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I like bgwalter's post above. I'd like to "democratize" Facebook. Can I download the entire set of profiles and photos and make my own mashups? Let's se

by zzzeek 1y ago

I like bgwalter's post above. I'd like to "democratize" Facebook. Can I download the entire set of profiles and photos and make my own mashups? Let's see what the facebook lawyers have to say over that. There is a social good for artists making derived art/music/writing under fair use. There is only social harm in letting billionaire-owned AI's spit out trillions of garbage derivations with zero social value. We can make a choice as a society.

CuriouslyC 1y ago
If they're public, it'd be fair use, and I guess they could stop you by not letting you download them in the first place, but if they're out there it's fair game. WRT the original point you were trying to make, I agree that using the pile/libgen is questionable, but so are publishers trying to gouge companies who use the materials for training by charging them a higher price than they'd charge people with the intention of reading the book. If your problem is billionaires, that's separate from AI (which can be open source and run on commodity systems), and we can also have a conversation there. Shitting on AI because some unethical actors are pursuing it is like shitting on top hats and monocles because rich people wear them though.