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This is exactly what I was hoping for. Thanks. I wish there was some way for us to keep in touch. There are a few things I was hoping for some thoughts on, and most of the people h…

smspva is perfect. Thanks! Do you know of one for gift cards? Particularly ones that could be used to pay for services like server rental or Tarsnap.

> What's your game? Are you profiting enough to make sense - financially-wise - to break the law? Not at all. Hosting costs $130/mo, and I feel the sting each month. I'm not sure w…

Could you elaborate a little more on how you came to this belief? I'm interested in the process of deciding whether to agree or disagree. A good way to get better at that is to get…

We're not worried. Our operation is anonymous, and as long as we don't slip up, we'll be fine. Though saying "don't slip up" is very "draw the rest of the owl"; it's most of the wo…

This is an excellent point. Thanks. Do you mind if I quote your comment in our official policies? It's interesting because libgen also provides most fiction titles, but everyone is…

As far as I can tell, Books3 seems to be training data for language models. I'm not sure how it was created, but it contains a lot of books. I got it by torrenting The Pile after i…

One other question: Is there legal basis in Denmark for asking for proof that they control the copyright for the listed works? DMCAs operate on "good-faith belief, under penalty of…

Hi all. I would like your help with an ethics problem. I run a site called The Nose, a safe haven for AI training data. It operates overseas in a region out of reach of DMCAs. (Pas…

I think if you're interfacing with your server without going through Whonix, you're asking for trouble. Not only do you need to pay for the server using BTC that can't be traced ba…

Indeed. For anyone who isn't convinced, I wrote up some details on our use case (creating a training data DMCA safe haven) in the Tails thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id…

Other thoughts: Day to day browsing is a pain. I use a VNC client to remote into our server, which is running a desktop environment with a regular browser. That way you can use app…

Hi. We're building The Nose ( https://thenose.cc ), a safe haven for training data that can't be taken down with DMCA. Since this involves copyright infringement, strong anonymity …

If anyone wants to download Books3, it seems to be available here: https://thenose.cc/public/AI/EleutherAI_ThePile_v1/pile_prel... (We noticed The Pile was recently taken offline, …

Oh, thank you. Basically AI training datasets have been knocked offline recently by DMCAs, and the goal is to bring them back online in a place that can't be knocked offline. The m…

Trying, though it's hard to get noticed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37346620 And I want to participate in the community here, not merely mention the thing I've built.

Hi HN, I have been working on something directly related to AI and copyright. Would it be ok to point it out here? Recently The Pile was taken offline from The Eye by DMCA. One sol…

If you'd care to point out exactly what you mean, I might avoid those traits. But as it stands I have no idea what you're talking about, though I'm familiar with Eternal September.…

Not at all. The trick is to force yourself to find something about their approach that you liked. There's almost always something likable. It's also the trick to being liked in gen…

The other (depressing) situation is that newcomers often want to praise someone for their work, not realizing they work in a company whose managers are focused on playing games and…

The fact that copyright infringement works in spite of attempts to kill it seems to be proof that BitTorrent is well-designed, rather than evidence it's broken. What else would it …

There are a lot of people saying that Usenet is no longer appropriate given today's social landscape. But it's interesting that Satoshi started Bittorrent by posting to the crypto …

Would you mind expanding on what you meant about BitTorrent? It seems like it's one of the few decentralized technologies that hasn't been ruined.