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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by jmartrican on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:03PM (#39017389)
> If an AI views it, and is inspired by it, again, no harm done.

You had me till that^ line. In your example if "inspired" human start competing with you, then there is harm. If the inspired human is replaced by an AI, then it also harms. By harm I am referring to competition.

So instead of saying "no harm done", then maybe its more accurate to say "same harm as a other humans being inspired by your work".

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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by ta8645 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:11PM (#39017522)
> So instead of saying "no harm done", then maybe its more accurate to say "same harm as a other humans being inspired by your work".

I don't disagree with you. But then that is a completely different issue, and has nothing specifically to do with AI, but rather the tradeoff between the benefits of releasing your work to the public, and the potential competition it might inspire.

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