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Re:The Pile is a 825 GiB diverse, open source language model... by fsckboy on Thursday March 07, 2024 @01:55PM (#39633117)
> Throw a dart at a wall filled with every notable author/publisher ever

copyrights do expire, and any books older than Mickey Mouse are public domain, so it's not every notable author ever

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Re:The Pile is a 825 GiB diverse, open source language model... by jsheard on Thursday March 07, 2024 @01:57PM (#39633155)
Technically true, narrow that down to merely "every notable living author and a subset of dead ones" then.

Bram Stokers bones will be relieved to hear that their work isn't being misappropriated.

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