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[–] [email protected] 338 points 2 months ago (36 children)

So when’s the ruling against OpenAI and the like using the same copyrighted material to train their models

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (16 children)

It's two different things happening. One is redistribution, which isn't allowed and the other is fair use, which is allowed. You can't ban someone from writing a detailed synopsis of your book. That's all an llm is doing. It's no different than a human reading the material and then using that to write something similar.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

the other is fair use

That's very much up for debate still.

(I am personally still undecided)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think that's the difference right there.

One is up for debate, the other one is already heavily regulated currently. Libraries are generally required to have consent if they are making straight copies of copyrighted works. Whether we like it or not.

What AI does is not really a straight up copy, which is why it's fuzzy, and much harder to regulate without stepping in our own toes, specially as tech advances and the difference between a human reading something and a machine doing it becomes harder and harder to detect.

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