I feel like you're skipping over the illegal part. Something legal that puts authors out of work is quite different to blatant breaking of the law.
They're not skipping, they're keying on the exact same thing I am, which is whether or not authors have been put out of work because of AI, and to what degree. This is stated like it's a fact, but it is not a fact that is established, at least in my experience.
And the use of the data largely being considered 'fair use' means that theft is an assertion based not in law, but in perception and ignorance.
Intellectual property is a myth, as any hacker knows. A world where AI can solve diseases easily, and corporations can find ways to claim ownership over those novel solutions, is not one where we should be encouraging stronger IP laws.
> A world where AI can solve diseases easily, and corporations can find ways to claim ownership over those novel solutions, is not one where we should be encouraging stronger IP laws.
How about a world where readers can't even find factual autobiographies because they are so outnumbered by machine-generated hallucinations?
Unlike "AI can solve diseases easily" what I wrote describes the actual present and not a hypothetical future.
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Intellectual property is a myth, as any hacker knows. A world where AI can solve diseases easily, and corporations can find ways to claim ownership over those novel solutions, is not one where we should be encouraging stronger IP laws.
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How about a world where readers can't even find factual autobiographies because they are so outnumbered by machine-generated hallucinations?
Unlike "AI can solve diseases easily" what I wrote describes the actual present and not a hypothetical future.
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