Why would you keep working at a job you hate this much?

People who sell things that are in high demand and necessary for survival generally are not in the practice of denying people access to those things.

I am questioning where I supported Chinese government policies here?

Because the initial concern was pay, and that’s due to not understanding economic factors. I don’t support Chinese labor regs at all.

In fact I said

“Companies that appease the CCP are the problem” which I also thought was a nice little pun, given the show being discussed.

Chinese people deserve jobs too. Comparative advantage is a good thing that helps everyone involved.

The Yuan is currently trading at 7.32 to 1 USD

Companies that appease the CCP are the problem, not companies that leverage exchange rates to better lives globally.

Unless you work at like, Goldman Sachs, this is basically never the case unless you want it to be.

A fair take, if one I have a few caveats with. I would contend that AI artists, should such a thing truly emerge, are explicitly experts in pulling art from an AI that a layman cannot accomplish.

That being said, again, it is a fair take, and certainly influenced the copyright judgment.

Created by the artist. An artist using AI is no different than an artist using AfterEffects or other processing medium. Using your example, it’s essentially saying “Earth” made a beautiful picture and not the cameraman.

Without the human element manipulating the AI, the AI is presently worthless. If we ever create AGI that can create art on its own, then we have a real discussion on our hands.

Luddites who are mad that AI is beginning to show promise can hate all they want, but this is the reality.

The gig economy is less precarious for the people that choose it because it fits their schedule. That’s why they choose it. Jobs aren’t exactly hard to get right now - they’d do something else if they wanted to.

Also uber drivers don’t make less money than taxi drivers. On average, they make about the same.

Taxi: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-TAXI-CAB-Driver-Salary-by-State

Uber: https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/What-Is-the-Average-UBER-Taxi-Driver-Salary-by-State

The “labor laws” you reference only exist to give taxi companies monopolies and provide worse experiences for everyone involved

That is literally how wages work

Roughly 1.5% of Americans make minimum wage, and the jobs are minimum wage because they require no training whatsoever and anyone with a pulse can do it.

Good news - minimum wage jobs are, by definition, almost entirely very easy jobs.