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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by 4death4 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @09:13PM (#38341323)
The point is that the data is easily accessible. If you wanted to get your hands on the data while simultaneously keeping them clean, contract with a Russian contracting company to give you a data dump. You don't need to know how they got it.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by twoodfin on Sunday November 19, 2023 @09:20PM (#38341387)
Well, until discovery, wherein your deliberate not knowing will be a pretty big deal.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by mr_toad on Sunday November 19, 2023 @10:01PM (#38341736)
Subcontracting out your crimes isn’t going to fly in court.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by 4death4 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @11:30PM (#38342267)
Really? It's done pretty regularly to limit liability.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by Nasrudith on Monday November 20, 2023 @01:33AM (#38343417)
They make a point out of not directly asking for the crime when they do that. Just increasing pressure on subcontractors that leads to cutting corners including the law.

It is harder to prove to a "should have known" standard compared to say buying stolen speakers from the back of a truck for 20% of the list price.

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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by 4death4 on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:26PM (#38351045)
There’s an implicit assumption in your argument that you’re going to directly ask for a crime to be committed. Why are you assuming that? You’ll go to a contractor and say “we want Reddit data.” Anyone with even mild technical competence can figure out how to get it.
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Re:OpenAI Negotiations to Reinstate Altman Hit Snag over Boa... by flir on Sunday November 19, 2023 @11:33PM (#38342288)
If it's done in a country where it's legal, maybe even processed in the same country and all you take out is the weights, I bet it gets a bit muddier.
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