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By then, the forces of forgetting were already roaring back—to slam that door, and to shroud our countries in innocence and righteousness once again. “There is a resistance to memory inside memory itself,”23 writes the historian of psychoanalysis Jacqueline Rose.
By superimposing data and graphics on streets, stores, and even merchandise, marketers can inform customers, steer them in the right direction, call attention to special sales, and create “brand experiences” on top of products. It’s a huge business opportunity, as AR platforms can impact where people go, what they do, and what they buy.
Survival of the Richest
Douglas Rushkoff
Compounding these matters, we have discovered evidence that a senior software engineer at Midjourney took part in a conversation in February 2022 about how to evade copyright law by “[laundering” data](https://x.com/nelkmarge/status/1740223308304654514?s=61&t=2voLMkhJf6P349CqztWSAQ) “through a [fine tuned codex](https://microsoft.github.io/prompt-engineering/).” Another participant who may or may not have worked for Midjourney then said “at some point it really becomes impossible to trace what’s a derivative work in the eyes of copyright.”
Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem
Gary Marcus
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