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Heidi Backes
@heidibackes1.bsky.social
Prof of Spanish lit and cultural history / Gothic fiction / Fascism / Memory & Trauma Studies / Monograph SPECTRAL SPAIN out now with U of Wales Press (2024) / Currently working on Fascist Female Gothic
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I doubt LLM's ability to radically progress for a lot of reasons, including: they won't work without my blog.

Really. My blog is in Common Crawl, and the AI companies are adamant they need *all* of that, and much more too, without a license.

Uh okay so your tech is not "intelligent" at all.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It is intellectual property theft, yes; it is also using up water that is needed to sustain life. However much you ignore (or even don't care about) the first point, that second point is going to be much more problematic in a very real way, especially in areas with already limited resources.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Faculty--and universities--who are inclined to educate students in the "ethical" uses of AI ignore its environmental impact, which is the fundamental reason that AI use is not only unethical but also highly irresponsible.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM