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There are many reasons you might want to outlaw or ban something even when there isn’t an easy way to detect it. Case in point: the existence of this law, even
by fwlr 2mo ago
There are many reasons you might want to outlaw or ban something even when there isn’t an easy way to detect it. Case in point: the existence of this law, even in the absence of enforceability, makes “using AI for a song intended for the charts” into an active and intentional act of deception by the artist. That is a moral threshold that will deter the most marginal of the bad actors, and supplement the willpower of the insufficently principled good actors.
- D-Machine 2mo agoOh, I don't disagree at all!
- fwlr 2mo agoHah, my apologies - I jump at any chance I get to explain why nebulous, unenforceable, or even impossible laws can nevertheless have concrete and worthwhile benefits, it’s a favorite pet topic for me.
- D-Machine 2mo agoNo need for apologies, I saw no good reason to take your comment as combative or dismissive or anything!
- card_zero 2mo agoFun. Now do "why voting for an unelectable minor party can still change the world", I like that one.
- fwlr 2mo agoTall order. I guess I could cheat and say “it might change YOUR world”, insofar as it can put you into a like-minded and passionate community?
- card_zero 2mo agoYes, and then you're influencing a passionate community by telling them all about how you voted, with sincere passion. But the other relevant effect is that a minor popular movement will give their minor party some votes, which then causes concern to the major parties - or looks like an opportunity - and makes them steal the minor party's policies in some form.