IP being left with creators is positioned here AS A BAD THING because the PUBLISHERS might lose out on making money off them. They are clutching their pearls at the idea that creators might be empowered to leave them for a better offer!!!

It is very funny how badly the government read the room though (and really interesting to see how widespread the anti-AI sentiment is - at least in terms of people who are involved in the conversation enough to fill out the consultation)

Especially since it was literally last week that everyone was talking about work-for-hire creators being screwed over by the MCU, and Disney turning its legally owned IP over to OpenAI.

The efficiency on display SO crazy, narration & art together doing fantastic work to cram a genuinely satisfying update into a (relatively) tiny space. And such a great cast of characters

You ask questions like "never mind his stated excuses, why did this sweet but depressed dad ACTUALLY go along with the sinister clown" and then you start getting answers 👍

They weren't lying, that woman sure does wrongs

Anyway, the recording of the debate is here if anyone is curious - it's worth watching if only for the MSPs who speak in support: www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meet...

I don't think I got a sense of what anyone was actually going to DO about it, which is the most salient takeaway. All the emotion in the world won't matter unless there's an actual strategy in place for how to fix it. One clinic for half Scotland's population is crazy!

I mean, honestly, 'on the verge of tears' is exactly how you should be feeling if you're Minister for Public Health and Women's Health and looking at a situation this disastrous, but still. Will it result in anything? We'll see.

It's theoretically been a successful year professionally, but not in any enduring way, unfortunately, & has just burdened me with a lot of extra stress. All my successes are so ephemeral & often unrecognised in this system and I need a whole new skillset if I want to take off in a new direction. FUN