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intrepidity

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10. Here's my "pie-in-the-sky" solution

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 03:25 PM

Apr 27

Since the whole of humanity contributed to the knowledgebase that enabled the creation of AI, then that creation should be made to enrich the whole of humanity. Sure, the specific companies and people involved in the actual implementation can take a bit of a bonus, but the main of the profits need to belong to "the commons" and used to, eg, provide a universal basic income to *everyone* . That's the only just outcome of the AI revolution.

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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