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I don’t like seeing hype articles about ChatGPT because I believe it is built on illegally monetizing intellectual property of others. Sort of in line with the

I don’t like seeing hype articles about ChatGPT because I believe it is built on illegally monetizing intellectual property of others. Sort of in line with the usual switchbait behavior certain companies are well known for, except at a grander scale: first compel people to share information openly and publicly, then use it against them. We wouldn’t give Google a free pass if it stopped sending us traffic and started only showing aggregated information on its pages. Heck, there was an outcry when they merely started showing questions before search results, even though they actually credited the website. Somehow we are fine when OpenAI, the for-profit company with antithetical name, and Microsoft, its largest partner with which billions it plays, do the same.

93po 4y ago
I think IP law is overwhelmingly bullshit and it's exhausting for people to keep calling it problematic because of baseless accusations with no legal precedent. On the off chance there is at some point some case law that builds around this - who cares. IP laws are garbage and problematic and in 99.9% of cases only serve to enrich millionaires and billionaires.
- anileated 4y ago
  IMO recognition of intellectual property is precisely why Western society excelled in innovation so far, and ironically without it being the case the very tech powering products like ChatGPT would not exist.
  - 93po 4y ago
    In 99.9999% of cases, the people doing the actual innovative work are not the people who hold the patents. These people would do this work, patent or not
    - anileated 4y ago
      You mix up patents and copyright. It’s not required for you to patent everything you publish, you simply own it and people are not allowed (by law) to just take it and use in whatever way they want (e.g., alter it and pass as their own). You may allow this by distributing it under a permissive license, or the platform you use to publish it may have terms that give it certain rights to your work, but by default you own the work and can fully control how it is allowed to be used. Which principle OpenAI is basically throwing out of the window. People who do the actual work do so because they take pride in it. The work is their child, and they feel valued because people know and appreciate them for doing it. If you believe that most people who do the actual original work do so without any pride or concern for recognition or control over their work, then you are living in a different world than I.

93po 4y ago

I think IP law is overwhelmingly bullshit and it's exhausting for people to keep calling it problematic because of baseless accusations with no legal precedent. On the off chance there is at some point some case law that builds around this - who cares. IP laws are garbage and problematic and in 99.9% of cases only serve to enrich millionaires and billionaires.

anileated 4y ago
IMO recognition of intellectual property is precisely why Western society excelled in innovation so far, and ironically without it being the case the very tech powering products like ChatGPT would not exist.
- 93po 4y ago
  In 99.9999% of cases, the people doing the actual innovative work are not the people who hold the patents. These people would do this work, patent or not
  - anileated 4y ago
    You mix up patents and copyright. It’s not required for you to patent everything you publish, you simply own it and people are not allowed (by law) to just take it and use in whatever way they want (e.g., alter it and pass as their own). You may allow this by distributing it under a permissive license, or the platform you use to publish it may have terms that give it certain rights to your work, but by default you own the work and can fully control how it is allowed to be used. Which principle OpenAI is basically throwing out of the window. People who do the actual work do so because they take pride in it. The work is their child, and they feel valued because people know and appreciate them for doing it. If you believe that most people who do the actual original work do so without any pride or concern for recognition or control over their work, then you are living in a different world than I.