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highplainsdem

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6. Aristus, I remember that you admire SF writer Harlan Ellison, and you met him and had dinner with him
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 06:04 PM
Feb 7

once. That must've been a very entertaining evening.

I'm very familiar with his work, both the fiction and the nonfiction rants, which made for great reading as well as effectively attacking whatever he thought.should be targeted.

Harlan always stood up for artists' rights. He would have despised that AI slop video.

I don't for one second think he'd have felt anything but hatred of the AI bros and AI companies and their grotesque theft of the world's intellectual property to train their AI.

I would have loved to hear or read what Harlan thought of them, if he were still around.

AI critic Ed Zitron is one of the best people to read on the subject of AI. He writes brilliantly, and his writing sometimes reminds me of Harlan's.

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