[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago
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Those claiming AI training on copyrighted works is "theft" misunderstand key aspects of copyright law and AI technology. Copyright protects specific expressions of ideas, not the ideas themselves. When AI systems ingest copyrighted works, they're extracting general patterns and concepts - the "Bob Dylan-ness" or "Hemingway-ness" - not copying specific text or images.

This process is akin to how humans learn by reading widely and absorbing styles and techniques, rather than memorizing and reproducing exact passages. The AI discards the original text, keeping only abstract representations in "vector space". When generating new content, the AI isn't recreating copyrighted works, but producing new expressions inspired by the concepts it's learned.

This is fundamentally different from copying a book or song. It's more like the long-standing artistic tradition of being influenced by others' work. The law has always recognized that ideas themselves can't be owned - only particular expressions of them.

Moreover, there's precedent for this kind of use being considered "transformative" and thus fair use. The Google Books project, which scanned millions of books to create a searchable index, was ruled legal despite protests from authors and publishers. AI training is arguably even more transformative.

While it's understandable that creators feel uneasy about this new technology, labeling it "theft" is both legally and technically inaccurate. We may need new ways to support and compensate creators in the AI age, but that doesn't make the current use of copyrighted works for AI training illegal or unethical.

For those interested, this argument is nicely laid out by Damien Riehl in FLOSS Weekly episode 744. https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/744

[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I shall not stoop so low as to using a browser named ""floorp"".

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submitted 4 months ago by FatCat@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Whenever AI is mentioned lots of people in the Linux space immediately react negatively. Creators like TheLinuxExperiment on YouTube always feel the need to add a disclaimer that "some people think AI is problematic" or something along those lines if an AI topic is discussed. I get that AI has many problems but at the same time the potential it has is immense, especially as an assistant on personal computers (just look at what "Apple Intelligence" seems to be capable of.) Gnome and other desktops need to start working on integrating FOSS AI models so that we don't become obsolete. Using an AI-less desktop may be akin to hand copying books after the printing press revolution. If you think of specific problems it is better to point them out and try think of solutions, not reject the technology as a whole.

TLDR: A lot of ludite sentiments around AI in Linux community.

[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

These comments are copy pasta perfection. Best part they are unironic 🤣😍

[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Fuck the grocery store emplyee for raising the egg prices. What a bitch ami right??

🙄🤭

[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

Alot of tankies on lemmy...

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[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Thats fine, but I also would argue against this kind of purity testing. Where a person is written off because they disagree with you on one or two issue. There are a lot of colorful characters in the community so you would quickly end up very alone...

I think overall DT is a good advocate for FOSS.

[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 53 points 7 months ago

The list is randomized, I've seen several screenshots with different order.

[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 139 points 7 months ago

True. Other people asked so they posted another one.

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[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

It is not a derivative it is transformative work. Just like human artists "synthesise" art they see around them and make new art, so do LLMs.

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You can test it in Brave Nightly 1.59.

[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Its almost like UX is one of the most important things for a user of any given program. 🥴

[-] FatCat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Have been using it for 4 years with no issues

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