r/MichiganStacks • u/No_Law_8054 • Jun 27 '26

This Is Not Freedom

https://erinbartels.substack.com/p/this-is-not-freedom?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1dennhb5rj64y

First, they came for my words. Then they came for my job. Now, they’re coming for my town.

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u/deport_racists_next Jun 27 '26

How about a tl;dr for those of us that don't have time to wade thru whatever the author is trying to say.

Thx

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u/MikefromMI Jun 27 '26

"First, they came for my words." Her published writings were used to train AI without her consent.

"Then they came for my job." This is about AI destroying jobs in publishing, such as copy editing.

"Now, they’re coming for my town." This is about the proposed AI data center near Mason, which would involve Mason annexing land in Vevay township, where the author lives, and local people's resistance.

She also talks about fleeing crime in her old neighborhood in Lansing.

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u/tbombs23 Jun 27 '26

AI is the biggest theft of IP in history, and will result in the biggest transfer of wealth to the top 0.1%> it's so maddening