Olives @olives@qoto.org

Now that I think about it, I don't think Ga-Rei itself was ever adapted into an anime. There is only Ga-Rei Zero which is a prequel. It's a good anime though, would recommend.

Time loops probably come from *light novel adaptations*. In the original book, someone can just skim over the details. In the anime though, someone has to watch the entire thing.

There was also that Haruhi anime which just gave up making new episodes and just played the same episode over and over and called it a "time loop".

I'm surprised that an anime about the same day repeating over and over again has lasted for so long.

It's not open. It's not even remotely so.

Remember, call them ClosedAI instead of OpenAI.

Being "open" can also be a way for someone to bootstrap their start-up by bringing on free labor.

This is the same playbook that Hashicorp and Reddit used. They were "open source".... Until they weren't. Reddit even had an open API... Until they didn't.

Think about that for a moment.

ClosedAI were able to use being "open" to market their start-up. They were able to use that to attract funding / investment. Then, they transitioned away from that with a convenient excuse when it came time to launch their product.

Is that not a grift?

It only took a few vague allusions to "ethics" for ClosedAI to quietly back away from what they marketed their company on. That they would be open.

It's part of the grift.

Also, from what I've seen, "AI ethics" is mostly just a way for someone to dress up their views on the technology in a manner which they think appears more objective.

In essence, the so-called "AI" "ethicist" has no competence in technology, has no knowledge of users, knows nothing of products, asks philosophical questions in a void, and comes back with utter garbage.

"AI" "ethics" is an attempt to avoid having concrete and mature discussions about "AI" and to instead go chasing hypotheticals and to approach the subject as if it is an abstract thing.

"AI" "ethics" is a grift.

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