whim of just two unregulated private corporations?
Did Google ever have a support department?
Also, one of many reasons i keep my backups in my own four walls. Granted, if everything burns down, it's gone. But in that case i'm going to have bigger problems than losing my data. Another alternative would be a portable disk locked away at the bank.
I didn't realize AI was looking at my google drive. I'm just deleted my files, but that's like a huge chunk of my career they could have potentially stolen.
I do still want backups beyond my flashdrive, maybe an encrypted file?
No one should have anything on google specifically, or on a non-privately owned and properly secured server in general.
There was a guy, during covid lockdowns, whose child developed a severe rash in the diaper area.
because lockdowns, the doctor asked them to send photos of the rash so he can diagnose.
googles auto-moderator labeled it child pornography, immediately deleted their account (which was very much all eggs in one basket. his phone number, email, data, everything was tied to his google account, all of which went away with no ability to recover anything on any of it) and called the authorities.
Police came to his home, talked to him, talked to his doctor, said there was nothing untoward there and went about their business.
Google said it didnt matter what the police said, it was child pornpgraphy.
the doctor sent a letter to google saying it was a legitimate medical necessity.
google said it didnt care, its child pornography.
That their expert photo-lookers said there was no rash in the area that they could tell, so there for the doctor was wrong, the police were wrong, and that man was a pedophile and he would never get anything back in any circumstance.
and for proof of that, they pointed to a video in his google data from 6 months prior that had the mother laying in bed, naked, with the baby on her chest.
Because, according to google, the only reason to be naked in the same room as a child, or to take a medically dictated photograph of a childs rash, is if you are a dirty dirty child molesting pedophile sexually exploiting your child.
Which I imagine makes almost all of our parents and grand parents pedophiles, by googles standards, because I guarantee the overwhelming majority of us have a parent that has a picture of us naked, probably in the bath, that is compltely fucking harmless to any sane, normal human being, unlike the actual pedophiles that google has looking at this shit who gets their rocks off to it and assumes everyone else is just as fucked up as twisted as they are.
It's only a matter of time until something really big fails online isn't it?
Always has been.
On the one hand this really, REALLY sucks for the artist. I wouldn’t wish it on my personal enemies if I had them.
However stories like these are instrumental in teaching the broader public that AI is to be boycotted.
Telling Joe Schmoe that datacenters are a rising problem just doesn’t register. This they could relate too.
that AI is to be boycotted
I don't think the AI part is the relevant bit here.
I think the message should be that trusting your data to off-site storage where it is subject to third-party moderation should be boycotted. So boycott Google Drive, One Drive, icloud and keep your data on your own computers.
So AI can just delete my pirated videos and music?
Not just your pirated videos and music
If you must use gdrive: at least encrypt your files.
Stop right there criminal scum!
Encryption means you’re hiding something, and that you’re probably a criminal!
Forgive my bluntness.
...But I feel like "artist tech debt" is now a problem.
I first started complaining about it in the photography space. Basically, no one understands colorspace, HDR formats, HEIFs/JXL, how modern sensors/encoders actually work... everyone is "stuck" in a circa-2000s "crush RAW stills to JPEG, export video to mp4" workflow, like they're in a time loop. They're not even using the crazy dynamic range of modern sensors and displays, and have no clue.
But the more I look around, the more I see it elsewhere. A manga artist choosing Google Drive as their host is a great example.
I dunno what to do about it, though.
This type of thing is why you never 'login with Google, Meta, Apple ' whatever.
If they decide they don't like you for whatever reason you end up locked out of every account, event the ones that are not explicitly Google.
I recently completely finished completely decoupling my life from Google. My GMail account isn't used for anything of importance anymore. People really should take a moment and think about what would be the consequences if Google suddenly mistakenly deleted their account like that. A lot of people's entire lives are connected to their GMail account.
This makes as much sense as having my shelves and cabinets judge what socks I put in them and trash it.
GTFO
Not that it changes anything, but why nobody is saying, or asking, what was it flagged for? I find it suspicious the reason for the ban was not given in the story.
The obvious implication is copyrighted" content flagging, considering the account was banned after uploading a manga. Google drive used to be a source for links to Linux ISOs, so it's unsurprising that they're cracking down on it in the dumbest and laziest way possible.
This question was exactly why I came to the comments. However even if he was doing something immoral like drawing child porn (I don’t care about anyone’s personal opinion on this subject so please spare me) unless doing so is illegal where he is (which it should be) he should be turned over to the police for pedophile crimes not having all his stuff deleted. Deleting child porn only makes the problem worse because offenders won’t be facing punishment, they essentially just get the filth wiped off their dirty faces and get back at it
There’s no context that makes it ok to just delete someone else’s stuff but I’m still curious about the content and if this person was just a pedophile
