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Writers will be offered a one-time payment for their writing sample, which will be used by publishers, in perpetuity, to generate content in that style. No roy
by slowmovintarget 3y ago
Writers will be offered a one-time payment for their writing sample, which will be used by publishers, in perpetuity, to generate content in that style.
No royalties.
Also, no further employment.
The shame of it is, this is actually slightly better than the current state of things, where no one who contributed writing to the training sets in any form is receiving compensation. But it is the same issue as one of the sticking points in the SAG-AFTRA strike.
- kmeisthax 3y agoThe endgame of this is having to pay enormous sums up-front for training data of dubious value. Like if you dictated that all creativity had to be paid for purely through Kickstarter.
- anigbrowl 3y agoNobody gives a shit about style for news reporting, which is about fact gathering. AI-generated style imitation will hurt opinion columnists, but they're a complete waste of oxygen anyway.