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An audio file doesnt store musical notes and a digital book does not store ink and paper. Using algorithms either of the two can however reproduce audio and vis
by gumballindie 3y ago
An audio file doesnt store musical notes and a digital book does not store ink and paper. Using algorithms either of the two can however reproduce audio and visual content sufficiently similar, albeit not identical.
An llm or generative model doesnt store audio files and digital books, compressed or not. But using algorithms it can reproduce audio and visual content sufficiently similar, but unlike my previous example it’s also made of bites.
Just like an audio file and digital book are not copies of the physical product, an ai “data source” is not an identical or compressed copy of the original bites.
That’s why it can be used to generate output identical to the original data even tho the data it uses is not a verbatim copy.
It’s a new way of storing data, optimised for stochastic generation.
It is a powerful tool but still relies on original content.
- gmerc 3y agoYa but we have not outlawed tools that create audio files nor have we outlawed audio formats. So?
- gumballindie 3y agoNo one is asking for outlawing ai, that would be ridiculous. But as we regulate what we can do with audio files and audio creation tools we can also regulate what we can do with ai.