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> I think it's amazing that licenses are ignored to train a model, but companies then try to impose a license on the use of the same model. There's existing an
by dwaite 2y ago
> I think it's amazing that licenses are ignored to train a model, but companies then try to impose a license on the use of the same model.
There's existing analogies like encyclopedias and dictionaries.
One interesting aspect to those sorts of consolidation works is that they may contain errors and other artifacts, specifically to identify duplications of their work vs new from-scratch work.
- batch12 2y agoI don't think those are good analogies. An encyclopedia contains references or summaries of a concept or idea, but not a compressed volume of all possible text. A closer analogy would be an unauthorized "collected works" of your favorite HN commenter packaged up and resold. It also feels similar to the recent article posted about photography and how during its early days pictures were used for advertising without the consent of those photographed. [0] [0] https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-troubled-development-of-mass-exposure/ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-troubled-development-o...