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Is Apple making profit out of generating and selling derivative works from music and movies without compensating the original authors? If not, I'm not sure how
by ezst 3y ago
Is Apple making profit out of generating and selling derivative works from music and movies without compensating the original authors? If not, I'm not sure how it relates to the current breed of generative AI.
- seydor 3y agothat s my point - they have the most expertise on compensating authors when/if needed
- ezst 3y agoMine being that large language and diffusion models are trained on "whatever the heck is there, available for scraping on the broad internet, indiscriminately". I don't think Apple's money or it being in bed with the Majors solves either side of "acknowledging authorship when none is provided/known", "obtaining formal consent for commercial use" or "fairly compensating a creators base" when it is larger than all humans on earth.
- fauigerzigerk 3y agoI agree that this is very different from traditional content agreements. Apple is a very conservative company. They may not want to be trailblazers when it comes to working out how compensation of creators is going to work in an AI context. What appears to be happening right now is that Google, OpenAI, et.al. are negotiating individual agreements with large publishers if and when threatened with legal action. I'm not sure this will be sufficient. There will be calls to introduce some sort of AI tax or other forms of collective compensation schemes to funnel money to independent creators, small businesses, museums, etc. This is all very much up in the air and it will take many years if not decades to settle.