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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by tekknik on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @09:40AM (#39028313)
If you graduated from school and only used work that was public domain, would you have all the knowledge you currently have? Have you learned anything from anybody since graduating?

Where is the line? It’s ok for humans to learn from others work but not a machine?

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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by romwell on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @01:02PM (#39031175)
>Where is the line? It’s ok for humans to learn from others work but not a machine?

Yes.

The machine doesn't get to make its own choices. Once it does, we'll have a different conversations.

Presently, humans decide what goes into the training set, and what comes out. Those humans are the ones that we need to regulate.

Hot take: The LLM is learning as much as a ZIP file is learning.

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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by JambalayaJim on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:17PM (#39032090)
It is NOT okay for machine owner to profit from learning, unless the machine owner compensates the owners of the training data. That is where the line should be drawn.
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