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Well I did it.

Instead of sleeping, I spent the night writing an open letter to Mikey Shulman, the CEO of #suno.

schallundstille.de/2025/01/14/

I am dog-tired, and boosts are greatly appreciated. :boost_requested: ❤️

schallundstille.deOpen Letter To Mikey Shulman – Schall und Stille
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@stephan

Professional writers had a similar reaction when people started blogging 30 years ago.

The people gathered around the notebook in your office weren’t doing what you do, but they were expressing themselves, and thus were creating music.

You don’t like this for some reason which you didn’t explain very clearly, imho.

Lupino

@davew sorry, but that analogy doesn't work. Bloggers create text creatively, just as "professional authors" do. They don't get finished texts by the press of a button. Don't confuse the liberation of access with with the liberation of effort. @stephan

@LupinoArts @stephan

And here’s how you’re wrong, I don’t create with chatgpt with “the press of a button.”

Suggestion: stop arguing and complaining and try listening and using,

@davew @LupinoArts @stephan
If every time I posted a toot here 10 kittens were strangled somewhere, I would most definitely stop posting. I don’t care how great or useful a tool may be if the corresponding social and environmental and epistemological costs are disproportionately high. You can choose to ignore these costs for your personal convenience, but that doesn’t make it an ethical choice.

But in case you hadn’t noticed, the world is literally burning because of this mindset.