Here’s a 48-min recorded livestream video (120MB .mp4 - Tip: tap-and-hold to “Download link”, or right click to “Save Link As…“).

Topics:

  • Sāsana, sasana, social interaction, generosity, dana, dāna, Social Media, statistics, trends, Buddhist Organizations in Malaysia, over-reliance on Facebook, event notifications, reliability, opportunity for helping Buddhist communities who don’t have their own websites, AI, Artificial Intelligence, competition, analogy of a Casino


Pāḷi References:

  • sāsana - teaching; instruction; religion; monastic order

Other References:

  • “Creators say they didn’t know Google uses YouTube to train AI”

    Even if Veo 3′s final output does not directly replicate existing work, the generated content fuels commercial tools that could compete with the creators who made the training data possible, all without credit, consent or compensation, experts said.

    When uploading a video to the platform, the user is agreeing that YouTube has a broad license to the content.

    “By providing Content to the Service, you grant to YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use that Content,” the terms of service read.

    “We’ve seen a growing number of creators discover fake versions of themselves circulating across platforms — new tools like Veo 3 are only going to accelerate the trend,” said Dan Neely, CEO of Vermillio, which helps individuals protect their likeness from being misused and also facilitates secure licensing of authorized content.

  • “Fake bands and artificial songs are taking over YouTube and Spotify” -

    A study by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) in France estimates that revenue from AI-generated music will increase from $100 million in 2023 to around $4 billion in 2028. By then, the organization estimates that 20% of streaming platforms’ revenue will come from this type of music.

  • “Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over”

    “Meta displayed a chart showing that the “percent of time spent viewing content posted by ‘friends’ ” has declined in the past two years, from twenty-two per cent to seventeen per cent on Facebook, and from eleven per cent to seven per cent on Instagram.”

    Facebook can control how much content comes to your feed which is from your contacts and friends there, as a percentage. Alas, it’s only 17% these days.

    Mark Zuckerberg/Meta/Facebook admits that only 17% of a Facebook feed is content from their friends and family. The other 83% would presumably be the algorithm choosing what to show the user, rather than the posted content from those whom the user wishes to follow. Zuckerberg further says “Social Media is Over”.

  • “Please do not use Facebook as your business website.” - Sentiment may not have drifted away from Facebook in Asia, but it sure has in the West

  • Casino Reporting Steady Profits From Slot Machine That Promises Players They Will Lose

Upcoming residential meditation retreat that I’ll be teaching at Brahmavihara Monastery, Malacca, Malaysia, July 12-20, 2025:

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