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I certainly use the blurb in search results at times to get an alternative to the original author (especially if the blurbed content is paywalled).
by derangedHorse 3y ago
I certainly use the blurb in search results at times to get an alternative to the original author (especially if the blurbed content is paywalled).
- smt88 3y agoIn the US, that blurb is covered by fair use. Google doesn't regurgitate the entire published work. These many AI lawsuits will likely settle whether training LLMs falls under fair use.
- MacsHeadroom 3y ago> Google doesn't regurgitate the entire published work. Wrong. Here's Google's cache of an entire paywalled article currently on the front page of HN: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:c-xOMjDWYXkJ:https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/01/alaska-arctic-voles-carbon-source-climate-change/677014/&hl=en&gl=us https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:c-xOMj... You can get these by clicking the three dots next to any search result, expanding the options in the pop-over, and then clicking "cached."
- bawolff 3y agoI mean, it seems like casds of AI regurtitating entire works verbatim is pretty rare. It happens but is unusual. And also not really what this is about. If AI was just another libgenisis it would be a lot less controversial.