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> I find myself uncomfortably on the side of AI bros like Sam Altman who argue for the expansion of the fair use doctrine Why? Are you training LLMs? I highly
by lxgr 2y ago
> I find myself uncomfortably on the side of AI bros like Sam Altman who argue for the expansion of the fair use doctrine
Why? Are you training LLMs?
I highly doubt they'll fight a pro-consumer fight completely incidental to their objectives (if not detracting: don't need to buy the source textbook if you can ask ChatGPT about its contents as soon as it's released).
- damnitbuilds 2y agoIn a courthouse in the near future: "So, yeronner, I think you will agree that I was well within my rights to share a torrent of the new Batman movie, not for people to watch but so they could train their LLMS on it."
- lxgr 2y agoTechnically, you've got a point: https://xkcd.com/2173/ https://xkcd.com/2173/ ("We trained a neural network to enjoy the latest Hollywood movies...")
- spudlyo 2y agoThe enemy of my enemy is my friend. Anything done to strengthen fair use is in my opinion a positive outcome. Happy to see copyright holders go toe-to-toe against a bully their own size. If both OpenAI and entrenched IP interests get bloodied in this fight, it's a win-win.
- lxgr 2y agoContrary to this popular saying, real world friendship/enmity is not an anti-transitive relation. I would expect most AI companies to be more than happy to throw consumers under the bus if it affords them a carve-out serving their own narrow interests.
- protocolture 2y agoAgree completely.