Re:We should start to add “ai.txt” as we do for “robots.txt”
by musicale on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:19AM
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I was actually replying to both of you, but perhaps I should have said that the "finite" concept PP was trying to get across actually seems to be scarcity - land is scarce, paper books less so - and intangible goods such as ebooks are not scarce.
PP seemed to be talking about the infinite copying/distribution of intangible goods such as ideas or digital media, while you seemed to be misinterpreting that as infinite authorship.
Authorship may be scarce - costly and resource intensive (LLMs notwithstanding) as you describe, while copying and distribution is neither costly nor resource intensive and therefore not scarce, as I believe PP was trying to say.
Indeed, the constitutional copyright bargain describes a limited time monopoly in return for promoting "the progress of science and the useful arts."
PP seemed to be talking about the infinite copying/distribution of intangible goods such as ideas or digital media, while you seemed to be misinterpreting that as infinite authorship.
Authorship may be scarce - costly and resource intensive (LLMs notwithstanding) as you describe, while copying and distribution is neither costly nor resource intensive and therefore not scarce, as I believe PP was trying to say.
Indeed, the constitutional copyright bargain describes a limited time monopoly in return for promoting "the progress of science and the useful arts."