Most argue training with copyrighted data is fair use.

AI companies have all kinds of arguments against paying for copyrighted content::The companies building generative AI tools like ChatGPT say updated copyright laws could interfere with their ability to train capable AI models. Here are comments from OpenAI, StabilityAI, Meta, Google, Microsoft and more.

  • SibboEnglish
    32•1 year ago

    This. If the model and its parameters are open source and under an unrestricted license, they can scrape anything they want in my opinion. But if they make money with someone’s years of work writing a book, then please give that author some money as well.

    • @abhibeckertEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      But if they make money with someone’s years of work writing a book, then please give that author some money as well.

      Why? I’ve read many books on programming, and now I work as a programmer. The authors of those books don’t get a percentage of my income just because they spent years writing the book. I’ve also read (and written) plenty of open source code over the years, and learned from that code. That doesn’t mean I have to give money to all the people who contributed to those projects.

        • @[email protected]English
          3•1 year ago

          He might’ve borrowed them from a library.

          OpenAI could’ve trained on borrowed ebooks as well

      • @DavinEnglish
        6•1 year ago

        Like with most things, consent and intent matter. I went out on Halloween when I was a kid and got free candy, so why is it bad if I break in and steal other people’s candy?

      • @topinambour_rexEnglish
        -5•1 year ago

        You say you are programmer not writing books about programming. Your argument doesn’t work.