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Many artists and digital tradespeople (including developers) are uncomfortable with how current models acquired their training data and how their use of that tr
by swatcoder 2y ago
Many artists and digital tradespeople (including developers) are uncomfortable with how current models acquired their training data and how their use of that training data may disrupt real human livelihoods before affected people have a chance to respond or weigh in.
The politics of the people taking that stance are all over the map, and the arguments are about personal economics and immediate human impact.
You may think it's all nonsense, but I don't know how you get to "left-wing" or "culture war" from that.
- jncfhnb 2y agoI find this argument to be fiction. The training data does not matter. Let’s say it all came from art that was sold for pennies. Or from another country where it was legalized. Do you really think artists are going to feel differently if they’re in the same boat but confident that “their” art was not used without consent? No. The problem is the economic impact on artists.
- locopati 2y agoyou say "The problem is the economic impact on artists" like it's a bad thing that artists are concerned about their livelihood being taken by greedy corporations
- jncfhnb 2y agoI don’t feel I implied any such thing. I’m just saying the training data issue is a dumb hill to die on. Because it will get sorted out eventually and the “best case” is some loose change thrown at a current generation of artists. It is an ineffective argument if your goal is to help artists.