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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 06:36:49 JST Ars Technica

   An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban

   Official: "It is simply not feasible to read every book" for depictions of sex.

   https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/an-iowa-school-district-is-using-chatgpt-to-decide-which-books-to-ban/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Colin Dean (colindean@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 06:38:53 JST Colin Dean

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     @arstechnica “Elected to lead, not to read”

   • Ann Thorpe (she/her) (annthorpe@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 06:57:33 JST Ann Thorpe (she/her)

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     @arstechnica they're aware ChatGPT hasn't read the books either, right? They might as well use a magic 8 ball.

   • Danie van der Merwe (danie10@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 07:12:27 JST Danie van der Merwe

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     @arstechnica banning is the direct opposite of freedoms and choices...

   • 3rd Snowman of the Apocalypse (john_cross_@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 08:07:10 JST 3rd Snowman of the Apocalypse

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     @arstechnica YES THE F*CK IT IS.. HOLY SH*T, YOU WANNA BAN THE BOOK READ IT YOURSELF, LAZY-ASS PURITANS!!!

   • B4ward67 (b4ward67@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 09:33:02 JST B4ward67

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     @arstechnica The Bible is in trouble then.

   • Oran Magal (oranmagal@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 09:56:14 JST Oran Magal

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     @arstechnica The zealots are on a book banning spree all over the US. Maybe they should play it safe and just prevent their children from ever learning to read?

   • Blinxeto (blinxeto@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 11:27:08 JST Blinxeto

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     @arstechnica
     Good excuse for not knowing how to read. Next stop: people’s private diaries.

   • Kwame Joseph Licensed Realtor (kwamejosephrealtor@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 16:37:05 JST Kwame Joseph Licensed Realtor

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     @arstechnica I don’t understand the rational with banning books. I would think banning a book is against freedom of speech. However I’m not a constitutional lawyer.

   • 🌊Ann Morris🐕🍀🌎🌊🌊 (annmorris@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Aug-2023 22:40:22 JST 🌊Ann Morris🐕🍀🌎🌊🌊

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     @arstechnica Meanwhile, Iowa school board members know, intimately, the names of every single stripper, titles of every XXX rated adult movie and how much every call girl charges.

   • Lawrence (tersenurse@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Aug-2023 01:39:56 JST Lawrence

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     @arstechnica in the history of education, there have probably been worse ideas than this... I just can't think of any.

   • Richard R Lee (infomgmtexec@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Aug-2023 01:52:08 JST Richard R Lee

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     If there was any lingering doubt that #Iowa is a #ShitHoleState in #Trumpistan then this dispels it.

     @arstechnica