Fake4000 to TechnologyEnglish • 10 months agoReddit started doing what they always wanted to do, sell user content to AI.www.reuters.commessage-square206arrow-up11.11Karrow-down115cross-posted to: technology
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1external-linkReddit started doing what they always wanted to do, sell user content to AI.www.reuters.comFake4000 to TechnologyEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square206cross-posted to: technology
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish25•10 months agoI rather my data I’ve chosen to make public is free and accessible to all, than it being sold to the highest bidder.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-210 months agoWith that being said, I am not pleased that my content is packaged into a proprietary AI, and sold for money. I think there are ways to opt-out of AI collection, at least for big companies. I wonder if it is implemented in Lemmy-UI and/or terms and conditions.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•10 months agoon the other hand, if there’s troves of free data, that takes the upper hand from the companies that can afford paying for it, and gives open source a much better chance at staying competitive.
minus-square@General_EffortlinkEnglish4•10 months agoYou opt-out so that there is less free training data, making Reddit’s data all the more valuable. I’m sure spez will be thankful.
I rather my data I’ve chosen to make public is free and accessible to all, than it being sold to the highest bidder.
With that being said, I am not pleased that my content is packaged into a proprietary AI, and sold for money.
I think there are ways to opt-out of AI collection, at least for big companies. I wonder if it is implemented in Lemmy-UI and/or terms and conditions.
on the other hand, if there’s troves of free data, that takes the upper hand from the companies that can afford paying for it, and gives open source a much better chance at staying competitive.
You opt-out so that there is less free training data, making Reddit’s data all the more valuable. I’m sure spez will be thankful.