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Re:Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates devel... by krisoft on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:45AM (#38302737)
> "unauthorized" is a weasel word

Is not a weasel word. There is nothing unambiguous about it.

> it implies that it should be necessary for the developer to ask David Attenborough for authorization

Yes. It does. Now you might disagree with that, but it perfectly unambiguously means that.

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Re:Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates devel... by vbeeaz on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:48AM (#38302779)
It is ambiguous because it makes it sound like we are talking legality here, but there's nothing illegal about making a project like this if you do not profit from it. Therefore, it is a weasel word.
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Re:Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates devel... by BSDobelix on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:57AM (#38302858)
I think you're right, as long as it's clearly labelled as AI-generated.
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Re:Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates devel... by thaumasiotes on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:58AM (#38302869)
What? It means nothing of the kind.

Have you never heard about unauthorized biographies?

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