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A response to the Sarah Silverman suing OpenAI post from yesterday: [AI doesn't read or write like humans, and we shouldn't act like it does.] (agrobertson.substack.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ag_roberston_author to c/technology

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A long form response to the concerns and comments and general principles many people had in the post about authors suing companies creating LLMs.

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[–] dr_catman 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If the rumor is true that OpenAI is using libgen to obtain books, then this will be a very interesting fight.

Authors profiteering from arcane copyright laws vs. a sleazy company that hypes up an LLM as if it were HAL from 2001. Who is worse? Who should lose?! I’m on the edge of my seat already!

[–] lemillionsocks 24 points 1 year ago

Authors profiteering from arcane copyright laws

I get this argument from the film, movie, television, videogame industry, and other more modern ones out there. But outside a handful of actual big name authors the average writer isnt exactly raking it in.

Also thanks to being a relic of the past we do still have libraries which offer books for free to read with a subscription and not only is this common, but its a celebrated thing among most authors and the reading community.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

I’ll bet ChatGPT could write an epic rap battle about it.