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The "AI-stealing-art" shenanigans is very similar in a way, to what has happened almost two hundred years ago.

Transition of mercantilism to capitalism lead to the creation of loom-made clothes.

High-quality, hand-woven clothes in India (the subcontinent) made from muslin and silk were replaced by cheaper, low-quality machine-made clothes from Britain.

And the devastating effect of this was not just on the economy, but also on the culture itself.

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Let me give you some context:

I was actually only working on the machine because a pump had stopped running. The error message was already showing on the control screen, but the CNC machine kept running. The worst that could have happened was the coolant collection tank overflowing.

In any case, the transfer pump wasn’t running, and the motor protection switch kept tripping after a few seconds.

I measured the windings on the motor, but everything was fine. Now I’d love to know what the pump was thinking, lol.
Anyway, everything was electrically sound, and the motor protection switch did exactly what it was supposed to do to prevent damage.

After cleaning the collection tank and the pump, everything should be working again.

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The #law also refers to other elements that can’t be attributed to a #machine, Millet said, when it requires an #author’s “signature” to transfer, talks about co-authors’ “intention,” & refers to an author’s “nationality or domicile.”

“Machines do not have property, traditional human lifespans, family members, domiciles, nationalities, mentes reae, or signatures,” Millet said, later adding that “the #Copyright Act makes no sense if an ‘author’ is not a human being.”