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1. NiloCK+L8[view] [source] 2023-12-27 14:52:45
>>ssgodd+(OP)
Interesting.

I think the appropriation, privatization, and monetization of "all human output" by a single (corporate) entity is at least shameless, probably wrong, and maybe outright disgraceful.

But I think OpenAI (or another similar entity) will succeed via the Sackler defense - OpenAI has too many victims for litigation to be feasible for the courts, so the courts must preemptively decide not to bother with compensating these victims.

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2. edanm+w9[view] [source] 2023-12-27 14:56:51
>>NiloCK+L8
What do you mean when you say "appropriation and privatization" of "all human output"?

The output is still there for anyone else to train on if they want.

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3. janice+Ip[view] [source] 2023-12-27 16:27:52
>>edanm+w9
> The output is still there for anyone else to train on if they want.

Legal arguments aside, the goldrush era of data scraping is over. Major sources of content like Reddit and Twitter have killed APIs, added defenses and updated EULAs to avoid being pillaged again. More and more sites are moving content behind paywalls.

There's also the small issue of having 10s of millions of VC dollars to rent/buy hundreds of high end GPUs. OpenAI and friends are also trying their hardest to prevent others doing so via 'Skynet' hysteria driven regulatory capture.

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