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Unfortunately, I think it will require new laws for people to have any control over how their content is used in training ML models. Current models seem suffici

Unfortunately, I think it will require new laws for people to have any control over how their content is used in training ML models. Current models seem sufficiently transformative to meet today’s fair use criteria. > If not, how big does a data set have to be before I can claim the output is novel and proprietary? There isn’t some exact N. That’s like asking how tall is tall. It’s fuzzy.

inasmuch 5y ago
> There isn’t some exact N. That’s like asking how tall is tall. It’s fuzzy. For sure. That's why I'm kinda surprised corporations aren't already trying to get a head of things and say any use is misuse, especially in the era of trigger-happy DMCA issuers. Beneath a tinfoil hat, I'm inclined to think the IP holders most likely to issue these takedowns see the potential in low-to-no-cost content generation and want to be able to use this technology themselves. Much has been said about the pop music formula—how nice would it be to license software to generate hit singles instead of dealing with pesky creative types?