Matthew Butterick, a lawyer, typographer, and software developer, writes on typography, copyright, open source, AI, and capitalism.
Commenters cite his essays on AI and capitalism as a strong argument and praise his fonts, linking him to law and software.
This is a great framing. I also appreciated this similar idea in Matthew Butterick's blog:
> Before too long, we will not delegate decisions to AI systems because they perform better. Rather, we will delegate decisions to AI systems because they can get away with everything that we can’t. You’ve heard of money laundering? This is human-behavior laundering. At last—plausible deniability for everything. [1]
While in a corporation there's still a person somewhere who could be held accountable, AI diffuses this even more.
[1]: https://matthewbutterick.com/chron/will-ai-obliterate-the-rule-of-law.html
Hah, funny. I've used Pollen before and think I've had contact with him a few years ago! The blah blah about AI elevating the world is still bs imho. I still disagree with his views (https://matthewbutterick.com/chron/this-copilot-is-stupid-and-wants-to-kill-me.html) and this law suit.
I wasn't actually talking about him specifically btw when saying "this sounds like a crypto bro from twitter". The overly enthusiastic AI talk reminded me of that, that's what I wanted to say.
"AI" changes things by making it even harder for individuals to defend against.
Right now, we have FOSS organizations that will help you in lawsuits against companies that don't follow licenses. With "AI" in the picture, companies can launder your code with "plausible" deniability. [1]
[1]: https://matthewbutterick.com/chron/will-ai-obliterate-the-rule-of-law.html
Nice. A Matthew Butterick [0] font [1], and it feels like a Butterick-informed project [2].
[0] https://matthewbutterick.com/
[1] https://mbtype.com/fonts/valkyrie/
[2] https://practicaltypography.com/how-this-book-was-made.html
Edit: Oops, I see it is explicitly acknowledged: https://www.onedayyoullfindyourself.com/acknowledgements.html
Here is a dedicated website from the plaintiffs team.
https://githubcopilotlitigation.com/
Interestingly, Matthew Butterick (of Practical Typography fame) is co-counsel on this. Programmer, lawyer and typesetting expert, damn.
https://matthewbutterick.com/
Just a thought: I think it would be neat if you could include one of Mathew Butterick’s fonts (https://matthewbutterick.com/), as a fellow lawyer/software developer. I don’t know how practical that is, but it’s a smallish club and they are very pretty fonts.