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Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man?

265 points · 240 comments · ragall

prathje · 1790759621 · focus · HN ↗
What about IP and copyright?
We got asked this question two weeks ago when we conducted a workshop on effective and responsible use of AI tools at a local conference. But how can you argue about about IP and copyright if the breakthrough of LLMs is potentially based on circumventing or breaking IP and copyright in the first place?
How do you feel about all of this?
1. sambeau · 1790760193 · focus · HN ↗
  I feel for Aaron Swartz, his poor mother, and what the US government put him through.
  1. duskdozer · 1790760643 · focus · HN ↗
    His big mistake was clearly giving away what he got for free instead of trying to make a lot of money off it
    ethbr1 · 1790797018 · focus · HN ↗
    Modern capitalism: scale quickly enough to pay lawyers to defend the laws you broke scaling

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