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Finally a book burning tradition I can support starting
The first book burning where 0 knowledge is lost.
So long as you steal the books - absolutely don't give them a cent or we're just supporting the industry.
Legit ethical question: since LLMs are trained on stolen knowledge and art, is stealing an AI book theft? Also, given the current US laws about how an AI "work" cannot be copyrighted, what's to stop me from taking someone's AI "book" and just slapping my name on the cover and reselling it?
Absolutely nothing stops you.
Thanks to AI, where no true creativity has gone into the process of writing, it has no inherent value nor creator - for all intents and purposes, it may as well have suddenly apparated into existence. As soon as it gets created, it's an "early bird gets the worm" type situation of staking a claim to ownership. Like a car that suddenly manifested into the world, created by no man, made of no man's materials - it's a free-for-all.
the ethical option