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Stealing? In what way?

Training a generative model on a book is the mechanical equivalent of having a human read the book and learn from it. Is it stealing if a person reads the book and learns from it?

>>NoMore+(OP)
Depends on how closely that person can reproduce the original work without license or attribution

>>blocko+Rj
It actually depends on whether or not they reproduce it and especially what they do with the copy after making it.

>>NoMore+(OP)
> In what way?

Downloading the book without paying for it, which is more or less what the judge said.

>>NoMore+(OP)
But a language model is not a person, it’s a copy machine with a blender inside.

Photocopying books in their entirety for commercial use is absolutely illegal.

>>lcnPyl+Pn
Sure. I'd say reproducing and distributing it to someone who happens to ask the right questions would qualify

>>blocko+jN2
Well, right, but that's different from "can reproduce the original work". I "can" start typing out song lyrics but it doesn't mean that I stole the songs I've listened to.