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LudwigPastorius

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7. The "I want shit for free" genie is already out of the bottle.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 01:43 PM

Apr 27

We shouldn't be surprised. Giant corporations are just following the lead of society when it decided that the benefits of free content on the internet trumped the rights of IP creators to be compensated.

Hey, don't worry. Authors, just like musicians, can make their money touring and selling T-shirts!

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Generative AI is generating astronomical profits by trampling authors and publishers (from Authors Guild CEO & others) [View all] highplainsdem Apr 27 OP

If they didn't pay for what they took that isn't theirs... Kid Berwyn Apr 27 #1

Trying to get people to understand or care is a problem. LisaM Apr 27 #2

The tech companies do understand copyright, and they are flouting it when they steal IP, but they want highplainsdem Apr 27 #8

Horse, barn door intrepidity Apr 27 #3

They weren't aware at the time of the theft that model collapse could happen as more and more highplainsdem Apr 27 #4

Lol really? intrepidity Apr 27 #9

I haven't seen any AI company even acknowledge that model collapse is possible. As for the barn door highplainsdem Apr 27 #11

Solve this the old-fashioned way? usonian Apr 27 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie_Seagull Apr 27 #6

The "I want shit for free" genie is already out of the bottle. LudwigPastorius Apr 27 #7

Giant corporations have shown a tendency to steal what they can since long before there was an internet. highplainsdem Apr 27 #12

Here's my "pie-in-the-sky" solution intrepidity Apr 27 #10

I'd give that about zero chance of happening. AI is much more likely to greatly increase inequality and corporate highplainsdem Apr 27 #13