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>>ssgodd+(OP)
I hope this results in Fair Use being expanded to cover AI training. This is way more important to humanity's future than any single media outlet. If the NYT goes under, a dozen similar outlets can replace them overnight. If we lose AI to stupid IP battles in its infancy, we end up handicapping probably the single most important development in human history just to protect some ancient newspaper. Then another country is going to do it anyway, and still the NYT is going to get eaten.

>>solard+Aj
Which dozen outlets can replace the New York Times overnight? I will stipulate that the NYT isn’t worthy of historic preservation if it’s become obsolete — but which dozen outlets can replace it?

Wouldn’t those dozen outlets suffer the same harms of producing original content, costing time and talent, and while having a significant portion of the benefit accruing to downstream AI companies?

If most of the benefit of producing original content accrues to the AI firms, won’t original content stop being produced?

If original content stops being produced, how will AI models get better in the future?

>>jonste+In
> and while having a significant portion of the benefit accruing to downstream AI companies

The main beneficiaries are not AI companies but AI users, who get tailored answers and help on demand. For OpenAI all tokens cost the same.

BTW, I like to play a game - take a hefty chunk of text from this page (or a twitter debate) and ask "Write a 1000 word long, textbook quality article based off this text". You will be surprised how nice it comes out, and grounded.