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by intended5 hours ago |
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upvoteby bombcar2 hours ago|
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>We depended on an ecosystem of news and journalism to keep our polities informed.

If this is true and necessary we might as well skip the middleman and have the news and journalists run the polities.

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upvoteby nemomarx2 hours ago|
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Ars has a decently pricey direct subscription, doesn't it? With a lot of tech focused features included. Their strategy is probably the best you could set up in this ecosystem.
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upvoteby bombcar2 hours ago|
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If it isn't clear from this policy that Ars is run by the advertisers and not the subscribers, I don't know what would make it clear.

Advertisers only care about eyeballs and really bad press; AI increases the first and rarely causes the second.

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upvoteby nemomarx1 hours ago|
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My more cynical take is that this might be as subscriber driven as it's possible for a news outlet now. Keep an eye on 404 and see if they can resist the gravity of ads, I guess?
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upvoteby vintagedave1 hours ago|
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I agree with you; what I am noting is that traditional journalism ethics (editors are responsible for fact checking) is explicitly refused by this policy.

They can simultaneously set standards for their staff -- as they should -- and retain professional standards for the more senior staff as well.

To remove responsibility from those more senior and make those more junior the only ones responsible is in any company a serious professional issue. Here it is also specifically contrary to the professional standards in their business area.

I see my parent comment is downvoted. Yet, this is firmly the ethical and professional and traditional stance. I don't believe AI or any random upcoming technology should change this.

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