▲ 870 ▼ Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long (www.404media.co) submitted 5 months ago by who@feddit.org to c/news@lemmy.world 112 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://web.archive.org/web/20260219195154/https://www.404media.co/man-opposing-data-center-arrested-for-speaking-slightly-too-long/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLPF3rTT0mY&t=7100s
[–] febra@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago (2 children) Used his free speech a little bit too long permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] andallthat@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (1 child) He exceeded his quota of free tokens permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago* (2 children) Ahh so that's what they mean by "free speech". It's like a drink token at a wedding. So you get one free speech, but if you want more speech you've gotta buy it, and probably have to pay a gratuity on top. At a premium rate, I'm sure...getting a speech at a wedding is gonna be a bit more expensive than getting a speech at the dive bar. And it's not like you can just go and give a speech at another wedding. Then you'd just be crazy. Bursting into some random wedding and giving a speech. Without even a token. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] febra@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago The only way to buy it is by appeasing the Epstein class permalink fedilink source parent [–] andallthat@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago I meant tokens as the units of text you pay for when you purchase a subscription to ChatGPT or one of the other AI models. Most AI companies offer you limited access for free to their most powerful models but you have to pay if you "speak too long" with the AI and exceed your quota of tokens. All those new data centers (like the one the arrested man was opposing) are meant to power these AI. companies. Not a great joke, but that's what I was alluding to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ramblingman@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago If we can't exercise our first amendment, maybe it's time to exercise our 2nd? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (1 child) He exceeded his quota of free tokens permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago* (2 children) Ahh so that's what they mean by "free speech". It's like a drink token at a wedding. So you get one free speech, but if you want more speech you've gotta buy it, and probably have to pay a gratuity on top. At a premium rate, I'm sure...getting a speech at a wedding is gonna be a bit more expensive than getting a speech at the dive bar. And it's not like you can just go and give a speech at another wedding. Then you'd just be crazy. Bursting into some random wedding and giving a speech. Without even a token. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] febra@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago The only way to buy it is by appeasing the Epstein class permalink fedilink source parent [–] andallthat@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago I meant tokens as the units of text you pay for when you purchase a subscription to ChatGPT or one of the other AI models. Most AI companies offer you limited access for free to their most powerful models but you have to pay if you "speak too long" with the AI and exceed your quota of tokens. All those new data centers (like the one the arrested man was opposing) are meant to power these AI. companies. Not a great joke, but that's what I was alluding to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago* (2 children) Ahh so that's what they mean by "free speech". It's like a drink token at a wedding. So you get one free speech, but if you want more speech you've gotta buy it, and probably have to pay a gratuity on top. At a premium rate, I'm sure...getting a speech at a wedding is gonna be a bit more expensive than getting a speech at the dive bar. And it's not like you can just go and give a speech at another wedding. Then you'd just be crazy. Bursting into some random wedding and giving a speech. Without even a token. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] febra@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago The only way to buy it is by appeasing the Epstein class permalink fedilink source parent [–] andallthat@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago I meant tokens as the units of text you pay for when you purchase a subscription to ChatGPT or one of the other AI models. Most AI companies offer you limited access for free to their most powerful models but you have to pay if you "speak too long" with the AI and exceed your quota of tokens. All those new data centers (like the one the arrested man was opposing) are meant to power these AI. companies. Not a great joke, but that's what I was alluding to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] febra@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago The only way to buy it is by appeasing the Epstein class permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago I meant tokens as the units of text you pay for when you purchase a subscription to ChatGPT or one of the other AI models. Most AI companies offer you limited access for free to their most powerful models but you have to pay if you "speak too long" with the AI and exceed your quota of tokens. All those new data centers (like the one the arrested man was opposing) are meant to power these AI. companies. Not a great joke, but that's what I was alluding to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ramblingman@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago If we can't exercise our first amendment, maybe it's time to exercise our 2nd? permalink fedilink source parent