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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by KingMob on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:47AM (#39024587)
> We've never asked artists to "properly compensate" each other for learning/inspiration in the past.

LLMs are collections of GPUs crunching numbers. "Inspiration" doesn't really apply to them.

A better analogy is sampling, and musicians remixing music are very much required to pay for the samples they use.

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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by mlrtime on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @08:31AM (#39027375)
Only if the "use" where use means distribute.

If I sample a track and play it in my home I don't properly compensate anyone.

If I ask GPT to create a cool new comic based on the article and then delete or use it privately it, same applies.

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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by KingMob on Thursday January 18, 2024 @03:07AM (#39039232)
Assuming that's true, GPT is the one "distributing" in your second example, so that still applies to them (if not you).
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