▲ 1156 ▼ Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 226 comments fedilink hide all child comments Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in::Pornhub operator MindGeek has blocked all users in Arkansas from the site after the state’s new age verification law went into effect.
[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 90 points 3 years ago (4 children) Good bot! I didn't know I missed having a summary until now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 years ago* (3 children) Having one in link posts really should be mandatory in the rules for most communities permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) I appear to be in the small minority, but I do not think we should be relying on an AI to summarize stories for us because the AI doesn't actually know what are important details. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ElegantBiscuit@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago On the other hand, having some people who read a summary that skips some important parts when they otherwise wouldn’t have read the article at all, might be worth the trade off it brings of people who would have read the article now reading an incomplete summary. The net amount of people who go into the comments more informed about the topic past whatever is in the headline would be decently higher, and personally I see that as one of the best ways to increase the quality of discussion overall. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 4 points 3 years ago Author of the bot here, so obviously biased, but the bot so far is doing really great at picking the important parts. And sure, it doesn't know, but it's really good at guessing and I dare say better than many actual people would be at picking 6 sentences to summarize the article. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 years ago* (3 children) Having one in link posts really should be mandatory in the rules for most communities permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) I appear to be in the small minority, but I do not think we should be relying on an AI to summarize stories for us because the AI doesn't actually know what are important details. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ElegantBiscuit@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago On the other hand, having some people who read a summary that skips some important parts when they otherwise wouldn’t have read the article at all, might be worth the trade off it brings of people who would have read the article now reading an incomplete summary. The net amount of people who go into the comments more informed about the topic past whatever is in the headline would be decently higher, and personally I see that as one of the best ways to increase the quality of discussion overall. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 4 points 3 years ago Author of the bot here, so obviously biased, but the bot so far is doing really great at picking the important parts. And sure, it doesn't know, but it's really good at guessing and I dare say better than many actual people would be at picking 6 sentences to summarize the article. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) I appear to be in the small minority, but I do not think we should be relying on an AI to summarize stories for us because the AI doesn't actually know what are important details. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ElegantBiscuit@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago On the other hand, having some people who read a summary that skips some important parts when they otherwise wouldn’t have read the article at all, might be worth the trade off it brings of people who would have read the article now reading an incomplete summary. The net amount of people who go into the comments more informed about the topic past whatever is in the headline would be decently higher, and personally I see that as one of the best ways to increase the quality of discussion overall. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 4 points 3 years ago Author of the bot here, so obviously biased, but the bot so far is doing really great at picking the important parts. And sure, it doesn't know, but it's really good at guessing and I dare say better than many actual people would be at picking 6 sentences to summarize the article. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ElegantBiscuit@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago On the other hand, having some people who read a summary that skips some important parts when they otherwise wouldn’t have read the article at all, might be worth the trade off it brings of people who would have read the article now reading an incomplete summary. The net amount of people who go into the comments more informed about the topic past whatever is in the headline would be decently higher, and personally I see that as one of the best ways to increase the quality of discussion overall. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 4 points 3 years ago Author of the bot here, so obviously biased, but the bot so far is doing really great at picking the important parts. And sure, it doesn't know, but it's really good at guessing and I dare say better than many actual people would be at picking 6 sentences to summarize the article. permalink fedilink source parent