If we are getting philosophical, I have a spicy take of my own. LLMs are advertised as 'language models', as if researchers coded in the Torah and the syntax o

If we are getting philosophical, I have a spicy take of my own. LLMs are advertised as 'language models', as if researchers coded in the Torah and the syntax of language of Eden in to a machine, and then it revealed all the truths of the world just by talking to itself. Just like AlphaZero did with chess. But in fact they are not 'language models'. They are models of what _people_ are saying. And people are, in fact, individual writers each providing their opinion and expertise. So it is a model of what Pete, Jack and Sarah said on the subject. Except, Pete did it for add revenue, Jack to attract customers and Sarah for reputation. They won't get any of it, so they will stop writing. And so will end LLM's knowledge of novel subjects, because all it's knowledge is stolen IP. Thus, IP law is needed to protect actual producers of value.