You know when you're doing the usual threesome thing you do on a weekend, and the moonlight's bouncing off your heads and your arses and everything, does that not get a bit confusing?
I'm fairly certain you can tweak locally run models to remove the censorship, not that I'd know how. It's the models running on servers in China (like from the App) which have to follow Chinese laws around this censorship.
That's cool! The fact they've released it open source, you can run it locally, and see what/how it's thinking has made it much more interesting I think than any of the other models. I've avoided using any generative AI for a lot of different reasons, but this one I might play with...
It might also give you an opportunity to build a new team or make some changes - if your the last man standing saying "Look, here's what I need to get us back up to what you expect" you could end up with a bit more influence and power. Depends on the bosses though - shit bosses gonna shit boss.
I'd also note that the excuse for the gambling reform delays "Oh we need to get this legislation and reform right and that will take time" does not at all match the embarrassing rush to get the Social Media ban passed.
Guess Meta should have spent more money advertising on Free to Air huh?
I think it would have cost you more than you think to remain silent. I am glad you are sharing these fears. The cozy places are the best places to share our fears, because they are the places we feel safe.
There's a quite famous poem about not speaking out until it was too late, not speaking out until there is no one to speak out... Better to speak, I think.
It is easy for us to get distracted by the big picture, and it can feel overwhelming when everything is is much bigger than us.
Remember that it is in the nature of our governments to disappoint us - this is because we live in a democracy centered on compromise. This is a good thing! This is another reason for us to have our representatives deal with that process - it allows us to keep moral clarity while they try to get the work done. We can sit in judgement of them while they make the Faustian bargains which keep the peace between those of us who would slay each other in the name of what we think is right. Sometimes, however, we need to look away from the sausage making. Give yourself a break, and come back to the body politic refreshed and refocused.
Would I change the system? Absolutely! Would most people agree with my changes... well... I'm not so sure... hence a system of disappointing compromises.
We can also get distracted by our personal struggles, stuck in the small frame of our own lives.
I am currently stuck in my small frame too, my personal struggles have overwhelmed me and I have found my self seized, stuck, immobile, useless, rotting, failing... well, you get the picture I hope.
I am trying. Slowly, the gears will be oiled, and the machine will move, and I am going to build capacity and become part of a community.
That is the middle ground - the place humans used to live. The way humans evolved to live. Act local, build community, and simultaneously the big picture and the small frame both start improving.
This is easier said than done!
To be honest though, you are already doing it here! This is a community. These people would not see you return to your creator, and I am absolutely certain the creator will be willing to wait many years for you to come back. They will call you when you are both ready.
I am not trying to offer advice, as I do not know your struggles.
I hope that you can continue through them, and I hope that your growth and success inspires others to continue their struggles.
I hope that your success can inspire your community to more success, more unity, and a better life for everyone.
(This post turned out much longer than I had initially intended - tldr: "Keep at it, we're with you")
That's so good! Great work from the kiddo there!