Hi erhu lovers! TLDR: there's a planned YouTube boycott starting August 13th, and I wanna do what little I can to help.
When I say "I hope you're well, wherever you are" at the end of Erhu4All videos, I want that motto to mean something. In case you haven't heard, YouTube is putting out an AI age verification system to restrict YouTube access for anyone it predicts to be under 18.
Considering
1. how poorly YouTube's other AI systems have worked in the past, and
2. that proving you are in fact over 18 will likely require uploading important legal documents to servers that
3. are very likely NOT intended to be used for holding that sort of sensitive information,
I agree with those who feel that this addition to YouTube is going to harm the cybersecurity of many, many people. Yes, cyberbullying, doxxing, and disregard for human dignity on the internet are very real issues, but uhhh...this age-verification system thingy ain't the solution to that.
Simply put, I feel that having government documents on a non-government server is an unnecessary risk to long-term well-being, and I wanna do my part in helping to avoid that.
I agree with the reasoning behind this boycott, so I've gone ahead and changed Erhu4All's and Erhu2All's profile pictures to custom versions of what is slowly becoming the main symbol of people's pushback against poorly implemented AI systems in general: Clippy📎! The trend was started by Louis Rossman (https://youtu.be/2_Dtmpe9qaQ?si=Mb5YP....
Since the core of Erhu4All is still sadly on YouTube, I don't know exactly how long I'll be able to help maintain the boycott (maybe 2-3 weeks?), but hopefully by the time my next project is ready for you all to see, the boycott will have led to some positive changes🤞
Apologies in advance if I start to not reply to comments as quickly as before due to the boycott, but even if I don't say it to you directly, I hope you are well, wherever you are. Stay safe out there🥰!
Erhu2All
Hi erhu lovers! TLDR: there's a planned YouTube boycott starting August 13th, and I wanna do what little I can to help.
When I say "I hope you're well, wherever you are" at the end of Erhu4All videos, I want that motto to mean something. In case you haven't heard, YouTube is putting out an AI age verification system to restrict YouTube access for anyone it predicts to be under 18.
Considering
1. how poorly YouTube's other AI systems have worked in the past, and
2. that proving you are in fact over 18 will likely require uploading important legal documents to servers that
3. are very likely NOT intended to be used for holding that sort of sensitive information,
I agree with those who feel that this addition to YouTube is going to harm the cybersecurity of many, many people. Yes, cyberbullying, doxxing, and disregard for human dignity on the internet are very real issues, but uhhh...this age-verification system thingy ain't the solution to that.
Simply put, I feel that having government documents on a non-government server is an unnecessary risk to long-term well-being, and I wanna do my part in helping to avoid that.
I agree with the reasoning behind this boycott, so I've gone ahead and changed Erhu4All's and Erhu2All's profile pictures to custom versions of what is slowly becoming the main symbol of people's pushback against poorly implemented AI systems in general: Clippy📎! The trend was started by Louis Rossman (https://youtu.be/2_Dtmpe9qaQ?si=Mb5YP....
Since the core of Erhu4All is still sadly on YouTube, I don't know exactly how long I'll be able to help maintain the boycott (maybe 2-3 weeks?), but hopefully by the time my next project is ready for you all to see, the boycott will have led to some positive changes🤞
Apologies in advance if I start to not reply to comments as quickly as before due to the boycott, but even if I don't say it to you directly, I hope you are well, wherever you are. Stay safe out there🥰!
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